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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
This started out slow for me, but then I ended up really enjoying it. Enough to pick up the sequel (which is a feat these days, considering all the sequelness happening)!
a neat little book. a very clear commentary on beauty standards, yeah, but not awful. forced straight romance, of course, it's YA, but i didn't mind it. i enjoyed tally as a protagonist enough, and i like the simple way scott westerfield writes his characters and his stories enough to where i remain engaged in the story no matter how many times i read it. this isn't my favorite book in the series, but it lays a very good foundation and the worldbuilding is very interesting.
Uglies is a book about a society in which everyone recieves an operation at 16 to make them supermodel gorgeous. As a result of this, the "uglies", as those before 16 call themselves, have absolutely no self-respect, and all the "pretties" look exactly the same. Tally is a young "ugly", who simply cannot wait for the operation... but before her 16th birthday she meets a girl who turns her world upside down.
it was so very nice to read this book again.
i don't know if i would have given it 4 stars if i had read it today for the first time but i still loved it.
i just ADORE this universe westerfeld created. like outside of the uglies/pretties idea i just love all the technology, all those hoverboards and magnetic cities im just as fascinated as i was when i was 13.
re-reading it made me realizing how simple the style was, i hadn't noticed that at all the first time. but i still love the plot so much so it didn't bother me too much.
also as fun as it was i still remembered quite well everything that happened in this book but i can't remember at all the next ones so im super excited to read them! (all i can remember is that i loved specials so i can't wait to get to it!)
i don't know if i would have given it 4 stars if i had read it today for the first time but i still loved it.
i just ADORE this universe westerfeld created. like outside of the uglies/pretties idea i just love all the technology, all those hoverboards and magnetic cities im just as fascinated as i was when i was 13.
re-reading it made me realizing how simple the style was, i hadn't noticed that at all the first time. but i still love the plot so much so it didn't bother me too much.
also as fun as it was i still remembered quite well everything that happened in this book but i can't remember at all the next ones so im super excited to read them! (all i can remember is that i loved specials so i can't wait to get to it!)
I wasn't in love with this book right away, perhaps because I'm reading it late in the YA dystopian novel craze? However, as it progressed what really grabbed me about Uglies was that it really focuses on how hard and arduous the process of de-conditioning someone from intense cultural conditioning is. What makes this book stand out for me is that we don't have a protagonist whose beliefs and alliances are clear; rather, Tally is a product of her environment, and really has to take time to learn how to think critically about her world. That was what really won me over in the end, and I'm excited to read more of the trilogy!
Interesting premise, and a semi-new-feeling take on the whole YA dystopian romance thing. The lead character is filled out enough to be interesting but blank enough to allow readers to project onto her, which is a great tactic with this type of lit. I'll keep reading the series.
This book is awesome, in the end I was literary shaking, I felt like if someone had put my body inside the fridge, I was freezing and getting chills. It was really worthy, because the book is incredible, I can't wait to buy the second...
I've been reading this on buses and in snatches of time here and there. I've really enjoyed the premise and I enjoy the Character Arch Tallie takes in the first book, I appreciate that she's a reluctant participant in the book's grand adventure at first. I look forward to seeing how things change as the series progresses, but in all honesty at this point I prefer the Leviathan trilogy.