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Reviewed by Divine Zape for Readers' Favorite
Residents in a modest group home face financial ruin in Sebastian Grey’s heartwarming Merry Band of Misfits. Agnes Cartwright, a benefactor of the Murphy Family’s house, dies, and her daughter, Charity, cancels Garth’s monthly stipend and moves to have him declared incompetent. This could mean foreclosure and state care for the entire household. Nicholas Murphy is the already overburdened caregiver and twin brother to Vinnie, who has Down syndrome. He watches helplessly as their stability crumbles. Enter the frustrated Vinnie, who can’t stand seeing the system render the neurodiverse invisible. He proposes an improbable solution: rob a bank and steal $2 million that belongs to Charity. The complications come in unexpected forms and from unexpected people, like Nicholas’s girlfriend. What can go wrong, and are they up to the task?
Sebastian Grey delivers solid character work, especially in Vinnie’s transformation from being a protected dependent to becoming the group’s unlikely criminal strategist. The found-family banter among the autistic, Deaf, and disabled, like Floyd, who uses a wheelchair, infuses genuine warmth into the story. The misfits are fun to follow, and their adventure is particularly ingenious because their visible handicaps are, in fact, their hidden strengths when executing their plan. I was rooting for each one of them, watching their every move, and hanging on to every conversation. The humor will keep you racing through the pages. The caper framework is largely unpredictable, and the tension grows from page to page. Merry Band of Misfits was delightful to read, and the earnest message is simple: difference is a superpower, especially when the world insists on making one feel small. This book is best for readers who enjoy feel-good underdog fiction.
