Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

14 reviews

dmrains's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Rereading this as an adult with my high school students, I noticed a lot of tropes I've come to really dislike among YA novels

"special girl" Tally instead of writing Shay as a more important character

fridging Shay by having her have the surgery against her will really did her dirty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Body shaming, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Bullying, Animal death, Ableism, Classism, Death, Deportation, Dysphoria, Grief, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Racism, Torture, and Car accident

My students were really upset that

Tally & Shay didn't ride off into the sunset as a cute lesbian couple

rissa_roo_pa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I read this series in HS and now a decade later am re-reading. I still really enjoyed this storyline, but it did feel a little adolescent and slow at first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Medical trauma

Minor: Eating disorder, Confinement, and Bullying

grhuberg's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, and Eating disorder

jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

the premise of this dystopia is interesting, but some things personally failed in execution for me, particularly the random romance arc and the timeline of when their world formed from ours. but it was super enjoyable to read and think about and engage with!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical content, Body shaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, and Bullying

Moderate: Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder

the entire premise is that only certain features are pretty so..

daisdu's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Reread. Definitely don't love it as much as I did in middle school, but it still holds up for me. As an adult, David really comes off as a groomer, but I don't think that makes the story worse, in fact I think it improves the story a bit. The premise of the world is really interesting and I really love the moral dilemma at it's core. I think Tally and Shae read as extremely believably 16, which can definitely make them annoying at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death, Medical content, and Death of parent

allidone's review against another edition

slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Bullying

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical trauma, Animal death, Mental illness, and Confinement

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death and Eating disorder

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Dysphoria, Classism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Medical content, and Animal death

sallytumbler13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Classism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Medical content, Police brutality, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Hate crime, and Violence

dayniw's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical content, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Violence, Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Animal death