Bad Fruit: The unforgettable, gripping and highly acclaimed new crime thriller debut novel from a hot literary fiction voice of 2023

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King had me hooked, but there were also times I had to put the book down and breathe before picking it up again. From preparing her mother’s favourite Singaporean meals to altering her appearance to look more like her, Lily will do just about anything to avoid her mother’s wrath.

A portrait of abuse, it hinges on absurdity and suspense to tell a wild story of familial trauma and reckoning that never feels like a 'trauma novel. Concept of Genesis and the original sin with eve that offers an apple to Adam by subjecting him to temptation under the gaze of the serpent symbolizing evil.Mama’s gets increasingly demented when she suspects her husband of having having an affair with his daughter in law, Francine, Jacob’s estranged wife. Lily is seventeen, almost off to Oxford, but she's also her mother's perfect doll, made up to look just right and wearing just what her mother wants.

i personally thought that it was disruptive to the momentum of the story as there was no forward movement nor further development to the story. Mình bắt đầu cảm thấy tồi tệ bởi những gì bà May đã ảnh hưởng đến những đứa con của bà ta, phải nói là cực kỳ tồi tệ. I enjoyed the Greenwich setting and the complexity of race and culture in the book, and found the perspective of Lily a very interesting one, especially in terms of how her childhood has impacted things like her ability to know what she likes or make choices. On the surface, Lily’s life looks idyllic but it soon becomes clear that it’s far from that, revealed to us through her unique coping techniques, including the safe space she creates in her attic bedroom: 'Here’s where I keep me, in this hole under the floorboards.

Disturbing, dark and twisted, Bad Fruit is a hard-hitting portrayal of a dysfunctional family that also explores themes of identity and self-discovery. In this lushly poisonous tale, we follow a teenage girl on the cusp of freedom from her tyrannical mother.

But as home truths creep out of the shadows, Lily must recast everything: what if her house isn't a home - but a prison? As disturbing as the content of this novel was, Kings writing is an aesthetic masterpiece - a sensory feast! Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Woman eating lemon doing funny face expression Face portrait of woman wears floral shirt, eating acid lemon doing funny face expression with eyes closed. Author Ella King has crafted a multi-layered story filled with richly drawn and nuanced characters that explores difficult topics and asks hard questions.While her brother, sister and even father are the ones to put her on edge – triggering both emotional and physical outbursts – it is Lily’s job to maintain peace.