I received a paperback ARC copy of this book on
February 6, 2015 through a giveaway on GoodReads.com and I’ve waited until
today to post my honest opinion of the book.
For anyone who has watched “Family Guy” often this is
something you would expect coming from the writer and producer of this show,
who is also the author of this book.
To understand this book better one needs to know the
highly satirical nature of the author’s Emmy nominated animated television
show. There is no topic in it which hasn’t been gone after such as the American
south, gross religious fanaticism, etc.
Having been raised in Kentucky, where this story takes
place, the author has probably remembered the all the fuss which had occurred
regarding beauty pageants as he was growing up coupled with the documentaries
we’ve seen on cable, and decided to write a book about it. If one looks hard
enough some of individuals in the story shared some of characteristics of those
in “Family Guy.”
Satire is a highly individualistic genre of writing, while
some individuals who read this book will laugh out loud, others might find the
stereotypes in the book overly exaggerated and the writing at times devoid of
any humor.
The title of the book, “Pretty Ugly”, is, in my
opinion, the oxymoronic personification of the story itself. And given my level
of satirical understanding and appreciation, I’m happy to this book 4 STARS.
UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/ebook/dp/B00NE06TE4
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