Fruit of the Dead

I really wanted to like this book but it fell incredibly flat. Our main character is NOTHING. Her biggest moment of
gusto is sneaking off to a party. Beyond that instance, she has no desire, no interest in anything. Even her growing reliance on substances dull the story.

The mother takes too long to be interesting. By the time her character is developed enough for me to care about her, the plot hands her answers, and her daughter, via means of coincidence.

The writing itself was good, the plot and structure was bleh.

I almost gave up on this one in the first 30%, glad I didn't because it really picked up steam after that and the characters really came to life. The characters are all pretty darn messy and it's really entertaining in a kind of abysmal way at times.