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Bad Fruit by Ella King
3.25
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

I was expecting this to be a mystery thriller with hidden family secrets, but it was more of a domestic story about abuse, trauma, and toxic family relationships. 
it was disturbing and really hard to read. the characters were frustrating and I was waiting for the narrator to finally fight for herself. I found the middle to meander with redundant scenes, but I really enjoyed the nuance behind lily’s push-and-pull of identity to be more like her mother. 
a dark novel that captured many important topics, but just wasn’t what I was expecting, so please be aware of tw’s.