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A review by rosemaryandrue
Uglyville: The Diary of Verona Cassidy by Sawney Hatton
3.0
This was a quick, blackly comic read - though I'm not sure I would term it YA.
Our heroine is remorseless and obsessive, a stereotypical fifteen-year-old dialed up to a thousand, but alas for her not very bright. The author successfully walks the tightrope between making the reader feel sorry for Verona but not so sorry you want her to get away with it. I enjoyed all the hints dropped about the characters' pasts and the things left open to interpretation at the end. I thought the pacing of the book, especially in the first half, was a little awkward though. More insight into why Verona is as she is would have been interesting too.
I would recommend this book for those who are intrigued by the idea of naive psychopaths.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from BookSirens. This is my honest and voluntary review.
Our heroine is remorseless and obsessive, a stereotypical fifteen-year-old dialed up to a thousand, but alas for her not very bright. The author successfully walks the tightrope between making the reader feel sorry for Verona but not so sorry you want her to get away with it. I enjoyed all the hints dropped about the characters' pasts and the things left open to interpretation at the end. I thought the pacing of the book, especially in the first half, was a little awkward though. More insight into why Verona is as she is would have been interesting too.
I would recommend this book for those who are intrigued by the idea of naive psychopaths.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of this book from BookSirens. This is my honest and voluntary review.