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Beautiful Ugly

Alice Feeney

3.64 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another fabulous Alice Feeney story!  Gripping, tense and compelling.
mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious tense medium-paced

I was unsure what was happening the entire time and then when I got to find out in the last 30 pages of the book, I was underwhelmed. I didn't like that we got everything from Grady's point of view most of the time, and then found out it wasn't really right. 
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Dark, twisted and unhinged while also a thought-provoking thriller. This fast-paced story keeps you on your toes trying to figure out who is genuine and who is not. The Audiobook narrators both did an excellent job with their voicing and roles helping to bring the book to life for the listener.

Begins with Grady Green an author who experienced the best and worst days in his life all at once. He is on the phone with his investigative journalist wife, Abby, to share with her some news he is very excited about but instead, he is horrified when she stops her car and gets out … jumping forward one year later Grady is wallowing in grief and cannot write, sleep or function. His agent sends him to Amberley, an island off the coast of Scotland to get away from things and to write, staying at the home of a best-selling reclusive author who has passed away, and it seems he is being haunted.

This was a book filled with twists and turns and unhinged moments in this psychological thriller. I was invested in the plot and didn’t see some of the twists coming and the ending — yikes! The narrators gave an eerie and uneasy atmosphere and some of the twists I didn’t see coming. Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for this ALC. This is my honest review.