One Line Summary

A love story fractures into obsession and doubt when a grieving husband retreats to an island where truth shifts with the tide.

Opening Impression

Beautiful Ugly opens with the ache of loss and slowly reveals itself as something far more unsettling.

Synopsis

Bestselling author Grady Green’s life collapses when his wife Abby disappears during a phone call.

Analysis

Structure: Dual timelines and contradiction-driven tension.

Characterisation: Fragile, unreliable, and emotionally raw.

Themes: Marriage, authorship, and the instability of truth.

Verdict

Beautiful Ugly is elegant, unsettling, and emotionally resonant, Feeney at her most restrained and haunting.