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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
The last installment in Scott Westerfeld's uglies series was different in all the right ways. I was thrown off that Tally was not the main character in this story but pleasantly surprised when she surfaced later in the book, with her usual antics. Aya while annoyingly narcissistic is still an easy girl to like and the whole facebook popularity contest economy is interesting. Even though this book hosts a bunch of new characters and a big change in society, Westerfeld does a great job of placing you into the story with just as much info as you need to get what is going on. I really felt immersed in the world of these books and even caught myself thinking in the lingo a few times while reading these books. I would recommend them to my friends who enjoy YA Sci-fi as a nice one day fluffy read.
Another boring read. I should have stopped at the third book in the series. This book is unnecessary.
I didn't really care about any of the characters. The new world order that came from the revolution in the previous book is just more of the same. You get to continue suffering through the "pretty-making" language.
Blah.
I didn't really care about any of the characters. The new world order that came from the revolution in the previous book is just more of the same. You get to continue suffering through the "pretty-making" language.
Blah.
adventurous
medium-paced
I wasn’t sure if I would like this at first but it ended up being good!
It wasn’t bad but it’s not as fascinating as the first three.
Interesting to see where the society was going. Liked the perspective from another city. Overall the story wasn't as compelling as Pretties.
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
This is the last book in the Pretties series and it's quite a shift. After Tally almost became the cause of a world war between cities in the last book and finally exposed the world to the fact that the operation to make everyone pretty and young forever actually also made them more suggestive and controllable, society has completely changed. Everyone is free from mind control, but with freedom society has no limits to their wants. Cities are again expanding into nature, technology is advancing beyond belief and people are getting more outrages modifications to their bodies than ever. In this new world a girl named Aya lives in a city where everything is merit based. And there are two ways to get merits. Either by doing good deeds and being productive to society or by reputation, so getting famous. Kind of like an exaggerated version of our reality, which is kind of an interesting take. Aya who wants to be famous more than anything, has been trying to become a kicker. Someone who exposes incredible stories. She accidentally stumbles upon a group called the sly girls who take part in death defying adventures like surfing on mag-lev trains and goes undercover to get proof of this. But along the way they discover a secret base inside a mountain with really strange looking alien-like people and possibly weapons of mass destruction. Will Aya expose the truth and save the world or is it all just a quest for attention that will go horribly wrong.
I liked the writing style of this last book more, but found the story at times not completely to my taste and lacking. Like the alien creatures and their end goal, was just meh. I like most of the new characters and the surprise about Tally and David though. The different body modifications was also interesting. And something I didn't mention before, but I'd really like to be able to use a hoverboard.
This is the last book in the Pretties series and it's quite a shift. After Tally almost became the cause of a world war between cities in the last book and finally exposed the world to the fact that the operation to make everyone pretty and young forever actually also made them more suggestive and controllable, society has completely changed. Everyone is free from mind control, but with freedom society has no limits to their wants. Cities are again expanding into nature, technology is advancing beyond belief and people are getting more outrages modifications to their bodies than ever. In this new world a girl named Aya lives in a city where everything is merit based. And there are two ways to get merits. Either by doing good deeds and being productive to society or by reputation, so getting famous. Kind of like an exaggerated version of our reality, which is kind of an interesting take. Aya who wants to be famous more than anything, has been trying to become a kicker. Someone who exposes incredible stories. She accidentally stumbles upon a group called the sly girls who take part in death defying adventures like surfing on mag-lev trains and goes undercover to get proof of this. But along the way they discover a secret base inside a mountain with really strange looking alien-like people and possibly weapons of mass destruction. Will Aya expose the truth and save the world or is it all just a quest for attention that will go horribly wrong.
I liked the writing style of this last book more, but found the story at times not completely to my taste and lacking. Like the alien creatures and their end goal, was just meh. I like most of the new characters and the surprise about Tally and David though. The different body modifications was also interesting. And something I didn't mention before, but I'd really like to be able to use a hoverboard.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Interesting fourth book in the trilogy. It gives a different continent's perspective... hailing from Japan with a bunch of different things. The premise was not my favorite, but I liked the cameo that the lead from the trilogy gave. It was entertaining if nothing else.
adventurous
fast-paced