Ugly
Giving Us Back our Beauty Standards

I read some of the reviews of this book and found out how some people are criticizing about the 'writing', 'grammar' or 'repetitiveness. This book is an account of a child's memories of how she was abused, humiliated and rejected. This is a powerful book. The very beauty of biographies is that they......more

Although I expected more, this is a fairly good read, mainly because of who she is, a former barrister, and was one of the first Black female recorders in the UK, and then jailed in 2014. An interesting book. Three stars.......more

This is a beautiful memoir about survival in a life saturated with physical and emotional abuse. Claire's problems seemed to start with her mother's inability to deal with her bed wetting, although the underlying issue truly lies with her mom's mental issues. Claire becomes a punching bag for her mo......more

When I read the book, I was not sure whether I liked it or not. I read some of the reviews and that helped me to make up my own mind. Let me try to show you. I agree with the people who said the book was repetetive. But with every book I read during the last weeks, I had this same thought: Gosh, that......more

Ugly is a story about a girl suffering through abuse. I’m not sure what to make of this. I think it’s kind of unfair to write a review on somebody’s actual life, because I have no say in the events. But I gave this book two stars because I didn’t know the purpose. What was the point of writing this bo......more