A review by gxuosi
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

4.0

honestly? fuck yeah. i wanted to read these sooo bad back in middle school and i know middle school me would have loved it. there’s a lot of moral stances being made here that as an adult you recognize as flawed or halfhearted. but as a kid even a half finished moral stance of “being pretty and popular isn’t worth it if they change who you are” is important. it’s the most baseline way to explain to kids to value who they are now and build self worth. so really fuck yeah. it was fun. also the secret biblical references made me laugh.