Couldn't finish this - I tried for several chapters but once I realised I was spending longer reading the news on my iPhone in bed to avoid having to pick up my Kindle, I realised I was ona hiding to nowhere and gave up.

I found this book just OK. The story was quite slow and plodding and I didn't really empathise with any of the characters, and to be honest with you in the end I didn't even really see where the story had gone. The big "twist" in the book just irritated me and I felt that there were so many unanswered questions at the end that I just felt disappointed. This book unfortunately was not for me.

Not at all what I was expecting from the blurb. I was expecting a mystery - a naked girl found barely alive in the ebb and flow of the crashing sea during a thunderous storm, who can neither talk nor remember what happened to her. Sounds like a good start. But it turned out that the book is not really about 'Storm; the moniker given to the unknown girl, but more about Harmony, fifteen year old niece of the woman who found Storm. Harmony is trying to find her place in the world: overweight and constanly thinking about food, her mother bed ridden with depression and an almighty crush on her private maths tutor. In a desperate attempt to become more interesting, she tells the police that she was with her Aunt Mel when she found the body, or at least was there shortly after and sends them off on a bit of a wild goose chase. Sadly, I just didn't 'get' this book - I couldn't decide what it wanted to be and was frankly mystified by the threads that went nowhere - the grafitti, drugs,, Harmony's stepfather and cousin. It just seemed like a lot of disparate parts without connection - even the title doesn't make sense to me. Some lovely phrasing in the book kept me reading, but even then there were parts that were hurried and clashing.

What on earth did I read? Teenage angst and random women? I was left feeling who cares, why does Mel care and what the hell is Harmony on? This whole story is about as unlikely as my husband becoming a Victoria's Secret model! I endured as had little else to read but otherwise don't bother unless you have some reason you can't move and don't like counting sheep!!!!!

A book about the ups and downs of family life and the discovery of a girl called Storm on a beach. This book is a quick easy read. I thought there would have been more about Storm in the book. I would have liked to have known more about her.

I found this book hard going. too many characters, too many disparate stories.
The denouement was a damp squib, the ending forced. Overall unrealistic and unsatisfying I won't be recommending it.

I struggled with this book from page one. Maybe I had too high expectations for it from the reviews and advanced publicity. The title, cover and descriptions I read all made it sound like exactly the sort of book I enjoy. A 4 or 5 star for sure. I'm sorry but I can't even bring it upon myself to give it a 2 star 'it was ok' as it just wasn't. The writing was very stilted at times with some phrases and sentences making no sense to me. And some of the language was just gross with far too much attention to bodily functions. It felt like it was being written by a puerile boy.

It's not often I give up on a book but having read a third and finding myself being constantly removed from the storyline to try and understand the meaning or being distracted by gross language I only skim read the rest.

With thanks for the chance to review it and sorry I cannot be more positive.

I'm sorry but I found this book not well written or constructed which irritated me. I finished it because I felt honour bound to do so in return for an honest review. However I won't post a review on Amazon etc as I could not with a clear conscience give it a glowing write up

I had high hopes for this novel. The plot, the cover and the authors earlier work made me think that this would be a gem. Unfortunately, I was left feeling rather disappointed. The plot was a bit too rambling and the ending was a little rushed and a bit of a let down for me. Just not my cup of tea I'm afraid. Thanks to Little Brown and NetGalley for the advanced copy, I'm just sorry I couldn't be more enthusiastic.

Maybe because there were so many threads to this story I found it difficult to engage with the characters. They were all facing their own demons and dilemmas, from Harmony with her teenage angst, to Dan the rookie policeman. True to the title I suppose. It gripped me enough to want to keep reading to find out what happened to them all, but there was no happy ending.

A Novel about Lost Opportunity
As I was reading this novel I have to put my hand up to wondering where the author was headed and I was already about 85% (Kindle) through the book. But as I was to find there was an unpredictable ending.
In essence this novel was, to me at least, about the stresses and strains of growing up. Not just in this generation but in generations past too. Although the problems affecting today's youngsters are of a different and of a much more malevolent and insidious nature. Bullying can be carried out on the mobiles they all possess and carry with them at all times. Facebook and social media may be a means of sharing good news but it also provides a weapon to use against children incapable of standing up for themselves. This is an issue now being addressed by many authors and Amanda Coe does her bit to bring it to the attention of readers.
The main characters of the novel are Harmony and Mel. Mel is a housewife and a mother and an Aunt and a Ballet teacher and has her fingers in everything. We all know a Mel: well meaning and falls into doing most jobs because no one else wants them. Mel is kept busy devoting all her time to the benefit of others to the detriment of herself. And of course she gets no thanks for it. Typical. Harmony is Mel's teenage niece.
The plot hinges round two main stories running side by side: who is the mystery girl Mel found on the beech (called Storm) and just as mysterious what has happened to Harmony's Mum who goes by the unlikely name of Aurora? Indeed Amanda Coe deserves plaudits for her characters' names alone.
I had every sympathy for Harmony who as the novel progresses and we learn more of her background is at the centre of this novel. She is a relatively straightforward kid not asking for or indeed getting much out of life through circumstance. All her attempts at gratuitous satisfaction seem destined for failure. In one snippet from the book she sets out to secretly buy herself a Magnum. Even that simple plan goes awry.
The novel contains great characterisation and observation. I can't remember much if any bad language. Mel isn't that sort of person.
I haven't read either of Amanda Coe's earlier two novels but I am sure that if you enjoyed them you will enjoy this book. Everyone is different and this wasn't quite my cup of tea. I found the story lines a little bit monotonous. But full marks for characterisation and observation.

