Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1) by Scott Westerfeld Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Uglies (Uglies Trilogy, Book 1)
Book Review: Uglies has its moments...
Summary: 3 Stars
OK, when I first started reading this book, I was a litle put off by the whole futuristic thing. However, i did find the book funny when they talk about the old days and how the Rusties destroyed the world by wasting resources...etc. I didn't think I would be able to relate to anyone in the book because of how it is set in the future but I found that I constantly imagined myself in Tally's shoes--if I would make the same choices or want the same things. The plot is interesting, it has its humor, adventure, and romance. There are moments where the chapters seem like they are missing something and other moments (one moment in particular) where you are at the edge of your seat to find out what happens next. I am in the middle of the second book, Pretties. Book Review: Uglies
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was such a great read! I'm a sophomore in high school and it was really easy for me to connect with a lot of the themes that came up in this novel. The story and plot was very suspenseful and it kept my attention and made me never want to put it down. However, in my opinion the book had a little too much science fiction in it than was necessary but it was still a captivating story. I think the author did a really good job of conveying the thoughts of a teenage girl who just wanted to be pretty. I know that a lot of girls can probably relate and that's why I really liked this book. It really makes you think about our society today and how fixed we are on this idea of beauty and vanity. I give this book 4 stars for being a well written novel that was also fun and interesting to read.Book Review: Ok. From a nonsci/fi readers view.
Summary: 3 Stars
Yep. That's right I don't read sci/fi. I like the movies and stuff, but I've never gotten into the books. Also take into consideration I don't like anything this author has ever put out. I always start, but I can never make it past page one-hundred. I like this book. Even with silly little towns like: new pretty town, uglyville . . . I enjoyed this novel thoroughly! It only took me two days to read it.
The writing is Ok, just like the book. NOthing great or award winning, but not terrible. What got me caught on this novel though was the idea. That in the future people all become pretty. This means no one is jealous or greedy. Pretty much everyone becomes the same. While the plot is not mind blowing, but the idea and the way the main character finds herself in a world full of brainwashing is nicely done. The end of the novel, is actually, the most gripping part. Leaving you dieing to read the next book.
****Fans of sci/fi, future books will love this. But those who only pick it up because a lot of talk about it, will probably just want to get it from the library. The idea is rich and refreshing and worth a try. Enjoy
Book Review: Uglies
Summary: 4 Stars
Would you rather be ugly or pretty? Now, I know what most of you are think, yes I would definitely rather be pretty than ugly. However that is not the case with a girl name Shay. Tally and Shay are turning 16 on September 9th. Most sixteen year olds want a car for their sixteenth birthday, which is not what sixteen year old kids want to do in Uglyville. They want to turn pretty. That however is not what Shay wants to do, she wants to run away and live in the wild like some of her older friends did. Infact Shay wanted Tally to come with her in the wild to not get the surgery to become different not like everyone else. When it was September 9th the day of Tally and Shays birthday and the day of their pretty surgery, Tally went in alone. Shay made up her mind; she was going to be ugly forever. When Tally went into the doctor's office, Dr. Cable said "you are not getting this surgery until you show me to Shay". The doctors did not want anymore runaways that is why Dr. Cable wanted Tally to find Shay. What will Tally do, will she become pretty and do what her friend wanted her not to do or will she be Ugly forever?Book Review: kcs_~ Uglies~
Summary: 5 Stars
How would you feel if you had to wait three months before turning pretty? Then in the mean while you make a new friend. But, before your new friend and you turn 16 and can get the pretty operation done, your friend runs away and you can't turn "pretty" unless you help these people called Special Circumstance find her. But you would then betray her and break the promise you made when she gave you directions to the place she was running away to.
This book is about a 16 year old girl name Tally Youngblood. It takes place in the future 500 centuries after the twenty-first century. She lives in a place called Uglisville and when everyone there turns 16 they have an operation. This operation makes them pretty and lets them enter New Pretty Town where they party all the time and where everyone looks perfect. When Tally's best friend turns 16 three months before her she is stuck all alone. So she makes a new friend called Shay. Shay and her have the same birthday and so for three months Tally becomes very close with Shay and they become very close. The week before they both turn 16 Shay tells Tally that she is going to run away to a place where her other friends ran away to because they didn't want to turn pretty. This place was called the Smokes. Shay invites Tally to join her. Tally really doesn't want to give up her dream and becoming a pretty so she refuses and says good-bye to Shay. Even though she didn't want to go Shay left Tally directions just incase she would change her minds. Directions only Tally would understand. She also made Tally promise that she would tell no one else of the Smokes too.
Then on Tally's birthday when she's right about to enter the operation, she meets this lady called Dr. Cable who is a Special, and part of Special Circumstance. She tells Tally that unless she tells her where Shay is she won't be able to get the "pretty operation" and be ugly forever. Tally then decided that betraying a friend is better than being Ugly forever. So she sets off into the wild and decodes the direction that Shay gave her. When she finally does find Shay after the long journey she doesn't activate the pendant that the Specials gave her right away. The pendant was given to her and when activates it the specials will know where she is and be there in a day. Something stops Tally from doing this right away. When she gets to know the Smokes and Smokies (people living there), she finds out some pretty scary things about turning pretty. Then she has to decide whether or not she wants to stay ugly or betray the whole Smokes.
I thought that Scott Westerfeld is a very wonderful and talented writer. I love the way he describes certain objects. He's really good at making the characters seem real. The genre is science fiction. I'm honestly not too sure if it's written in a Christian perspective or not, because it doesn't talk about it. The theme of this book is secrets and not always having to be like everyone else. I give this book five stars because it's really well written and exciting. Once you start it, you won't be able to put the book down. I recommend this book to readers over 12 because there is some mature content. Once you read this book I'm pretty sure you won't regret it.