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Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

29 reviews

ryendnae's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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meaghankmc's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Dystopian fiction still hits. This book was solid and from what I can remember, the series only gets better.

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vanessamariebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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dmrains's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Rereading this as an adult with my high school students, I noticed a lot of tropes I've come to really dislike among YA novels

"special girl" Tally instead of writing Shay as a more important character

fridging Shay by having her have the surgery against her will really did her dirty

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jess_tries2read's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a nostlagic re-read for me. The book is set in a post-apocalyptic eutopia. All residents of cities grow up with their parents, move to boarding schools at age 12, then undergo a compulsory operation to become pretty at age 16.

Tally is a 15 year old whose operation is imminent. Everything changes for her when she meets Shay, a teen who is thinking of running away. During Tally's adventure she learns more devious consequences of the pretty surgery.

There is a bit of pre-dot com bust, pre-market crash, pre-2016 and pre-COVID innocence to this story. Sci-fi is a great way to make commentary on humanity. This book is more in the vein of 1984 and brave new world, where free will is valued and government oppression is warned against. I just don't know if the current public has the same concerns as when this book was written ('06).

Because like... if daddy government paid all my bills and no one in my family ever had to worry about disease or poverty... plus they throw in free lip fillers... sign me up? Sorry, Tally, I'd choose oppression.

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grhuberg's review

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adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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daisdu's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reread. Definitely don't love it as much as I did in middle school, but it still holds up for me. As an adult, David really comes off as a groomer, but I don't think that makes the story worse, in fact I think it improves the story a bit. The premise of the world is really interesting and I really love the moral dilemma at it's core. I think Tally and Shae read as extremely believably 16, which can definitely make them annoying at times.

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