After being badly scarred during an accident she can't recall, Maddie begins to question the actions of her husband, Ian, who suffers from PTSD after serving in the British army. Would he hurt her or her 3 year old son, Charlie? Should she be worried about their safety?
Alternating between Maddie's point of view, the "Day of the Killing," and Ian's point of view, Beautiful Bad will make you question everything and everyone. Are any of the narrators reliable? Who died and why? And, lastly, why hasn't Maddie talked to her best friend, Joanna, for four years?
This definitely wasn't your typical, fast-paced thriller, and I certainly was not expecting such a long and serious backstory. For the life of me, I couldn't understand what Maddie saw in Ian and why she pined over him for sooooo many years. The ending was somewhat of a surprise, but overall, this story was too dark, disturbing, and depressing for me and made my stomach hurt.
Trigger warning: Drowning
Location: Kansas (Meadowlark - 1.5 hours south of Kansas City), Bulgaria, Macedonia, NYC, Colorado (Estes Park), and Nicaragua (Las Pampas)
I received a copy from a BookishFirst giveaway. All opinions are my own.
Alternating between Maddie's point of view, the "Day of the Killing," and Ian's point of view, Beautiful Bad will make you question everything and everyone. Are any of the narrators reliable? Who died and why? And, lastly, why hasn't Maddie talked to her best friend, Joanna, for four years?
This definitely wasn't your typical, fast-paced thriller, and I certainly was not expecting such a long and serious backstory. For the life of me, I couldn't understand what Maddie saw in Ian and why she pined over him for sooooo many years. The ending was somewhat of a surprise, but overall, this story was too dark, disturbing, and depressing for me and made my stomach hurt.
Trigger warning: Drowning
Location: Kansas (Meadowlark - 1.5 hours south of Kansas City), Bulgaria, Macedonia, NYC, Colorado (Estes Park), and Nicaragua (Las Pampas)
I received a copy from a BookishFirst giveaway. All opinions are my own.