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Tally is excited for her 16th birthday, because that is the day she will undergo her operation to become a “Pretty”. While waiting for her birthday, Tally meets Shay, another “Ugly”, who tells her about a place outside of the city where no one ever becomes pretty. When Shay goes missing, Tally’s operation is put on hold until she leads the government-esque “Specials” to The Smoke, the secret society of runaway Uglies. When Tally gets to The Smoke, she learns more about true beauty and the realit
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This is more like a 3.5 stars. I really liked that this felt like an extended, teen-oriented version of The Twilight Zone. I thought Tally's development as a character was believable and I liked her as a heroine. However, like most of Westerfeld's books, the somewhat indifferent character development for everyone else meant that I didn't get terribly invested in what happened to them. That said, the plotting was good and I think this is the first of his books in which I felt that the follow-thro
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This book is about a culture in which everyone gets plastic surgery when they turn 16 so that they can become "pretty." The "Pretties" and "Uglies" live apart from one another, with the "Pretties" enjoying a lot of benefits not open to the younger "Uglies." Becoming Pretty is associated with growing up. The book opens with Tally waiting for her own operation -- but in her last summer of being "ugly," she meets a girl who refuses to get the operation and even runs away to avoid it. Journeys are e
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I'm pretty amazed at how much I enjoyed this book, cause I wasn't expecting much from it. It was action packed, sci-fi goodness. What surprised me, though, was how thought provoking it was. I wasn't expecting to want to read any more from this trilogy, but I've already got Pretties on reserve and can't wait to get it!
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I really enjoyed Uglies. I think though he could have stopped with this one. The other two didn't really do much for me.
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Finally got around to this one. I oh so want a hoverboard.
Love love love Scott Westerfeld!
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