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Mar 25 2009

Uglies

Published by Carrie at 3:12 pm under Books, Reviews Edit This

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I just finished Uglies by Scott Westerfeld five minutes ago - and I am so mad that I don’t have the sequel here to start right away! I placed a hold at the library web site, but it has to come from another branch, so it will take several days. I had no idea that it would end on such a cliff-hanger!

Uglies is the story of 15-year-old Tally Youngblood. She is an Ugly, and all of her friends have already had their 16th birthdays and left her behind. Tally’s waiting for her turn to have the operation that everyone receives on the day they turn 16 - the operation that will transform her into a Pretty.

While waiting, Tally meets Shay, a fellow Ugly who has the same birthday as Tally. As they spend more and more time together, it becomes apparent that Shay doesn’t want to become a Pretty. She thinks the idea of everyone becoming the epitome of beauty is boring, and she doesn’t want to lose her individuality. She tells Tally of a place called The Smoke, where Uglies live in hiding, surviving off the land, never becoming pretty. A few days before they are scheduled for their surgeries, Shay takes off for The Smoke, leaving behind cryptic instructions in case Tally decides to join her.

Tally is convinced that the secret to happiness is to go through with the surgery and become a Pretty. After all, her friends are already in New Pretty Town, waiting for her. But when she arrives for her surgery, she is taken to Special Circumstances instead of the operating room. The evil Pretty Dr. Cable informs Tally that the only way she’ll ever get the surgery is to infiltrate The Smoke and then send out a signal to Dr. Cable so that the rebel camp can be raided and destroyed.

When Tally arrives at The Smoke, though, all of her preconceived notions about beauty, happiness, and loyalty are challenged, and she has to decide what’s more important - the new relationships and sense of family she has found, or the prospect of becoming Pretty.

I loved this book - it hooked me completely and kept me turning the pages. I’ve always liked dystopian fiction, especially when it seems to expand on concepts and trends that are already evident in today’s society. Our society is so obsessed with beauty that the premise of this book is not far-fetched at all, which I find very scary. I absolutely cannot wait to read the sequel and find out what happens to Tally, Shay, David, Croy, and all the other characters.

4 out of 5 stars

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