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laplantesteph's review against another edition
2.0
I feel like this story had so much potential and then the end was wrapped up in such a weird way to me.
lvgmama's review against another edition
5.0
This one had me intrigued from the very first chapter! Juno moved in with the Crouch family, thinking that they were a great family for her to spend her final months with. Not long after moving in, she discovers that not everything is as it seems from the outside. She decides, as a way to make up for her past mistakes, that she would help put things right at the Crouch house. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the whole story and things take a very dark turn.
laurpar's review against another edition
3.0
The Wrong Family is pretty wild. It's like the author took two totally random ideas and mashed them together and threw a whole bunch of random drama in there. The premise was crazy. The climax was crazy. This book was a trip. There were a lot of unbelievable moments that require quite a bit of suspension of disbelief, but the pace is fast enough that you keep moving forward despite the crazy stuff that is happening. I definitely didn't love the book, but it was an okay way to pass the time.
lesbottt's review against another edition
2.0
Very quick read. Overall good, but it didn’t need the mental illness trope.
suzpap's review against another edition
1.0
This book follows Juno, who is homeless and house squatting in a families home, and does some digging about them by going through their personal items. Honestly, we spent half the book following Juno around the Crouches house finding food or going to the bathroom, or hearing about how her body aches. The ending was exciting in the last 59 pages however it still left me with questions and I felt the ending didn’t really have much to do with the first 250 pages. Throughout, it just left me wanting more, 1/5 stars for this one!
*more in-depth spoiler filled review below*
This was a confusing start, I understand the author was trying to make it seem like Juno was the person living in the apartment as that’s what Nigel was planning to do, and that her being a house squatter was supposed to be a ‘omg!’ Moment but tbh it was just confusing and ‘part one’ wasn’t interesting at all, confusing and boring IMO.
The middle was a bit ‘meh’, we delve deeper into why Juno is homeless and where baby Samuel came from, but it just felt a bit lacklustre.
Then we get towards the end where Juno, the homeless women, is now hellbent on ruining this family’s life, and contacts the mother of the since passed away, drug-addicted teenager who had Sam, and sends them information about Sam being alive? And then the mum confronts her only for the reader to realise that baby died and Winnie was pregnant with their own child at the same time, and Sam was actually theirs? And then out of no where Winnie’s brother kills Nigel? Like what?
Then the ending... ‘I’m sorry I was wrong I just wanted to do the right thing?’ I don’t understand, Juno was right to kill Dakota... so who wrote this message?
Overall I struggle to understand the why, why Juno chose this family to stalk? Because she saw them in the park once amongst hundreds of other couples and just so happened to see their gate open one time? Why ruin their lives as her last dying wish? Why did Dakota have to not only murder his sisters husband in front of her but do it so brutally and then kidnap his own sister and murder a complete stranger?
Parts of this book were just meh, like I think it’s very convenient that there’s new donation bags when Juno needs new clothes, and the Crouches didn’t realise all this food going missing from the pantry but they noticed a spoonful of rice missing? Just doesn’t add up. The fact we spend majority of the book hinting at Samuel being adopted, and then getting an explanation over 3 pages just added to this book being mediocre. Then there was some down right disgusting parts, that I didn’t think needed to happen - Juno poking a whole in a condom with no clear way of knowing if it was Nigels or the sons who’s a teenager, either way - what is the explanation for this? The ending was exciting... if it had anything to do with the main storyline? This book aggravated me more than it did calm me. Wasn’t for me!
*more in-depth spoiler filled review below*
This was a confusing start, I understand the author was trying to make it seem like Juno was the person living in the apartment as that’s what Nigel was planning to do, and that her being a house squatter was supposed to be a ‘omg!’ Moment but tbh it was just confusing and ‘part one’ wasn’t interesting at all, confusing and boring IMO.
The middle was a bit ‘meh’, we delve deeper into why Juno is homeless and where baby Samuel came from, but it just felt a bit lacklustre.
Then we get towards the end where Juno, the homeless women, is now hellbent on ruining this family’s life, and contacts the mother of the since passed away, drug-addicted teenager who had Sam, and sends them information about Sam being alive? And then the mum confronts her only for the reader to realise that baby died and Winnie was pregnant with their own child at the same time, and Sam was actually theirs? And then out of no where Winnie’s brother kills Nigel? Like what?
Then the ending... ‘I’m sorry I was wrong I just wanted to do the right thing?’ I don’t understand, Juno was right to kill Dakota... so who wrote this message?
Overall I struggle to understand the why, why Juno chose this family to stalk? Because she saw them in the park once amongst hundreds of other couples and just so happened to see their gate open one time? Why ruin their lives as her last dying wish? Why did Dakota have to not only murder his sisters husband in front of her but do it so brutally and then kidnap his own sister and murder a complete stranger?
Parts of this book were just meh, like I think it’s very convenient that there’s new donation bags when Juno needs new clothes, and the Crouches didn’t realise all this food going missing from the pantry but they noticed a spoonful of rice missing? Just doesn’t add up. The fact we spend majority of the book hinting at Samuel being adopted, and then getting an explanation over 3 pages just added to this book being mediocre. Then there was some down right disgusting parts, that I didn’t think needed to happen - Juno poking a whole in a condom with no clear way of knowing if it was Nigels or the sons who’s a teenager, either way - what is the explanation for this? The ending was exciting... if it had anything to do with the main storyline? This book aggravated me more than it did calm me. Wasn’t for me!
artsyfartsymama's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
After reading "The Wives", I was excited to read this book. I was pulled in by the plot, and liked how the multiple POVs were woven together. That said, this was definitely a sloooow burn. Some parts seemed to drag a little, and there were a lot of times that I wasn't sure if it was a flashback or current time. By the end, I was expecting a jaw-dropping twist, but it was kind of....meh. This was the wrong family for me, and I'm kind of sad about it.