A review by clare_tan_wenhui
One Year of Ugly by Caroline Mackenzie

3.0

Despite the very real issue of illegal Venezulan refugees hiding out in Trinidad at the mercy of criminal smugglers, this book injects heavy dosages of family comedy ala [a:Marian Keyes|6104|Marian Keyes|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png] style with chick-lit romance, even throwing in hilarious yet higly unrealistic Hollywood worthy gangster action film narrative for the last act, with a slightly lazy anti-climactic opened ended resolution. Some may bemoan that the end product somewhat trivialises the topic which the author sought to bring awareness, but since we have indeed taken notice of it albeit in the whimsical manner of having a frolicking good time, to quote directly from it, "what's the worse that could happen" then?