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All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

A Novel

by Bryn Greenwood
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  • First Published:
  • Aug 9, 2016, 352 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Oct 2017, 432 pages
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Sylvia G. (Scottsdale, AZ)

More than ugly and not so wonderful
What a difficult book to review. It began promising and was very well written but ultimately I could not get over the inappropriate and overly sexual relationship between a child and a very grown man. Although the book tried to justify their "love", I couldn't buy it and found therefore that the whole premise of the novel was sick. How can you root for a thirteen year old girl and a 25 year old man to get together? Ugh!
Marcia F. (Batavia, IL)

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Bryn Greenwood is a very good story teller with well developed characters and excellent descriptions.. To me, however, the subject matter in "All the Ugly and Wonderful Things" is very disturbing and not a subject I enjoyed reading about. Because of this, I am sorry, but I cannot recommend this book.

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