Finally, a book with a male lead. Many of our recent thrillers centered on a female protagonist that gets in to all sorts of mischief, trouble, and mayhem. Now we have a male author deserted on a small island with zero contact with the outside world. What could go wrong?
Did you notice anything strange about the island? Lots of things are.
I like that each chapter focuses on an oxymoron, indicating that this is not exactly black or white, it is a gray world, and all the characters are not exactly what they seem.
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Discussion Questions - Borrowed from: Book club questions for Beautiful Ugly | Bookclubs
- How does Feeney build a growing sense of unease?
- Have you ever been to Scotland? Could you picture the Isle of Amberly? Do you imagine it as similar to anywhere you've ever traveled?
- Did you enjoy all the twists and turns of the plot, or did it feel convoluted to you?
- Which twist was most jaw-dropping for you?
- Oh boy that ending! Did you expect it? Did it make sense to you? Did you feel it did a good job of tying up loose ends from earlier in the novel?
- Beautiful Ugly is told from both Grady's and Abby's perspective. What does the reader gain by experiencing both points of view? From the way that the novel also jumps back and forth in time.
- Spoiler alert: Beautiful Ugly features a very unreliable narrator. How do you feel about this authorial choice in novels, especially thrillers?
- Did you grow to care about Grady or Abby as characters? What about any of the many eccentric side characters on the island? Why or why not?
- Thriller Book Club Favorite Question: Who would you cast in each role?
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