Wrong Place Wrong Time: A Reese's Book Club Pick

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Both phases of parenthood – the newborn years and the almost-adult ones – are bookended by sleep deprivation, though for different reasons." That's where Jen stands. She's caught in that loop transcending time to events in the past that may eventually shine a light on that murder that night at the hands of her son. Whoa! McAllister presents a brilliantly crafted novel in which we're actively engaged in shifting through the clues and the circumstances. Individuals will appear in a different light and their identities will become clearer. The puzzle pieces will begin to fit. If you like a book that keeps you gripped and eagerly anticipating the next move, then you will be immersed in this one. Ryan’s instant love of a few days and willingness to throw everything away for Jen was a bit too unbelievable. But her appearance has set something off, perhaps because Jen knows he is lying, perhaps not. There is some sinister undercurrent now, like a shark in the water."

The author tells us that parenting is the most important gift that parents can bestow upon their children. We can see Jen wondering how she managed to raise a child who is ready to murder another person. Jen is distraught and worried, when she is finally able to fall asleep, she wakes up and finds that it is yesterday. What? Enter major Groundhogs Day vibes. She goes through the day and after a night’s sleep wakes up and it is the day before yesterday. Each day is a day before the murder and Jen uses that time to learn more and more. But will she like what she learns? Will it be enough to stop a murder before it happens?One sentence review: A unique take on a domestic thriller that falls short due to an inane number of commas and questionable other writing style choices She can't deal with this. Finding and finding and finding things which she wishes she could forget. It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger. I found that the middle got a little slow for me and I found myself getting distracted easily. I also had to listen to the epilogue twice to fully understand it. Again, I think reading the book might have been more enjoyable for me. Jen wakes up the next morning, after a night at the police station, ready to fight, to hire lawyers, to try to understand how she had “come to raise a murderer. Teenage rage. Knife crime. Gangs. Antifa. Which is it? Which hand have they been dealt?” She is, she thinks, “an excellent rescuer, has spent all of her life doing just that, and now it’s time to help her son”. But, as she slowly comes to realise, the impossible has happened. It is 28 October and Todd has yet to kill anyone.

Uneven pace, can feel a very slow at times. The start is exciting and then it slows down till about half way.Each day there was a small discovery but there was nothing substantial to really hook me in. My interest didn’t pique until ~45% mark where there was a pretty big reveal. But in between the reveals it felt so slow and there was no sense of urgency or much tension.

The fact that Jen sought out someone studying time traveling, as if there could be a plausible and scientific explanation. My first by this author and it is quite a unique, genre and mind bending read. I was invested in the protagonist, Jen, I felt her struggle, her heartache and her motivation. A complex puzzle with many random pieces that ultimately come in place.Then you spot him: he's with someone. And - you can't believe what you see - your funny, happy teenage boy stabs this stranger. But she wakes and it is two days earlier. She digs into the life of Todd’s mysterious new girlfriend Clio, and investigates who the murdered man is – or was. In doing so, she discovers uncomfortable truths about her own relationship with her son; the times she wasn’t there for him because of work, the times she didn’t listen. Can she correct these mistakes? And how can she halt her tumble through time? This is one of those books that is between a drama/fiction and a mystery thriller. There were too many dull and everyday moments, I skimmed quite a lot. The problem with this book is that it takes some time for the reader to get accustomed to the author's writing style and how she crafted the book. Some readers might feel irritated when they start reading it as they won't understand what is happening in the initial part. There wasn’t enough build up as to why Todd stabbed Joseph. If Todd bought a knife as a form of protection, to me that indicates that he must’ve felt on guard and unsafe around him and yet just 2 days before he was at Joseph/Ezra’s house. And when his mum found him there he just looked embarrassed and annoyed rather than worried considering the company…

And, right then, it had felt, suddenly, like spring, even though it began to rain again only minutes later.If you're wondering how this got through editing, you and me both. First of all, look, I really, really, really wanted to like this book. (Does this writing annoy you? Me too. This is how Wrong place, wrong time is written)CAN YOU STOP A MURDER AFTER IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED? . . . DISCOVER THE MOST TALKED ABOUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR