I enjoyed reading this book. I liked how the whole time you were constantly wondering what happened in those 27 minutes and then of course you found out in the end. I kind of had an idea of what happened but I really enjoyed the book. I thought it was well written.

Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC.

This book is difficult for me to review because while it wasn't really my cup of tea and I'd probably rate it a 2 if I was just basing it on my personal opinion, I can see how someone else could really enjoy this and rate it 4 or 5. Normally I rate purely on my own feelings but something about this book just makes that feel like a bad choice. So I'm gonna meet in the middle and give it a three. I'm also going to tell you who I think would enjoy this book.

If you enjoy mysteries that are incredibly realistic that don't force you to really suspend much disbelief, this is for you. The vast majority of this book could have 100% happened in real life and in the parts where that is not the case, it's very intentional. If you like books with a lot of characters that you get to know really well, you will probably like this. If you like books where you can never really tell if the characters are being honest with the reader(and therefore themselves), you will definitely like this book. And if you enjoy books where most of the conflict is internal rather than internal, you should check this one out.

For me personally, I tend to prefer thrillers/mysteries that are a bit more fantastical and over the top. However, for what this was it was incredibly well done. The only real criticism I have is that I think one of the POV characters could have been done away with. Not removing them from the story entirely, but the choice to put the reader inside their head is an odd one given the end(if you have read it, it will likely be obvious who I am referring to). In most stories it would not have bothered me, but given the overall realism of this story it didn't really fit in my opinion.

I feel like the repetitive and multiple POVs really took away from the potential story.
I didn’t like or care about any of the characters

You're having me on! I won't lie, there was a slight tear at the end there, but once all has been revealed, it makes SO much sense looking back.

I've never read Tate's work before, but what a damn good writer they are. It did take me longer than I would have liked to finish, but the final 20 or so percent had me gripping my kindle like it would run away! Such a good plot twist.

I highly recommend!

Phoebe just wants to finish high school and leave town with her brother Grant. Grant is keeping secrets from Phoebe and she is ready to confront him. Everything comes to a halt after a horrific accident leaving Phoebe dead.

The general idea of this story had promise but I didn't feel any buy in with the characters.

Thank you so much for the opportunity!

I saw great reviews from almost every single person i follow and decided to give it a shot and was not disappointed.
This is , like it says, ‘’ a small town’s obsessive hold on a decade-old tragedy”. All of the characters were unique and unreliable in their own way. Which made everything ten times better and intriguing.

I had a hard time keeping track of the characters in this book, especially since it jumped around in timelines. Honestly, I think it was just because I didn't feel connected to any of them, After about 30% I just wanted to get to the end of the book. The story was repetitive and most of the characters unlikeable. It could have been a better book with some more editing.

I was really excited about this one, but it didn’t really do it for me in the end, I’m sorry to say.
I felt like perhaps too much was going on, and the plot just seemed to get lost in the shuffle. I did enjoy it, but I didn’t love it.

My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Wow…never saw that ending coming. This book was a little hard to get into at first but once I kept reading I was hooked especially at the very end. Definitely a huge twist at the end!

Thank you to Netgalley for the eARC of this debut novel by Ashley Tate. The premise of this book is what drew me in. Why did I take 27 minutes to call for help? What really happened that night? We get a look back through multiple points of view to see if it sheds any light on what happens and why to Phoebe. I did figure out the twist early on, but I still enjoyed the ride.

If you like truly dark, small-town set thrillers, this one's for you. I do love a thriller with a good little plot twist at the end and this one delivers. There were points of the book where it felt things were dragging on but it was well worth it to read the end. Highly recommend this great psychological thriller!

My Thoughts:
If you want to read a good small town mystery pick up this.
This story pulled me in and had me wondering and guessing and entertained for pages and pages. You have a small town tragedy that was heartbreaking and different POV’s as to what really happened that night. But someone is ready to tell the truth. See if while reading this book you know what happened that night. The characters were not my favorite people but the plot and story is good.
She heard screaming but it wasn’t her because she was having trouble breathing and it wasn’t Phoebe because Phoebe wouldn’t wake up wake up Phoebe please wake up Grant where are you? Her eyes were open but she couldn’t see anything and her head was cracked like an egg Grant help us Phoebe won’t wake up Grant help us. Why aren’t you coming please we need your help. I’m so scared.

