Book Review
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Date: January 14, 2025
Format: Hardcover - 320 pages
Kindle - 8217 KB
Nook - 5 MB
Audible - 9 Hours 19 Minutes
ISBN: 978-1250337788
ASIN (Kindle): B0D12ST77F
ASIN (Audible): B0D3QS21DQ
BNID: 978-1250337795
Genre: Thriller
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Disclaimer: I purchased a hardcover copy of the book via my subscription to Book Of The Month.
Book Description:
The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
. . . and revenge.
Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.
Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.
A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible – a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.
Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.
My Book Review:
In Beautiful Ugly, author Alice Feeney weaves a riveting psychological thriller that easily draws the reader into a dark storyline that follows author Grady Green as he tries to move forward with his life a year after his wife Abby disappeared.
Set in London and on the remote Isle of Amberly in the Scottish Highlands, the story is told in alternating first person narratives by Grady and Abby. The reader follows along as Grady travels to the remote Isle of Amberly in order to try to get his life back in order after it unraveled a year ago with the unsolved disappearance of his wife Abby. Grady soon discovers that his life is in danger on the strange island, when eerie incidents begin to happen, and he realizes that he is completely cut off from the world.
Set in London and on the remote Isle of Amberly in the Scottish Highlands, the story is told in alternating first person narratives by Grady and Abby. The reader follows along as Grady travels to the remote Isle of Amberly in order to try to get his life back in order after it unraveled a year ago with the unsolved disappearance of his wife Abby. Grady soon discovers that his life is in danger on the strange island, when eerie incidents begin to happen, and he realizes that he is completely cut off from the world.
Beautiful Ugly is a complex and multi-layered tale of a marriage gone wrong and ultimate revenge. The story is rich in detail and vivid descriptions. It has intriguing and suspenseful twists and turns, and the author plays a clever cat-n-mouse game with the reader as she provides enough strange island characters and clues into Abby's disappearance that keeps the reader guessing if Grady can turn his life around ... that is if he survives. The author leaves the reader no other option than to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next.
As a diehard fan of psychological thrillers, I must admit that author Alice Feeney's books always exceed my expectations. The dark intensity of the storyline and the complexity of the intertwining connection between Grady and Abby's troubled pasts, kept me thoroughly riveted, engrossed, and guessing as the pieces to the puzzle come together.
With a complex and realistic cast of characters, the author does a phenomenal job of delving into the tangled web of secrets, lies, betrayals, and a history of emotional past trauma. The author transports the reader into this fast-paced white-knuckle storyline with her creative interweaving of a psychological cat-n-mouse game between the characters that leaves the reader's heart palpitating until the surprise ending ultimately leaves them completely shocked. It just doesn't get any better than this!
Beautiful Ugly is one heck of an adrenaline rush that is a must-read for the true diehard psychological thriller junkie!
RATING: 4 STARS
About The Author
Alice Feeney is a New York Times million-copy bestselling author of novels including His & Hers, Sometimes I Lie, Rock Paper Scissors and Daisy Darker. Her books have been translated into over thirty-five languages, and have been optioned for major screen adaptations, with His & Hers currently in production for Netflix, produced by Jessica Chastain, and starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal.
Alice was a BBC journalist for fifteen years. Her seventh novel, Beautiful Ugly, was published around the world in January 2025.
You can follow Alice on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @alicewriterland
For the latest book and TV news, and to sign up for Alice's free newsletter, please visit her website: www.alicefeeney.com
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