Random Things Tours: The Ugly Truth by LC North

 

When a local socialite disappeared, rumours about the reason and her location took over the social media. From one day to another, fragments of truth are exposed by different people that got in touch with her or familiar with her situation. She may be taken captive by her rich father, Sir Peter Lange. But the father himself is trying to convince the public opinion that the measure is temporarily as his younger daughter is treated in a private mental clinic. 

Echoing #FreeBritney campaign, The Ugly Truth by LC North is a suspenseful novel built on different episodes. The different testimonies and points of view of different characters involved in Melanie´s life and affected by her disappearance created a multi-faceted story. The different perspectives, in different formats - interviews, social media shots, testimonies - do create a diversity of situations, bringing up new details or conflicting information. It looks like a skillful game of mirrors the author created in order to confuse us. 

As an engaged reader who adores to make her own assumptions, I kept changing my scenario over and over again, until the very end of the story, and still haven´t get at least 50% of the ending right. I took ot as a smart challenge and a plus for the book. 

The construction of the story is purely addictive and The Ugly Truth kept me very busy for few hours, with anything else seemed to be more important than understanding what exactly happened to Melanie and especially why. 

The talented author of this psychological thriller loves to tell stories about families and their dark secrets and, obviously, loves psychology too. I can only add her name on my list of authors I will definitely want to hear more and more about. Especially to read their books.

Rating: 4.5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own