From the Bookshelf of Basically Books!…

Uglies (Uglies, #1)

Scott Westerfeld

Start date: March 6, 2011

Finish date: April 6, 2011

Discussion: Former Group Reads

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 68 topics — 2,678 comments total

Former Group Reads

* Reckless by Amanda Quick (September 2013 Group Read)
By Rea , Ghost · 9 posts · 20 views

last updated Oct 26, 2013 12:24PM

* Beauty and the Bounty Hunter by Lori Austin (September 2013 Group Read)
By Rea , Ghost · 2 posts · 8 views

last updated Sep 01, 2013 07:24AM

showing 2 of 2 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Apr 01, 2008 Terri rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

In a society where every 16 year old is made "pretty" by an operation in order to avoid social strife, Tally meets Shay, a girl who will change her life.

A very quick and enjoyable read making me want to read the next one in the series ...more

5 likes · Like · see review

Feb 02, 2009 Monique rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

just thought that this book was average. The writing was average, the characters were average, the plot was average. It was all over very average. Nothing really stands out but the concept and so it makes it hard for me to write a decent review.

I really could not connect to any of the characters in the story. I do not think that it had anything to do with most of the characters being teenagers but more so the authors ability. None of the characters really grabbed at me. Their personalities did n ...more

3 likes · Like · see review

Feb 20, 2010 iPetim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: recommendable

Great story. I think the story can be applied to real life; us being too conscoius on our looks, being insecure with celebrities and models, The world having standards with what "beauty" should mean. Love the plot and twists. Tally is a strong character.

I just wished the characters were described more. more details, like hair color, height, skin color. The description were very vague, so you just imagine someone with this and that, vaguely too.

Will be reading Pretties very soon. :) ...more

1 like · Like · see review