Beautiful Bad is a book told through three main parts. The past, the present - AKA the day of the killing, and the weeks leading up to the killing. The reader starts off the book knowing someone is dead, but not knowing who, just that there was a 911 call and that there is a child in the house. This book builds up the story around that killing. As you read, you slowly piece together the events that led to a death.
When I very first finished this book, I had to take a minute to just stare at a wall and process the ending. After which, I immediately turned to my fiance and demanded that he read it so that we could discuss the ending.
I have always loved books with multiple points of view and or multiple timelines. This book delivers both in a way that leaves the reader hungry for the next chapter. I cannot begin to tell you which timelines I most looked forward to because each one was so vital to the overall story.
This is one of those books, that after you close it, you start remembering all the itty bitty details the author put in throughout the story that felt inconsequential, but suddenly feel like brilliance on her part.
I cannot say that there were any characters that I loved. In fact, I wouldn't even necessarily say that there were any characters that I liked. That being said, the story was written in a way that it did not matter that I didn't like any of the characters. I loved their stories too much to care that they were all a little self serving and ... just ... off. But that feeling of unease with the characters is not a complaint. It was fantastic.
Really my only complaint with this book was that the cover refers to a perfect marriage... there was no point that I considered this marriage perfect. It is extremely flawed and unsettling.
When I very first finished this book, I had to take a minute to just stare at a wall and process the ending. After which, I immediately turned to my fiance and demanded that he read it so that we could discuss the ending.
I have always loved books with multiple points of view and or multiple timelines. This book delivers both in a way that leaves the reader hungry for the next chapter. I cannot begin to tell you which timelines I most looked forward to because each one was so vital to the overall story.
This is one of those books, that after you close it, you start remembering all the itty bitty details the author put in throughout the story that felt inconsequential, but suddenly feel like brilliance on her part.
I cannot say that there were any characters that I loved. In fact, I wouldn't even necessarily say that there were any characters that I liked. That being said, the story was written in a way that it did not matter that I didn't like any of the characters. I loved their stories too much to care that they were all a little self serving and ... just ... off. But that feeling of unease with the characters is not a complaint. It was fantastic.
Really my only complaint with this book was that the cover refers to a perfect marriage... there was no point that I considered this marriage perfect. It is extremely flawed and unsettling.