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A review by sarah_moynihan
Uglyville: The Diary of Verona Cassidy by Sawney Hatton
3.0
'Meet Verona Cassidy. Dysfunctional. Delusional. Disturbed.
When the 15-year-old misfit sees the strikingly handsome garbageman outside her bedroom window, it's love at first sight. But love doesn't always look back the same way.
That won't stop Verona from winning his heart... at any cost. Sometimes people get used. Sometimes people get hurt. Sometimes people die.'
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Uglyville is campy and funny and pretty ridiculous. The diary of moviestar wannabe that is 10,000 miles out of her mind and out of touch with reality. This is a really quick read and a unique storyline. I had fun reading it, but I also didn't find it very thrilling or shocking. It's hasn't been my favorite, but it is unique and that makes quite the difference for me.
It's written in the format of Cassidy's diary, which has been collected as police evidence. As a diary, the entire plot is shared through the wholly unreliable and delusional Cassidy's perception of events. She is selfish, manipulative, and lacks empathy. Clearly a sociopath and, as a result, she fails to care about either the feelings or well-being of those around her. As a sociopath, Cassidy is only looking out for herself and her own interests. So when shit hit the fan, I found that the choices she would make from there followed a clear path. And so as events begin to spiral, I found her actions fairly predictable.
It's amusing in a twisted way, simply by the frivilous way Cassidy is able to disregard even the most heinous of circumstances when they don't fit into her end goal. But it is also amusing due to the many instances when there is humor at Cassidy's expense but she embraces it instead of taking offense because she is unable to fathom the concept of someone withholding love and support from her, a goddess among the mere mortals.
I've seen a couple of reviews where people are wondering and questioning whether this is a true crime account, so obviously the author pulled it off. This is a work of fiction though, but I enjoyed it. And if you're okay with it being pretty twisted, then I think you'll enjoy it.
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I would like to thank the author, Sawney Hatton, BookSirens and Dark Park Publishing for sharing an eARC of Uglyville with me. This is my honest and voluntary review.
When the 15-year-old misfit sees the strikingly handsome garbageman outside her bedroom window, it's love at first sight. But love doesn't always look back the same way.
That won't stop Verona from winning his heart... at any cost. Sometimes people get used. Sometimes people get hurt. Sometimes people die.'
_______________________________
Uglyville is campy and funny and pretty ridiculous. The diary of moviestar wannabe that is 10,000 miles out of her mind and out of touch with reality. This is a really quick read and a unique storyline. I had fun reading it, but I also didn't find it very thrilling or shocking. It's hasn't been my favorite, but it is unique and that makes quite the difference for me.
It's written in the format of Cassidy's diary, which has been collected as police evidence. As a diary, the entire plot is shared through the wholly unreliable and delusional Cassidy's perception of events. She is selfish, manipulative, and lacks empathy. Clearly a sociopath and, as a result, she fails to care about either the feelings or well-being of those around her. As a sociopath, Cassidy is only looking out for herself and her own interests. So when shit hit the fan, I found that the choices she would make from there followed a clear path. And so as events begin to spiral, I found her actions fairly predictable.
It's amusing in a twisted way, simply by the frivilous way Cassidy is able to disregard even the most heinous of circumstances when they don't fit into her end goal. But it is also amusing due to the many instances when there is humor at Cassidy's expense but she embraces it instead of taking offense because she is unable to fathom the concept of someone withholding love and support from her, a goddess among the mere mortals.
I've seen a couple of reviews where people are wondering and questioning whether this is a true crime account, so obviously the author pulled it off. This is a work of fiction though, but I enjoyed it. And if you're okay with it being pretty twisted, then I think you'll enjoy it.
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I would like to thank the author, Sawney Hatton, BookSirens and Dark Park Publishing for sharing an eARC of Uglyville with me. This is my honest and voluntary review.