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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
I was a big fan of the Uglies series, but this book really disappointed me. The story itself wasn't the problem, because it was great to see things from Shay's POV in the book. The art, characters, and dialogue were really lacking though.
The art itself was in a manga style, which wasn't a huge issue. What was an issue though was that everyone looked the same. The Specials are not striking or cold looking. The Pretties don't look any different from the Uglies. Even the Uglies stand-out traits, such as Shay's thinness are not represented in the book.
Shay's character also seemed to, not exactly change, but not be truly represented in this book. She really seemed the same as Tally for the most part in this book. Maybe it was just the way it was written though.
The dialogue was really lacking in this as well. Parts of the dialogue seemed ripped straight from the pages of Uglies. I don't mean the dialogue between Tally and Shay, because that obviously has to be repeated, but explanations of the world and the river just seemed like word-for-word repeats of stuff in Uglies. Another thing I noticed was that the dialogue didn't match the style of Uglies. Maybe because it's written so far removed from Uglies but Westerfeld seemed to use slang that wasn't present in Uglies and instead came from Pretties, which seemed inconsistent to me.
This book really was not very good, and while I'll read the next one I wouldn't recommend it.
The art itself was in a manga style, which wasn't a huge issue. What was an issue though was that everyone looked the same. The Specials are not striking or cold looking. The Pretties don't look any different from the Uglies. Even the Uglies stand-out traits, such as Shay's thinness are not represented in the book.
Shay's character also seemed to, not exactly change, but not be truly represented in this book. She really seemed the same as Tally for the most part in this book. Maybe it was just the way it was written though.
The dialogue was really lacking in this as well. Parts of the dialogue seemed ripped straight from the pages of Uglies. I don't mean the dialogue between Tally and Shay, because that obviously has to be repeated, but explanations of the world and the river just seemed like word-for-word repeats of stuff in Uglies. Another thing I noticed was that the dialogue didn't match the style of Uglies. Maybe because it's written so far removed from Uglies but Westerfeld seemed to use slang that wasn't present in Uglies and instead came from Pretties, which seemed inconsistent to me.
This book really was not very good, and while I'll read the next one I wouldn't recommend it.
Not quite sure that this stands alone. But it certainly makes Tally look book. Though Shay was entirely too pretty for this book - maybe smaller eyes and thinner face. All in all though a pretty good adaptation of another side of Uglies.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I started reading it, I kept thinking 'why isn't the exactly like the book?' Then it finally hit me, this is Shay's point of view. I completely forget Shay wasn't the main character, Tally was. It's been a while since I've read 'Uglies'. But, for this to be a retelling of the story from Shay's view, it was really good. You actually get to see how she became a Crim, went to the Ruins and met David. You also see a little of the Smoke before Tally got there. Honestly though, I was looking forward to more of the Smoke. But, it seemed like most of it was about her being in the city and learning to survive on her trips to the ruins. The Smoke seemed to go by quickly, which it shouldn't. Overall, I enjoyed it and really want to see another graphic novel of Scott Westerfeld's stories.
You kinda need to read the novels first to comprehend this I think. . . I hope. I was very lost through most of this. Beautiful art though.
adventurous
fast-paced
There is nothing particularly extraordinary about this book, but it did take me back to the world that I grew up loving so much. It has been almost a decade since the first time I picked up Uglies but it still remains one of my all-time favourites. It was awesome to read this book not only from the POV of Shay, but as a graphic novelization - since an on-screen adaptation was never made (my fingers have been crossed since 2011).
Not *bad*, per se, just almost completely underwhelming. I don't know what, exactly, I was hoping for here, but I didn't get it. Shay - everyone, really - just comes across as two-dimensional. Spoiler: David sends Shay a note (why?) saying that he knows she has a crush on him (she doesn't?), so don't come to The Smoke. So she doesn't. But then she does. And then they never talk about how David was a jerk, and wrong, and here she is anyway. It was just such a huge 'out-of-world-en-ing that I couldn't get back in to it.