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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
A good, fast paced book. Satisfying but not life changing
Very mid, a cliche wrapped in a cliche. I only got 1/8 (10 chapters) through the book
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I love the original 3 of the Uglies series but didn't like Extras at all. I'm glad the author didn't try to extend Tally's story, I think that is what happened with Extras. Instead he used the world Tally helped to create to tell another story, one that was full of action, adventure, a little romance, and lots of Rusties mentions. I will say it was a bit of a cliff hanger for me, I wish I had the next book already.
I was really excited to read this book, since I loved the Uglies series when I read it 5 years ago... but here's the thing: This isn't Impostors #1 - it's Uglies #5! Even having read the original series, I was a bit lost at times, since I couldn't quite remember everything (seeing as it was 5 years ago that I read the others). Still, awesome book.
Frey and Rafi are inseparable identical twins... only, nobody knows there are two of them. Rafi is the pretty face, daughter of a diplomat, the bubble-headed girl everyone loves. Frey is her polar opposite. With all the time she spent training to take a bullet, disarm an assassin, and save her sister at all costs, it didn't leave any time for etiquette lessons. (Also, it's super hard to make friends when nobody knows you're even alive - literally.) By all accounts, Rafi is all there ever was. When she is tasked with "visiting" (read: being a hostage to) another country's family as an insurance policy, it's Frey who is sent instead. Of course, it's much harder to pretend to be Rafi when the mask can never come off. And maybe this other family isn't quite what they seem, either.
Frey and Rafi are inseparable identical twins... only, nobody knows there are two of them. Rafi is the pretty face, daughter of a diplomat, the bubble-headed girl everyone loves. Frey is her polar opposite. With all the time she spent training to take a bullet, disarm an assassin, and save her sister at all costs, it didn't leave any time for etiquette lessons. (Also, it's super hard to make friends when nobody knows you're even alive - literally.) By all accounts, Rafi is all there ever was. When she is tasked with "visiting" (read: being a hostage to) another country's family as an insurance policy, it's Frey who is sent instead. Of course, it's much harder to pretend to be Rafi when the mask can never come off. And maybe this other family isn't quite what they seem, either.
As always, Scott Westerfeld has bound me to his rebellious heroine and I'd follow her story to ends of the earth. 10 years later and the Uglies universe is still one of the most captivating worlds I've ever been sucked into and is why I finished this book in less than 24 hours.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I stopped reading this at the halfway mark, but then picked it back up a couple of months later as I decided to finish it. The first half didn't really grab my interest, but thankfully the second half is quicker with more action.
I also found the invented hyphenated vernacular annoying (ex: brain-wrecking, sick-making, etc.), which helped sour my reading experience.
I also found the invented hyphenated vernacular annoying (ex: brain-wrecking, sick-making, etc.), which helped sour my reading experience.
Content Warnings
It's just Part 1
The first of a sequel-series to the Uglies series, set years after those events, dealing not with a dystopia (now long fallen) but with an authoritarian dictatorship. Frey's father runs it with an iron fist, using nano-dust to spy on citizens to root out any dissent, and having produced Frey and her identical twin sister from his dead wife's eggs after she died in a kidnapping attempt. But nobody knows about Frey: she serves as her beloved sister's body double, to keep her safe at public events, living in secret rooms and passages so only a very few core staff know about her. When her father's latest scheme s involve sending his daughter to a neighbouring city-state as a sign of trust (aka hostage) during a joint venture, guess which daughter he sends. Out on her own for the first time, getting a taste of real life (albeit under her sister's identity), Frey at first feels out of her depth, but then starts to enjoy making a few friends. Then, of course, everything goes sideways.
The story is briskly-paced with a good balance of action and internal conflict. There is a touch of romance, which I could take or leave, but it's not overwhelming. As the first in a trilogy, its main arc somewhat resolves, but directly cliffhangs into new plans to be carried out in the next volume. Recommended for fans of non-mindless action.
The story is briskly-paced with a good balance of action and internal conflict. There is a touch of romance, which I could take or leave, but it's not overwhelming. As the first in a trilogy, its main arc somewhat resolves, but directly cliffhangs into new plans to be carried out in the next volume. Recommended for fans of non-mindless action.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was better than anything in the Uglies series. It almost felt as though it was written by a completely different author. The characters are more likable and the plot has more twists than the Uglies series. Not to mention a solid cliffhanger. The main drawback is that in a few spots the passage of time wasn’t made clear which could be confusing.