Helpful Score: 2
Allison is very ugly but wakes up one day looking like a model. No reason is ever given for this, just that one day she wakes up looking nothing like she used to. The only thing she has lost is her great voice and can no longer sing with the range she had before. Immediately she sets out to see what she can do now that she has outside beauty. This includes getting revenge on those who treated her badly, like her cute but mean roommate and a jerk at the offices she cleans. She also tries out dating - a rich, handsome movie producer and a balding video store clerk. And overall she sees how differently she is treated for her looks. There were some realistic parts, like how ugly people no longer trusted her because of her beauty, but some parts of this book were rather surprising because they were written in a stark, gross/crude way. Actually, I still remember the first line of this book because it is in that vein and used the words "vaginally plumbed". A little bit off putting, but also somehow refreshing because under Allison's beauty there seems to be an undercurrent of bitterness comparing her treatment before and after the change. Allison doesn't buy into the superficiality of being beautiful and manages to make her own choices and her own peace. Very interesting take on the ugly duckling turning into a swan cliche.
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