A review by notinjersey
One Year of Ugly by Caroline MacKenzie

3.0

I found One Year of Ugly to be more literary in style and slower than I prefer. This story is about a family who escapes Venezuela to Trinidad and becomes entrenched with a local crime lord who forces them into illegal activities to repay him for helping them escape. I would say this book is worth reading for the cultural aspects of it, as well as for the variety of relationships depicted. I’m sad to say I didn’t love it, because I think it was well written and an interesting story.