shxlby98's review against another edition
3.0
I wish there was more of the stalkers point of view it was so creepy and I wanted more. I loved this and I know I shouldn’t
tabandvelcro's review against another edition
4.0
depressing & sad book about depressing/depressed & sad people so naturally I enjoyed it.
etakloknok's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
trevorjameszaple's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting debut. The southern, ill-educated drawl that punctuates the speech of Ms. Hunter's poverty-line characters seeps into the prose at times, making for an interesting blur between story and author. The title is apt, since all of these characters are steeped in their own ugliness, although Baby Girl's ugliness seems to me to be mostly surface ugliness. Baby Girl was the character that resonated the most with me; as the others fell into their own ugliness, she seemed to transcend her own and grow as a person, to a point. While it was a very assured, confident voice for a debut, the ending seemed all too abrupt for the emotional weight that was put on the characters and it ultimately left me unsatisfied.
natesea's review against another edition
2.0
This pulpy novel tries hard at grit, is at times successful, but mostly tiresome. There are better gritty, southern-gothic reads out there, like The Devil All The Time and Salvage the Bones. Ugly Girls is a glossy, made-for-tv, PG kind of ugly, that reveals moments of authenticity in an otherwise after school special presentation.
baearthur's review against another edition
2.0
I didn't love this book. I couldn't/didn't identify with any of the characters and really disliked the feel of it. One of the protagonists rapes an acquaintance, but because she's a girl it seems the audience wants us to feel that perhaps she was just confused - where as the villain is a male rapist and the reader is guided to feel vindicated when he meets his end. I just generally felt disturbed by this book and not in a thoughtful, at least I feel something way. Just disturbed that this was published.
mainegal881's review against another edition
3.0
A gritty short novel about families, high school friendship and tragedy. The story kept me on the edge of my seat.