A review by phoenix2
Pretties by Scott Westerfeld

3.0

As the name suggests, Tally is pretty. And she lives now with other pretties and she acts pretty, but, fortunately, only for a little while at the beginning. Then she is "cured", or she tries to be cured, and to escape, along with Zane, a pretty who doesn't want to think pretty any more. Now, I liked how Tally has transformed into a confident heroine, even though she is not completely herself. Plus, she tries to be the leader of her group, or ends up being the leader, because "she is Tally Youngblood" duh! (didn't really like Tally that way) But the twists towards the end were excellent. I didn't really enjoy the "bubbly" ness, though. To be more specific, I didn't like the constant repeating of being bubbly, or trying to be bubbly. Another negative was that the plot was kind of boring towards the middle of the book, but it got better quickly, so it didn't spoil the rest of the book for me!! Anyway, Pretties weren't as good as Uglies, but I really enjoyed reading this book. The pace was quick and the writing simple and clean, like I would like it to be for this kind of book. It felt like it was effortless, and the writer didn't get into too many details about the universe he created, which can become tiring and destroy the plot. So kudos for that