A review by cobycoyle
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

2.0

The fact that he used the word "retarded" as an adjective and not to mean "slow pace" irritated me. I know this book isn't new or anything and at the time it was written that may have been a more "socially acceptable" term, but it was still derogatory despite its wide use between teens.

Also, I know the whole point is for Pretties to be obnoxious, stupid/empty-headed, shallow, etc. but the writing is just so...obnoxious. Maybe that's what he was trying to accomplish, but the vocabulary, just everything seems *too* shallowly written? I'm pretty sure I hate the word bubbly or anything close to it now.
Also some of the scenes were *so* slow and hard to get through. Tally finding the "outsiders" being researched and all was interesting for about two minutes, and then it was just...slow. Her journey there? Super slow. Hard to get through.

But, here I go to Specials anyway.