Specials - Scott Westerfeld

Specials by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


So this was my least favorite in the trilogy.  I am excited to read about someone new in Extras.  In this book Tally and her friends are Specials, not just Specials but Special Specials... Cutters.  They are a new breed of Specials.  They are on a mission to take out the rebels of the New Smoke!

Tally was pretty awful during this book, her character was that of Dr. Cable's doing but still, I didn't like her or identify with her until the end.  She was so different and I guess the author did a good job of making me dislike her character.  I was glad to see more of David in this one and how the New Smoke was revolutionizing the "world." 

Andrew Simpson Smith even makes a quick cameo!

The book was fast paced, a lot of it was action packed.  There wasn't really a dull moment but with all the action a lot of the thinking, conversations, and world that I liked in Uglies and Pretties faded away.

I'm glad I got some closure as to what happens and I liked the ending.  It suited Tally and the series.



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Pretties - Scott Westerfeld

Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Better than book 1!

So sequels don't always do it for me, a lot of time they are full of fluff.  This may have had fluff but it was "bubbly" fluff!  Obviously if you read book one you know this will start with Tally being pretty, she had the operation so she's pretty on the outside and pretty-minded on the inside!  She's changed so much, her and Shay are besties and life is "bubbly."  I caught on to New Pretty lingo pretty quickly there's only a handful of words they use a lot.

She is in a new pretty haze for awhile so we do get to see the new pretty lifestyle!  Peris is in this, Shay, and some new characters Zane and Fausto.

This book is "sectioned" off.  At one point Tally is completely alone and meets up with what can be described as the research for the operation which is was probably one of my favorite parts of the book!  The tribe welcomes her and Andrew Simpson Smith is a really fun character.

This book is definitely all about the cure!  We do see David and I almost cried at their confrontation!  The surprise at the end of this one is probably as big as the surprise at the end of The Uglies.  It's definitely a game changer and I'm really excited to see how this turn out for Tally.



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Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I love the concept and the world built by Scott Westerfeld!

SO, where do I begin?  What are Uglies?  They are normal people... what????  Yes normal people are considered uglies until they have an operation when they turn 16 that turns them all beautiful.  They are warded off to live with other uglies until the operation and then once the operation hits they move to New Pretty Town and party all the time.

Tally is the heroine whom the story revolves around and she is an ugly almost 16.  She befriends Shay who tells her of a place where you don't have to be beautiful, you can stay ugly.  Tally wants to have the operation and go see her old best friend Peris and party until sunrise.  She does NOT want to be ugly.  She and Shay pull pranks and become fast friends.  Shay tells her of the Smoke where the "rebel" people live.  These are just normal uglies who did not have the operation.  Tally can't imagine anything as awful as this so she lets Shay go on her own...

Too bad she didn't realize the consequences of letting Shay go to the Smoke and staying behind so she can become Pretty.  All I will say is that her punishment for not giving up Shay is an ugly one.

I wont give anything away, it's definitely a new spin on a typical Dystopian novel.  The world that Scott Westerfeld has built between the New Pretty Town, The Smoke, Ugly City, Special Circumstances, The Rusties, all of the inventions we use today and the new ones of the future is absolutely stunning.  I can imagine this in a film with beautiful cinematography.  There's a huge twist at the end which makes me desperate to see what happens in book 2 Pretties.  Definitely a well thought out book and concept with a great spin that will leave your imagination to go run wild!



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