Not a Happy Family
Ratings41
Average rating3.4
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Ratings41
Average rating3.4
NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Another domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door and Someone We Know who has sold millions copies of her books worldwide. In this family, everyone is keeping secrets—even the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated. Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of the siblings is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening? Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions? That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know. Wouldn't you?
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This is a story of a family that consists of spoiled brats. Plain and simple. Really, I could barely tolerate any of the characters. The father is a class A asshole, the mother is useless, the children are self-absorbed, entitled spoiled brats, the aunt is a wacko, the mistress is clueless and the mistress' daughter is pathetic. Did I miss anything?
The story kept trying to put doubts on every single character as to who the murderer is. But the writing is sloppy and lazy. Dan the son is such a little bitch - whining and complaining like a sissy all the time despite being a married man. No wonder the father picks on him all the time. The whole family is mentally disturbed, to be honest.
A no-no for me.
Read this one in two nights! So good! Great characters, fast moving plot.
4.80 stars!! WOWW this book was literally so good and i wasn't even expecting it to be—to be completely honest i was sort of dreading it when i picked the title randomly from my tbr shelf, i think the cover has a lot to do with that HAHA! but yes towards the end of the reveal i was on edge so much i thought i start full on panicking, i loved the family drama and dynamics and at one point i didn't know what to believe! crazy work, this book. all in all i was debating on giving this book 5 stars but i think the ending was just a tad bit unsatisfactory for me, just enough to be close to a 5 but not quite. i would definitely recommend giving this one a read!
3.75 stars this book was insane but the ending fell flat for me.
