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A review by laflormorada
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
3.0
This is the 4th book in Scott Westerfeld's Uglies "trilogy" about a futuristic earth where fame and popularity rule. Society as we know it has been destroyed by the "Rusties" through war and excess, but technology has continued to advance.
In the first three books of the series, rebel Tally Youngblood topples the era of bubblyheads (a time when teens go through surgery that makes them happy and pretty but emptyheaded). Now the cities of the world are changing, and to be somebody you can't just be beautiful. You have to make yourself stand out.
Aya Fuse is determined to make her fame as a "kicker", by sharing stories on her personal news feed. When she discovers an underground gang of girls whose sole purpose in life is to catch the next "dizzy-making" adrenaline rush, she knows she has her story. But then she uncovers a huge secret that will put her whole world in danger. She has to decide, is being a celebrity worth it??
Extras was just as riveting as the last three books in the Uglies series. The world that Westerfeld has created is completely believable with hoverboards, spy-cams, extreme surgery and all. I find myself wanting to use the lingo, as
"brain-missing" as that may be ;)
In the first three books of the series, rebel Tally Youngblood topples the era of bubblyheads (a time when teens go through surgery that makes them happy and pretty but emptyheaded). Now the cities of the world are changing, and to be somebody you can't just be beautiful. You have to make yourself stand out.
Aya Fuse is determined to make her fame as a "kicker", by sharing stories on her personal news feed. When she discovers an underground gang of girls whose sole purpose in life is to catch the next "dizzy-making" adrenaline rush, she knows she has her story. But then she uncovers a huge secret that will put her whole world in danger. She has to decide, is being a celebrity worth it??
Extras was just as riveting as the last three books in the Uglies series. The world that Westerfeld has created is completely believable with hoverboards, spy-cams, extreme surgery and all. I find myself wanting to use the lingo, as
"brain-missing" as that may be ;)