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Beautiful Ugly: A Novel

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“Her best book yet.”
Harlan Coben
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.

“Magnetic and jaw-dropping.” —Mary Kubica, bestselling author
"Unforgettable." —Chris Whitaker, bestselling author

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320 pages

Average rating: 7.1

723 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

C loobeek Reads
Apr 12, 2025
5/10 stars
Long beginning with a rushed end. Liked the surprise element of the ending
Kycashicro
Apr 11, 2025
2/10 stars
This book frustrated the sh!t out of me. There are so many different things happening that just didn’t make any sense. I just wanted to stop reading it. The whole time reading I kept thinking is Grady crazy? Or is everybody else just crazy? But of course I wanted to find out what was going on so I kept reading. It was driving me crazy as much as it was driving Grady crazy to know what was going on with him. As I was reading, I did find it very weird that all of the habitants of the island are female, and the only actually a crazy person? Is all of it just a dream or part of his imagination or part of a book that he’s writing? But the answer to my question is at the end of the book. When I finished this book, all I kept saying was “What the f@ck did I just read?” The beginning of this book was phenomenal but as I continued reading, especially the last 50 pages, it was a huge no for me. What an awful ending. The ending was so bizarre, it was laughable. I honestly thought this was going to be a great book because of the description but I was sorely disappointed.
ljzsreadsandreviews
Apr 07, 2025
8/10 stars
My immediate thought upon finishing this book was “What the actual hell did I just read?!” and I think it sums things up pretty well. This was my first Alice Feeney read and I learned afterwards she is coined as the Queen of Twists and I completely understand why. I feel I’m pretty good at predicting outcomes but this one got me. I wasn’t sure what was real and what wasn’t and I was kept on the edge of my seat the entire time. This was so twisty and it’s a good thing I finished it in two days because I was actually anxious reading this. That being said, I wasn’t the biggest fan of any of the characters. None of them stood out and frankly I liked and disliked each of them equally. There are a lot of specific details put into the portrayal of the setting that added to all the mystery for me and supported a lot of my feelings while reading. This might be one of my favorite thrillers and highly recommend you pick it up, asap!
JZbear
Mar 28, 2025
8/10 stars
Good keeps you reading till the end
ShortGirlReads
Mar 23, 2025
9/10 stars
This was such a great read! It definitely keeps you on your toes!

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