all the ugly and wonderful things review

Someone who actually cares for her, enrolls her for school when neither of her parents bothered to. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things didn’t do that, it showed us a relationship where this child, who grows up in an environment where both her parents are meth addicts, has an escape. Usually when we are presented with these kind of relationships, they are portrayed in a revolting/creepy way, which tends to be our response to it anyway. But I finally figured out why it made me as a reader so uncomfortable. This is a fairly controversial book, with the main relationship being between a grown ass man and a minor. What follows is a powerful and shocking love story between two unlikely people that asks tough questions, reminding us of all the ugly and wonderful things that life has to offer.’ One night everything changes when she witnesses one of her father’s thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold, wreck his motorcycle. She finds peace in the starry Midwestern night sky above the fields behind her house.

Struggling to raise her little brother, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible “adult” around. ‘As the daughter of a meth dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. I’ve had the review for this book handwritten for about 3 weeks, I just didn’t get around to typing it up! For me to read a coming of age story it needs to have an intriguing synopsis, so here it is: (taken from Goodreads) Source: Received for review from Netgalley

All the ugly and wonderful things review