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Impostors by Scott Westerfeld

4 reviews

madmantha's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Thrilling. Suspenseful. Fun expansion to the Uglies universe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Death, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, War, and Blood

Moderate: War and Blood

Minor: Blood and War

May be triggering for those with abusive parents, those who have experienced war/battle, or anyone sensitive to blood or death.

booksthatburn's review

I loved UGLIES, but IMPOSTORS feels too young for the adult I am now. It relies enough on knowledge of the first series, but I think I’d be confusing for someone who tried to start here without reading the original quartet. The new stuff that it adds feels very coincidental. Early on there’s a thing that happens to Rafi where's she's thinking about something that she predicts is totally gonna happen. It ends up forcing the moment instead of building any kind of anticipation, messing with my thoughts and chilling the meta-narrative level in a way that pulled me out of the story. There are also references to technology that were thoroughly explain in the previous books, but doesn’t really show how they work this time around. All of this makes it feel like an awkward middle ground between not wanting to rehash things explained before, but also by referencing most things based on them being different this time. Also I don’t like how the romance plot seems very forced.

I'll keep my fond memories of the first three Uglies books and I don't plan to read this new series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, War, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Confinement

rwalker101's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

So far I am enjoying this expansion to the Uglies universe! I loved these books when I was younger, and I'm excited to once more return to this world. 

I do think that Impostors exceeds the previous books, in that these are far more nuanced in their portrayal of politics and power dynamics. It's not necessarily Game of Thrones - it is still a book series for children, at the end of the day - but Westerfeld has really created an amazing series villain when it comes to Frey and Rafi's father. His shadow looms over everything they do, and his presence is so menacing that I know I'm in for a wild ride with this series

Also, Andrew Simpson Smith?????? What are you doing here, bud? Didn't you get shot off into space with the rest of your monkey-modded friends?? What are you doing running around on earth still?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, and Kidnapping