Jeannie H. (ilovebooksanddogs) -
Well I almost finished it...I ended up skipping and skimming through most of it towards the end. Poorly written, poor grammar throughout, like a child wrote it instead of an adult (and she's now a judge?). She was more descriptive about dresses, church scenes, cleaning, than she was about the abuse she suffered. Also if you are writing using words and terminology that people in other parts of the world aren't exposed to; a section detailing what they stood for would of been nice. Most of the time I had to guess what she meant. I got bored with this story pretty quickly, it was repetitive, I read the same abuse over and over, her narrative was awful!
As for her being abused as a child, that I don't doubt and my heart aches for a child abused as she was STILL this book could of been much better written.
My final conclusion? A waste of precious reading time!
As for her being abused as a child, that I don't doubt and my heart aches for a child abused as she was STILL this book could of been much better written.
My final conclusion? A waste of precious reading time!
Sarra B. (sarradee) reviewed Ugly : The True Story of a Loveless Childhood on + 47 more book reviews
In the tradition of A Boy Called It and other memoirs of horrific childhoods. Constance Briscoe is an unwanted little girl whose mother treats her more like an animal than a child. The very depressing story of a courageous little girl who ends up being very much a survivor.
