A review by lavenderxohuang
Tragic Beauty by Iris Ann Hunter

4.0

Beautifully written. I'm still thinking about this HOURS after I've finished it. It's probably one of the top darkest book I have ever read... and I've read a lot of them. It brought me to some very emotionally bleak, dark, anguished places. I cried so much and felt so hopeless reading it but I couldn't stop turning the pages. These characters are multilayered and so tragic. Even during the worst of crimes and abuse, the author still manages to conjure up sentiments in me besides hatred for the perpetrators. I've never read a book like this before and I'm so glad I did, but I don't think I'd be able to read it a second time. You definitely need to suspend logic a little bit because I can't imagine anyone experiencing so much trauma as Ava did and still saying sane and mentally strong, especially to protect a man she's only had one encounter with.