A review by hballew22
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood

4.0

I want to give this book 5 stars. It’s so well written. The story is gripping. The characters progress so well given the long expanse of time the book covers. It loses a star because of the descriptive scenes between Kellen and Wavy while she was underage. I hate the way that played out in the first part of the book. It was difficult to read and I skimmed much of it. She was a child who had to grow up way too fast. And he was an adult with some mental issues. So while the author does a good job of trying to paint them on the same mental/emotional level. It is still an adult engaging in sexual activity with a minor-which is not ok and was hard to read. So for that, this book lost a star.

The overall story minus the sexual abuse is a 5 star work.