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A review by calistacyq
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
4.0
With an interesting and entertaining plot, Extras by Scott Westerfeld is about a girl who lives in a society that has a reputation economy after the dissolution of the uglies and pretties system.
Summary: Three years after Tally Youngblood took down the system, the world has rapidly changed. 15-year-old Aya Fuse now lives in a society where popularity rules. She is an extra, a nobody, and she wants to kick a huge story to increase her face rank. Then, she chances upon something that can potentially destroy the world.
Tropes/Genres:
• dystopian
• science fiction
• young adult
• post-apocalyptic
Review: This book was quite entertaining. The setting of this book is different from the trilogy. For starters, it's set in Japan, as depicted by their family names and titles such as -chan and -sensei. Those who aren't that familiar with Japanese culture might find it weird, though, or others may think that it's some weeb revival across Tally's city. Either way, this is not Tally's city.
Aya Fuse is quite an interesting character who's clearly shaped by the way her city works. She wants to be popular and rise through the face ranks. Like many kickers, She's willing to do anything to kick a story that will make her more popular. She has a hovercam mod called Moggle, which is very cute. It feels so human-like even though it's a flying robot with a camera. Anyway, Aya can be annoying because of her obsession with using Moggle to film everything, but I also understand why she prioritises this so much. It's just how her city works!
Admittedly, this book didn't need to exist. It didn't really add any value to the main trilogy. Regardless, it's nice to indirectly see what Tally has been doing in the years following the end of the trilogy, showing readers what exactly she meant by the new Special Circumstances that protected the world from humanity's tendency of destruction.
Tally appears once again in this book, along with Shay, Fausto and David. She's still as Special as ever, given that she didn't rewire her brain back to normal, which Shay and Fausto did. She's here because this is a special circumstance, but I can't help but find it a little random even though it feels very cool. After all, this is what Tally has dedicated her life to after taking down the system and running off to live in the wild. It just begs the question of how necessary it is for this book to exist. Anyway, I still enjoyed this book; I just can't take the plot twist that seriously.
If you know, you know.
Overall, I recommend this book to fans of the Uglies series who want to see what this fictional world is like after Tally took down the system in her city at the end of Book 3. It's very interesting and entertaining.
Summary: Three years after Tally Youngblood took down the system, the world has rapidly changed. 15-year-old Aya Fuse now lives in a society where popularity rules. She is an extra, a nobody, and she wants to kick a huge story to increase her face rank. Then, she chances upon something that can potentially destroy the world.
Tropes/Genres:
• dystopian
• science fiction
• young adult
• post-apocalyptic
Review: This book was quite entertaining. The setting of this book is different from the trilogy. For starters, it's set in Japan, as depicted by their family names and titles such as -chan and -sensei. Those who aren't that familiar with Japanese culture might find it weird, though, or others may think that it's some weeb revival across Tally's city. Either way, this is not Tally's city.
Aya Fuse is quite an interesting character who's clearly shaped by the way her city works. She wants to be popular and rise through the face ranks. Like many kickers, She's willing to do anything to kick a story that will make her more popular. She has a hovercam mod called Moggle, which is very cute. It feels so human-like even though it's a flying robot with a camera. Anyway, Aya can be annoying because of her obsession with using Moggle to film everything, but I also understand why she prioritises this so much. It's just how her city works!
Admittedly, this book didn't need to exist. It didn't really add any value to the main trilogy. Regardless, it's nice to indirectly see what Tally has been doing in the years following the end of the trilogy, showing readers what exactly she meant by the new Special Circumstances that protected the world from humanity's tendency of destruction.
Tally appears once again in this book, along with Shay, Fausto and David. She's still as Special as ever, given that she didn't rewire her brain back to normal, which Shay and Fausto did. She's here because this is a special circumstance, but I can't help but find it a little random even though it feels very cool. After all, this is what Tally has dedicated her life to after taking down the system and running off to live in the wild. It just begs the question of how necessary it is for this book to exist. Anyway, I still enjoyed this book; I just can't take the plot twist that seriously.
If you know, you know.
Overall, I recommend this book to fans of the Uglies series who want to see what this fictional world is like after Tally took down the system in her city at the end of Book 3. It's very interesting and entertaining.