A review by janadiebeere
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

2.25

The beginning of this book was really not great, and it gave me a lot of bad will towards the rest of it. I thought once the story got going, it was actually quite fun, and there were some details that I really enjoyed

(like the twist with the oil getting infected and that's why society crumbled)

.  I think the reason I disliked the beginning so strongly was mostly just a strange choice in descriptions and names, the cat vomit-coloured sky, all the names being so infantile (middle pretties, littlies, etc.) and alongside that, the absolute lack of interest of Tally in her surroundings. It kept taking me out of the story, and even when it got better, it just kind of stuck around. I do think it was refreshing to read a ya dystopia that did not focus heavily on the character's romance (especially considering the boom of those in the 2010s); however, I do wish the characters and their pull towards each other had been a little more fleshed out. It really felt like they just all of a sudden kissed for no reason. All in all it was fun and a fast and easy read.