Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
⏳ Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister – Book Review (3.5/5 Stars)
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🕰️ Quick Take: Time Travel Thriller — Not My Usual, But Surprisingly Good
⭐ Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars (almost 4!)
⭐ I’m not a sci-fi fan and typically avoid time travel stories, but this one pulled me in!
⭐ The pace is a bit slow for my taste, but the story itself? Solid and gripping enough to keep me hooked.
🧩 Plot Summary: Mom’s Race Back Through Time to Save Her Son
Jen’s life turns upside down when her 18-year-old son, Todd, stabs someone. Naturally, she’s blaming herself for missing the warning signs.
Then things get weird.
👉 The next morning, Jen wakes up — but it’s the day before the stabbing. Confused? Same.
She quickly realizes she’s slipping backward in time day by day, trying to piece together the events that led her son to that fateful moment.
Each day, Jen wakes up further in the past, unraveling more clues and meeting people she’d never expected.
🔎 Digging Deeper: Twenty Years Back to Meet the Mystery Man
When Jen time-travels 20 years into the past, she finally cracks the big secret — and meets her husband Kelly for the very first time.
Surprise! Kelly wasn’t really “Kelly” — he was an undercover agent using a fake name to protect Jen (and his cover).
The guy Todd stabbed? Joseph, a criminal who had figured out Kelly’s true identity. Todd’s violent act? A desperate move to protect his father.
✨ Alternate Timeline & Consequences
In the new timeline Jen creates by changing the past, everything seems to work out — but of course, nothing’s ever that simple.
At the end, we flash forward to a new mother facing the same nightmare: her son stabbing someone. The cycle… continues.
🐢 Why It’s 3.5 Stars and Not 4
✅ Unique take on time travel that’s accessible for non-sci-fi fans
✅ Strong emotional core — mother’s guilt and desperate hope felt real
❌ The pacing dragged sometimes — felt slow in spots
❌ The time travel rules were a bit fuzzy (time jumps getting longer, timeline changes…)
📚 If You Loved This, Try These Next:
📌 Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson — Buy Here
📌 Time and Again by Jack Finney — Buy Here
📌 The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger — Buy Here
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