I liked that I couldn't completely predict the ending until closer to the end instead of so early on. I liked the chapter lengths, the multiple POV's were easy to follow while still having depth. I liked the flashback to the night of the accident mixed in between present time, and even with a lot going on it didn't get confusing which can happen with multiple levels to the story unfolding. I overall liked the book and characters. I was a little annoyed with Becca and June until they started to stand their ground for themselves. I liked that there was a lot of mystery to how everyone really fit with each other and then how all their lives were intertwined and frozen in time after that night until all the secrets came to the surface. I was hoping for the ending to flesh out a little more, it seemed like it just dropped off with a quick epilogue and done. Overall I definitely give this 4 stars for keeping the mystery alive to keep my intrigue as I read through each reveal! Thank you NetGalley and to the publisher for the copy.

If you enjoy a small town mystery full of unlikable characters, Twenty Seven Minutes would be a great one to pick up!

The central mystery here surrounds the death of a young girl named Phoebe ten years ago. She was in a car accident with her brother and a classmate, but the ambulance wasn’t called for 27 minutes. What happened during that time?

Multiple POVs are used here, from the brother of the victim to the girl who was also in the car to another classmate having family issues. Each character adds a little something to the story, and we also get flashbacks to that night in the past.

The story is dark, and all of these characters have plenty of problems that they are trying to solve in all the wrong ways. I found it hard to like a single one of them! The gossip mill in this small town is on a whole different level, with things spreading quickly from person to person immediately after anything happens. That felt pretty authentic!

I found parts of this one to have pacing issues, and thought the final climactic scene was written strangely and needed another edit. I did figure out the ending quite early along, but I still enjoyed the big reveal.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the arc; all opinions are my own.

A dark and gripping debut that confronts the damage of secrets in small towns. Ten years ago, the small community of West Wilmer was slammed into grief when the town’s favorite, Phoebe Dean, lost her life in a car accident. The entire community mourns her loss together and wonders what happened in the twenty-seven minutes between the accident and when her brother finally called 911. Around the same time Wyatt, the town’s troublemaker, slips away unnoticed by everyone but his family. After a decade of mystery, the truth of that night begins to make to the surface. This book is told from multiple points of view and uses dual timelines to tell what was, and what is, of various people’s lives. We get a glimpse into who gets remembered and what gets forgotten in small towns. I found this book started out interesting and immediately drew my attention, but it then decided to crawl along at a leisurely pace till the twist, where it ramps up to full speed. Even though I could Predict the ending, think this book was excellent at making its points: People are not who they seem, People process grief differently, and often times the path to the truth is a long and twisty road.

This would have been a four star if I hadn't figured it out early on. It made reading the rest of the story a little tedious because with all the POV'S, the story was very repetitive. A whole lot of very delusional and frankly, not very nice characters made it hard to have sympathy for anyone, including the victim. All in all, it's a good story despite being a tad strange.

I really enjoyed the different POV chapters for each character. The relationships between characters was interesting and not too believable. It was more sad than a thriller, I actually cried at the end. The twist was so good and very unexpected. Definitely gave me YA novel vibes with some descriptive horror moments.

27 minutes marks the time period in which Grant Dean let his younger sister, Phoebe, lie in her own blood after a car crash before calling the police for help. What happened in this 27 minutes following the accident and why was Grant unable to call for help sooner? What is the truth behind his sister's death? All anyone is certain of that the crash happened on a rainy night, on a bridge after a rowdy high school party and that Phoebe passed on the lap of Becca (a classmate of the Deans' who is believed to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time).

This strange mystery has plagued the town of West Wilmer and haunts Grant as he moves through adult life. We meet this cast of characters 10 years after the accident, just as Grant's mother is throwing a memorial for Phoebe and right after the death of an older woman in town who also had an accident on the bridge. The town is approaching a vote to decide whether or not the bridge will continue to stand, or if it should be demolished in the hopes of preventing yet another disaster.

The story is told in multiple voices - Becca, Grant, June (another sad community member who has lost all of her family, two in mysterious ways), and Wyatt (June's long lost brother). I have to admit that none of the characters was likable or fully developed.

While the characters didn't do it for me, I found that the symbolism in the book was intriguing and the ending surprised me. I would recommend this for readers of mystery but would caution that it is a bit repetitive.

Thank you, Net Galley and Poisoned Pen Press for this Advance Reader's Copy.

This propulsive novel is akin to watching a car wreck (no pun intended) in slow motion. Very slow motion. I did not get the satisfaction expected from the twists and reveals because by the time the author finally got to them they were all but completely obvious. However, like the car wreck, I could not look away. It’s an entertaining read if you don’t mind a bunch of almost thirty-somethings stuck in a high school mentality and all completely nuts.

This is likely a case of it's not you, it's me, but I was unable to make a connection with Twenty-Seven Minutes. With the synopsis, this sounded like a book I would love, and I was Interested in the prologue, but I feel like the multiple narrator dialogue make it feel scattered and lacking focus. Despite this not being the one for me, I will eagerly be looking for Ashley Tate's next book.