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A review by puffinread
Uglies: Shay's Story by Scott Westerfeld, Devin Grayson, Steven Cummings
5.0
Wow. I had forgotten how much I liked Uglies when I read it the first time. While it's maturity level seemed to decrease from that reading to this (more like I grew up, but the feeling is the same), I still found myself enjoying the read, breezing through it in next to no time at all.
There are so many incredibly deep arguments being made in Uglies regarding disability; and I'm not entirely sure Westerfeld is aware of all of them. I started this reread because I'm thinking to use the Uglies series for my honors thesis, on disability representation in science fiction, after stumbling on a quote by disability activist Rosemarie Garland-Thomson that reads: “…our unmodified bodies are presented as unnatural and abnormal while the surgically altered bodies are portrayed as normal and natural [speaking on corrective/reconstructive surgery]" ("Integrating disability, transforming feminist theory" pg. 12). I couldn't think of a series that discussed the issue of corrective/reconstructive surgery better than this one does! And I'm finding so much great material. Aside from being fun, this book really is deep.
There are so many incredibly deep arguments being made in Uglies regarding disability; and I'm not entirely sure Westerfeld is aware of all of them. I started this reread because I'm thinking to use the Uglies series for my honors thesis, on disability representation in science fiction, after stumbling on a quote by disability activist Rosemarie Garland-Thomson that reads: “…our unmodified bodies are presented as unnatural and abnormal while the surgically altered bodies are portrayed as normal and natural [speaking on corrective/reconstructive surgery]" ("Integrating disability, transforming feminist theory" pg. 12). I couldn't think of a series that discussed the issue of corrective/reconstructive surgery better than this one does! And I'm finding so much great material. Aside from being fun, this book really is deep.