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| Title | : | Uglies (Uglies #1) |
| Author | : | Scott Westerfeld |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 425 pages |
| Published | : | February 8th 2005 by Simon Pulse |
| Categories | : | Romance. Contemporary Romance. Contemporary. Adult. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit |
Scott Westerfeld
Paperback | Pages: 425 pages Rating: 3.86 | 537536 Users | 23173 Reviews
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Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. In just a few weeks she'll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning pretty. And as a pretty, she'll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun.But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to become a pretty. 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 a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally's choice will change her world forever...
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| Original Title: | Uglies |
| ISBN: | 0689865384 (ISBN13: 9780689865381) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Uglies #1 |
| Characters: | David Strorm, Tally Youngblood, Shay, Peris, Dr. Cable |
| Literary Awards: | Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee for Honor book (2008), Golden Duck Award for Young Adult (Hal Clement Award) (2006), Ditmar Award Nominee for Best Novel (2006), South Carolina Book Award Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2008), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2007) Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (2007), Lincoln Award (2007), Prix Et-lisez-moi (2009), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2008) |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 537536 Users | 23173 ReviewsCommentary Regarding Books Uglies (Uglies #1)
After finishing 425 pages that I couldn't put down, I'm finding myself needing to buy the next in the series as soon as possible. No wonder editors are getting copy-cat novels similar to this from aspiring writers.Uglies tells the story of a post-apocalyptic dystopia where everyone gets a surgery at age 16 to make them "pretty" with a perfect body, perfect face, and diminished personality. This surgery is supposed to prevent people from having an unfair advantage in the workplace because of theI need to never run into Scott Westerfeld down a dark alley, or during a Civil War reenactment, or at Charlton Heston's house, or wherever. My deep desire not to be arrested for murder would have an epic battle with my need to reach for a weapon when I see his stupid face. In all fairness, as you see, I coughed up three stars for this book, so I will clarify that my empty threatening is really directed toward Pretties and Specials (books two and three in this series). I'm posting this review on
Things become quite one-sided (or one-dimensional) in this YA dystopian yarn that imagines stuff in a... half-assed kind of way (repressive governing scientists: too uninteresting an antagonist, a teenaged character with absolutely zero references to the parental unit, scant description/character development...) presenting tropes for the new young'uns (and hopeful lifelong readers) to gawk at but offering nothing much too pleasant for the reader that's more enthralled by the complexities of that
An enjoyable YA dystopian novelThis isnt as deep as some the The Giver, for example but it still explores dystopian themes and does so through the eyes of a teenager, using motivations that a teenager would understandI first picked this book up because one of my own teenagers was reading it. Interested, I read the blurb and couldnt decide if I should worry or not: did it sound interesting or horrifying? I mean lets start with the idea that one of my daughters was reading a book called Uglies
Do you know that feeling, when you really want to punch a character in the face? Well, Tally Youngblood, you must be grateful that I can't see your face. Now I should stop the rant... the book itself was a quick read, but I don't get the hype. Enjoyable, yes. Good, not that much. I'm not really sure if I'll ever finish this series. Maybe one day if I'm actually bored.
Real rating: 3.5Well,this was fun.After reading a bazillion bad reviews I thought that this will be really,really bad.But it's not,it's quite amusing actually.The main character,Tally,is really cool.I liked her a lot and I completely understood all of her actions,which is a really rare thing for me.I liked the story line and the whole concept of separating ugly *cough*normal*cough* and pretty people.I also liked the new technology described and used in this book-I'd love to try those hoverboards
"Uglies" is about Tally Youngblood, who is about to turn sixteen, much to her liking. This is a futuristic novel, and when you turn sixteen you get an operation to make you "pretty". What being pretty means is that you have all your bones taken and ground, your skin re-sized and your whole entire body is basically re-done. Like a huge surgery. The thing is, during her wait to turn sixteen (Tally was the youngest in her group of friends) she meets a girl named Shay, who doesn't want to get the
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