A review by kerasalwaysreading
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
5.0
Well, I doubt I will look at apples the same way ever again.
This was a slow building, while simultaneously riveting story with some serious roots. It’s a unique and dark look at the lengths people will go for power and how that power can ultimately corrupt.
We have this interesting group of people all connected by circumstance, in the town of Harrow, where Dan Paxson thinks he has cracked the code for the most perfect apple on his family’s orchard. His daughter Calla has named it the Ruby Slipper and it is going to change everything.
Just one bite and you’re hooked, with this apple somehow making people better, stronger, smarter, HUNGRIER… I wasn’t expecting the cult-esque nature to really take hold in this book, but it becomes deadly. There is a force at play here, with deep roots, seeking blood and more. And, while most of the town is hooked on these apples, changing dramatically, there is a small group who have refrained from tasting them, which proves a major problem to those who have.
This book is wild. The characters are all so different and have so much to say. This is a weird story and it was SERIOUSLY good!
This was a slow building, while simultaneously riveting story with some serious roots. It’s a unique and dark look at the lengths people will go for power and how that power can ultimately corrupt.
We have this interesting group of people all connected by circumstance, in the town of Harrow, where Dan Paxson thinks he has cracked the code for the most perfect apple on his family’s orchard. His daughter Calla has named it the Ruby Slipper and it is going to change everything.
Just one bite and you’re hooked, with this apple somehow making people better, stronger, smarter, HUNGRIER… I wasn’t expecting the cult-esque nature to really take hold in this book, but it becomes deadly. There is a force at play here, with deep roots, seeking blood and more. And, while most of the town is hooked on these apples, changing dramatically, there is a small group who have refrained from tasting them, which proves a major problem to those who have.
This book is wild. The characters are all so different and have so much to say. This is a weird story and it was SERIOUSLY good!