Uglies
Ratings166
Average rating3.5
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Ratings166
Average rating3.5
Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that?
Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.
But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
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4 primary booksUglies is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2005 with contributions by Scott Westerfeld.
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Picked this up knowing nothing about it, enjoyed it immensely!
Dystopian books are intriguing.
Would love deeper character development, am hoping it comes through in the next two books, which I have on hand waiting TBR!
This was more than a little preachy. I don't need to be reminded that clear cutting and oil dependence are despicable while reading YA lit.
That being said, it was a neat premise for a book and I liked what a little turd the protagonist was. She was truly unlikeable for half the book, and that must have taken some nerve to write!
I honestly thought by the description and reviews on this book that it was for an older audience (older YA) but it is clearly not. I got a little dragged down with main character some, but that is to be expected given the target audience. An interesting story that got better as the book went on. Not sure if I will continue to read the series though.
