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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can’t seem to write about this without giving away some plot elements from the first two books.  So, warning: spoilers may arise.<br/><br/>Well, Specials — the final volume in the Uglies trilogy — finally came up on my hold-list at the library!  After finishing the novel I was in the middl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11226436">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[One thing I've noticed about Westerfeld's novels is how bittersweet the endings are. Although there is still a rainbow (or fireworks) to brighten the blow, there is still death, failure, destruction. Westerfeld knows life will never have a happy ending, just a bittersweet one.<br/><br/>Specials is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33571458">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[So I didn't like Tally as much in this book. Her personality has been altered by the &quot;special&quot; surgery, so she looks down on anyone who isn't &quot;special&quot; themselves. Part of the plot line is that she is supposed to overcome this, but I didn't feel she completely did.<br/><br/>Oth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44335118">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have ambivalent feelings about this book.  It's fatally flawed in my opinion, both in tone and content. <br/><br/>The tone is adolescent hyper-drama.... which is okay I suppose since it's written for a teen audience. But, as an example of literature, it falls flat and since my interest in YA lit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26741481">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[  this series of books caught my interest when i read a review by another goodreads member who seemed to have tastes similar to my own. so i was a little surprised when i realized it was young adult fiction but seeing as i am always looking for what may be the next great dystopian work i decided to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24288844">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though I have <em>The Host</em> waiting for me, I just really had to find out what happened to Tally, Shay, David, and especially Zane.  This book was a good conclusion to The Uglies Trilogy, but it didn't have the same magic <em>Pretties</em> held for me.  What I really liked about the trilogy is that Tally is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21999785">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>&quot;Special Circumstances&quot;:</strong><p>The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.<p><p>And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.<p><p>The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.<p><p>Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.<p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p>]]>
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