Available January 2017 from Penguin (Michael Joseph)
Source: Netgalley
‘NEW N A M E . NEW F A M I LY. S H I N Y. NEW. ME . ‘ Annie’s mother is a serial killer. The only way she can make it stop is to hand her in to the police. But out of sight is not out of mind. As her mother’s trial looms, the secrets of her past won’t let Annie sleep, even with a new foster family and name – Milly. A fresh start. Now, surely, she can be whoever she wants to be. But Milly’s mother is a serial killer. And blood is thicker than water. Good me, bad me. She is, after all, her mother’s daughter…
I’ve been reading a few of next years books the last few weeks so I’m starting a little series here on the blog over the next little while with some of my recommendations for ones to watch next year.
Good Me Bad Me is definitely one to watch out for – a beautifully written and intense psychological character study, a haunting and exceptional read that digs deep into the psyche of a damaged girl – damaged by her own mother during an unspeakable upbringing. Having run she finds that she can’t hide…but does she even want to?
Milly’s voice is extraordinary, she will sink into your consciousness without you even realising, she is both scary and sympathetic. Fighting both nature and nurture it seems in her bid for a normal life, her inner turmoil is quietly compelling and utterly absorbing. Ali Land allows Milly to live right in the narrative, when reading you are lulled into a false sense of security then with a sentence or two she makes your blood run cold. It is clever, fasinating, brilliantly plotted and completely engaging from the very first sentence through to the bitter beautiful end.
I’ll talk about it more nearer the time of publication. For now though I would Highly Recommend that if you have a bookish watchlist you put this one on it. You will want to be part of the conversation. Its quite safe…I promise….
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