The Ugly Truth a thriller which is told through a series of interviews, tweets and diary entries.
A thought provoking read.
My thanks to the publisher and netgalley for my copy.

The story follows Melanie, a beautiful and intelligent girl that was catapulted to fame at 15 years old and the ups and downs of the 2o years that followed.

A slightly similar concept to the movie “Searching”, the story is told through a series of interviews, tweets, transcript from a documentary and media reports. An interesting concept that, for me, just didn’t land (unlike the movie referenced, which I thoroughly recommend!). I’m not sure if it is because it was an advanced copy but the formatting was haphazard and it felt like a first revision. I hope this is proof read and addressed before release. There were some silly mistakes and headings missing that caused confusion. Take out the repetitive headings about the documentary transcripts and such and this is a relatively quick read.

Whilst this book failed to impress me, I think the message sent to readers about the power of their words on social media is an important one.