Beautiful Bad

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In the most explosive and twisted psychological thriller since The Woman in the Window, a beautiful marriage turns beautifully bad Things that make me scared When Charlie cries Hospitals and lakes When Ian drinks vodka in the basement ISIS When Ian gets angry That something is really, really wrong with me.Maddie and Ian s romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas he was serving in the British army and she was a travel writer visiting her best friend, Jo Now almost two decades later, married with a beautiful son, Charlie, they are living the perfect suburban life in Middle America But when a camping accident leaves Maddie badly scarred, she begins attending writing therapy, where she gradually reveals her fears about Ian s PTSD her concerns for the safety of their young son, Charlie and the couple s tangled and tumultuous past with Jo.From the Balkans to England, Iraq to Manhattan, and finally to an ordinary family home in Kansas, sixteen years of love and fear, adventure and suspicion culminate in The Day of the Killing, when a frantic 911 call summons the police to the scene of a shocking crime. Download Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward – kino-fada.fr After a reading experience like this one I have to wonder, am I just a silly woman blinded by optimism or a glutton for punishment I think in this instance, I have to go with the latter There were too many telltale signs, and pretty early on I might add, that I chose to ignore Things that could never be resolved with the turning ofpages A frantic 911 call draws readers in initially, but the bloody crime scene sparking the plea for help proves to be the strongest pull an opportunity to After a reading experience like this one I have to wonder, am I just a silly woman blinded by optimism or a glutton for punishment I think in this instance, I have to go with the latter There were too many telltale signs, and pretty early on I might add, that I chose to ignore Things that could never be resolved with the turning ofpages A frantic 911 call draws readers in initially, but the...I sometimes feel like my mind is possessed by another person or creature One of the main characters thinks this thought towards the end of the novel, and the fascinating thing is it could be any one of them thinking it Was itMADDIE IAN JOANNA Oh madnessmy sweet embraceable you This is a tale about a tangled web of desire, deceit, and paranoia If you don t drink vodka, gin, scotch, or bourbon at the beginning of this story, you may be indulging by the end of it Who desires whom who I sometimes feel like my mind is possesse... Beautiful Bad is a psychological thriller about a mysterious accident, a murder, and a marriage at its breaking point While there are some interesting elements and one fascinating unreliable narrator, as a whole I struggled with the multiple POV s and timelines. The book opens with a chilling 911 call in the small town of Meadowlark, Kansas An investigator arrives a house in an upscale neighborhood to discover a lot of blood Who the blood belonged to becomes one of the main threads of the Beautiful Bad is a psychological thriller about a mysterious accident, a murder, and a marriage at its breaking point While there are some interesting elements and one fascinating unreliable narrator, as a whole I struggled with the multiple POV s and timelines. The book opens with a chilling 911 call in the small town of Meadowlark, Kansas...Put on those detective hats and prepare for a heart pounding thriller, sure to shock even the most masterful of sleuths I was not at all prepared for the epic twist in this book I think I ve become numb to the formulaic twists and turns I m accustomed to reading This book, however, was NOT that Annie Ward is supremely fresh in the way she writes, but also, in the way she can spin a tale Jo and Maddie are thick as thieves, as close as two people can be without being related This fact makes Put on those detective hats and prepare for a heart pounding thriller, sure to shock even the most masterful of sleuths I was not at all prepared for the epic twist in this book I think I ve become numb to the formulaic twists and turns I m accustomed to reading This book, however, was NOT that Annie Ward is supremely fresh in the way she writes, but also, in the way she can spin a tale Jo and Maddie are thick as thieves, as close as two people can be without being related This fact makes it unbearably cruel when a man comes between them, destroying their friendship Maddie cannot believe that Ian is into her Being J...Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward is a 2019 Park Row publication Strange, absorbing, but too predictable Maddie and her friend, Jo, travel abroad to dangerous locations, which puts them in contact with paid bodyguard , Ian Maddie and Ian begin an emotional affair, which is complicated by Ian s entanglement with an unstable woman, and by Maddie s friendship with Jo Nine years after they parted ways, they are reunited, and embark on a torrid, yet disturbingly intense, affair which eventually leads Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward is a 2019 Park Row publication Strange, absorbing, but too predictable Maddie and her friend, Jo, travel abroad to dangerous locations, which puts them in contact with paid bodyguard , Ian Maddie and Ian begin an emotional affair, which is complicated by Ian s entanglement with an unstable woman, and by Maddie s friendship with Jo Nine years a...A whirlwind ride, guaranteed to keep you on your toes right to the end Maddie wants desperately to explore the world Living abroad has been her life long dream The freedom and excitement of working in Eastern Europe, far away from her family in Kansas, is absolutely intoxicating And to top it all off her best friend Joanna is just a border crossing away Finally, a much anticipated visit to Joanna, and here we go A night out on the town The evenings festivities in Macedonia take a A whirlwind ride, guaranteed to keep you on your toes right to the end Maddie wants desperately to explore the world Living abroad has been her life long dream The freedom and excitement of working in Eastern Europe, far away from her family in Kansas, is absolutely intoxicating And to top it all off her best friend Joanna is just a border crossing away Finally, a much anticipated visit to Joanna, and here we go A night out on the town The evenings festivities in Macedonia take a scrumptious turn when Ian British Military, enters the bar with his friend Well, well the sparks are flying everywhere Told in multiple times lines and points of view The future of Ian and his wife comes to a frightful head A frantic 911 call So who will walk away Oh come on, you ll have to, actually, wa...4 Stars.Get lost in the Wickedness of Beautiful Bad You know those twisty turny books that have you so wrapped up that you forget all else Yeah, that is what this book did to me It starts with a 911 call where a Detective is called to a home in Meadowlark, Kansas where a lot of blood is found at the scene, which becomes known as The Day of The Killing Ten weeks earlier, housewife Maddie is attending writing therapy sessions to try and recover memories of the head injury she sustained 4 Stars.Get lost in the Wickedness of Beautiful Bad You know those twisty turny books that have you so wrapped up that you forget all else Yeah, that is what this book did to me It starts with a 911 call where a Detective is called to a home in Meadowlark, Kansas where a lot of blood is found at the scene, which becomes known as The Day of The Killing Ten weeks earlier, housewife Maddie is attending writing therapy sessions to try and recover memories of the head injury she sustained ...Not sure if I m in the minority with my thoughts on this I m noticing average to fantastic.I put it somewhere in between for several personal reasons.I struggled at times with the back and forth in time It took me a while to get it all in my head, especially from the beginnings 911 frantic call the opens the book It slowed down its pace and although I m aware the information had to be narrated I sometimes got to a place in my mind where I wandered That s not saying it was useless Not sure if I m in the minority with my thoughts on this I m noticing average to fantastic.I put it somewhere in between for several personal reasons.I struggled at times with the back and forth in time It took me a while to get it all in my head, especially from the beginnings 911 frantic call the opens the book It slowed down its pace and although I m aware the information had to be narrated I sometimes got to a place in my mind where I wandered That s not saying it was useless information, not at all I just wish it was just too many pages of facts at one ...TWO STARSI really struggle with reviewing novels like BEAUTIFUL BAD The novel has a lot of good points and an unusual premise, HOWEVER it is a fail for me.Despite having several interesting passages set in foreign countries, the story moves at a snail s pace I don t necessarily hate slow reading novels if the author goe...Luckily, this came around at the very end with a delightfully twisted finish Just enough to push it into that 3 star, good book , territory This being said, many, many parts of this dragged for me Upon reflection, I honestly think between 50 to 100 pages could have been done away with entirely.The setting was unique Beginning in Kansas, then shifting back in time and taking us over to Eastern Europe, Iraq and back to the United States, this was my favorite aspect of this book It s not Luckily, this came around at the very end with a delightfully twisted finish Just enough to push it into that 3 star, good book , territory This being said, many, many parts of this dragged for me Upon reflection, I honestly think between 50 to 100 pages could have been done away with entirely.The setting was unique Beginning in Kansas, then shifting back in time and taking us over to Eastern Europe, Iraq and back to the United States, this was my favorite aspect of this book It s not often you read an Adult Thriller that has Macedonia and the Balkans as a backdrop.Maddie, working as a Travel Writer, meets Ian while visiting her best friend, Joanna, in Macedonia Joanna is working for a relief agency at the time and Ian is in private security Along with some other Brits and Americans living there at the time, they chum around, drinking and getting to know one another.Maddie is quite taken with Ian from the very beginning and despite Joanna s warnings, she ends up with major heart eyes f...

Beautiful Bad
  • English
  • 03 August 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0778369102
  • Annie Ward
  • Beautiful Bad