I think I missed something with this book as I really struggled to see the point to the story and was left with a feeling very underwhelmed. The story did not seem to go anywhere

Although not a style of writing I particularly like, this work by Amanda Coe proved quite engaging. Whilst there were some lazy cliches there were also some clever uses of descriptive language that created real people and events within the developing story.. I guess it depends on the intended audience but the lack of resolution in just about all narrative themes was, for me, a disappointment; it's perfectly acceptable to leave some issues hanging, but perhaps not quite so many. For all that, it was an enjoyable read and I'll look out for future works by this author

Interesting and compelling story of how the finding of a naked girl on a beach can effect the life of a family. I will not summarise the story as, of course, it is not released yet and I would not want to spoil it for any new reader.
When I first started to read this I found I was re-reading several times, the writing style I found tricky but soon got used to it, and I am still not sure of why I had the problem. My thoughts are that as it has been written by a screen writer it is a slightly shifted emphasis; the reason I chose to read it is because of Apple Tree Yard.
I did relate to the main character of the story but found that the character of Harmony was more compelling and sad....I am not sure that I will remember this storyline for long, although at the moment I want to find out what happened to Harmony

Everything You Do Is Wrong starts out with a secret about a girl named Storm, found lying on a beach in a small town. How did she get there, and why can't she speak? The mystery is a good one, and draws in the reader. I believe that had the book continued on this path, it would have been a good one, but it doesn't. Instead we run a sort of gauntlet for 256 pages of wildly unhappy people. A harried housewife questioning her life, her clinically depressed best friend, a failed rock star, a teenager with an all consuming crush plus an eating disorder. A book about unhappy people can be a good thing, but at times I felt this was a test of endurance because it was like wading through treacle with not much movement for most of the time and then suddenly the air went out of the plot like a deflated balloon. The narrative with Storm and her secret came to such a screamingly dissatisfying conclusion that I didn't really want to finish, but I pressed on and was rewarded with an odd plot twist that came out of nowhere. I really felt the end of this book was written for pure shock value alone, but it didn't even manage to be that.

I wish that the author had perhaps simplified her ideas, because this seems like a book with far too many of them. I can't figure out what, if anything, she has to say about any subject at all. Plus, there were so many characters that readers are stuck either with cripplingly disappointing conclusions, or often none at all. Lottie, who seemed like she had some interesting backstory lurking at the beginning of the book, went to the loo somewhere towards the middle bit and was never seen again. There are so many odd dead ends and strange choices that I just found this book too frustrating to enjoy.

Unfortunately I struggled through this one. The blurb had me hoping for a great story with a naked girl washed up on the shore thought to be dead but actually alive but completely unknown and unable to speak. I have to admit that I didn’t seem to hit it off with the writing style which may have affected the story in my head whilst also feeling the plot dragged a bit. Not quite as ‘twisty’ as I like which is a shame as I did have high hopes for it.
I am still thankful for NetGalley giving me the opportunity to read the book pre-release for an honest review.

I didn't particularly enjoy this book. I did not engage with the characters nor did I find them sympathetic.
The reason behind Storm appearing naked and unconscious with no memory was not believable. I became a little irritated with the story as it unfolded and did not like the ending. This was just not for me.

I really don't have anything good to say about this book, I'm afraid. I found myself wanting it to hurry up and end because it just wasn't holding my attention.
I found it confusing in places but mostly boring.
The blurb on Goodreads said that Harmony was desperate to fill in the gaps in Storm's story but it didn't feel, to me, as if Harmony had any feelings, one way or another about Storm. She only really cared once it surfaced that Storm might affect Harmony's chance of moving in with Mel.
Storm's reason for the whole 'naked on the beach in a storm' thing was stupid and the ending just left me frustrated.
I felt like I'd wasted my time reading this book and if I hadn't been reviewing it for NetGally, I wouldn't have made it to the end.

I found Everything you do is wrong very disappointing and gave up 75% of the way through. It began well with a young naked woman found at the brink of death, so I thought this was a psychological thriller - who was the girl, why was she naked and half dead? Who had done this to her etc.

The two main characters are teenage Harmony (horrid name) and her aunt Mel, who found the girl she named 'Storm' as she was unable to speak or tell anyone who she was. So far so interesting. But the plot led nowhere and the real reason for Storm's appearnce on the beach was unrealistic I felt. There were also too many characters, most of whom I felt nothing for and the plot point where one of the policemen dies left me bewildered. Thanks to Netgalley and Fleet Publishing for the opportunity to read and review this book but it really didn't work for me at all.

Everything you do is wrong by Amanda Coe is a family drama that begins with the mystery of a young woman washed up on the beach of a rundown seaside town. Told from the viewpoints of Harmony, a troubled teenager; the policeman who deals with the case and Harmony's step aunt who finds the girl. I found it a passable read but the ending was unsatisfactory.