EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . . 'A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time' LISA JEWELL 'A blistering thriller' NEW YORK TIMES 'Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER ____________________________________________________________ Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack? As a ...
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EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . . 'A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time' LISA JEWELL 'A blistering thriller' NEW YORK TIMES 'Impossible to put down' CHRIS WHITAKER ____________________________________________________________ Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack? As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn't a home - but a prison? What if her mother isn't a protector - but a monster . . . Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . . _________________________________________________________________ Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT: 'Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this' Reader review 'A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation' ABIGAIL DEAN 'I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel' Reader review 'This is a cracker' HARRIET TYCE 'Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER 'A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us' RED 'Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish' Reader review 'Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King' CHRIS WHITAKER 'Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships . . . a writer to watch' HARPER'S BAZAAR
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Bad Fruit is one of those books which stands out and stays in your head for a very long time. I would not say I 'enjoyed' reading it, but I did find it compelling, sinister and difficult to put down.
Our main character is Lily, a girl who is obedient and attentive to 'Mama' and 'Daddy' whom she lives with before she heads off to University at the end of the summer. Her mother is controlling and manipulative, getting her daughter to change her appearance (with hair dye, contact lenses and makeup) to appear a certain way and even going as far to make Lily taste her preferred spoilt orange juice for her each morning. We see the whole story through Lily's eyes although when she starts to get flashbacks of her mother's past we grow doubts about how reliable Lily is as a narrator and also how truthful Mama is being with her past.
Bad Fruit is quite a slow burn, but it keeps you hooked throughout and the sense of unease is compelling. I could not put it down in places hoping for a good outcome for Lily. The characters, although cruel felt well-rounded and fleshed out and the book felt realistic in its portrayal of cruelty.
Overall Bad Fruit is not an enjoyable read but it is an engaging one - a toxic tale that will keep you hooked. Thank you to NetGalley & HarperCollins UK - Harper Fiction for the chance to read the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
