false \ 6387650 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 24765 14 3278286 book 15 4 2006 Specials (Uglies, #3) total:13950|5:3951|4:4608|3:3910|2:1246|1:235| 13950 52644 19351 1935 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 1 10 false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jun 04 18:40:43 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:43:17 -0800 2009 Uglies and there was a lot to admire about Pretties, but I found this to be a highly unsatisfactory conclusion. I’m still trying to figure out why it so completely failed to work for me. I think mostly it’s a case of character development: Tally goe...more...]]> 1151552 1416947957 9781416947950 729 90 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574785m/1151552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1151552.Specials 2 18 true Sat Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 29 12:28:02 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 18:00:15 -0800 2008
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...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 4 6 false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 19:08:24 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 01:50:08 -0700 2008
Specials is...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 2 5 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:13:38 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 14:08:31 -0800 2009 1
Oth...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 2 4 false Wed Jul 09 07:24:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 15:06:47 -0700 2008
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...more...]]> 1151552 1416947957 9781416947950 729 90 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574785m/1151552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1151552.Specials 5 3 false Wed Jun 11 19:56:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 21:33:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 1 3 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 17:25:05 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 10:26:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 3 false Tue Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 11:54:01 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 15:26:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 2 true Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:03:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 14:20:29 -0800 2008 1
On the one hand, the story is very creative. It was fascinating to read from a 'super human' point of v...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 4 2 true Mon Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:12:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 17:24:22 -0700 2008 Specials was probably in competition for my favorite of Scott Westerfeld's trilogy, next to Uglies. Yes, I know there's a fourth, but my understanding is that Tally and co. are not involved. At least, Tally is no longer our heroine.

Once again, I really enjoyed the author's cr...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 1 true Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 17 05:59:25 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 29 10:12:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1151552 1416947957 9781416947950 729 90 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255574785m/1151552.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1151552.Specials 3 1 false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 18:44:49 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 18:59:11 -0700 2008 The Host 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 Pretties held for me. What I really liked about the trilogy is that Tally is ...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 5 3 true Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 13:43:59 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 08:42:41 -0800 2009 2 ****MANY SPOILERS!*****


This is one of my favorites out of the whole trilogy! I found it really hard to make it through without getting teary-eyed when Zane died ecspecially since I could almost feel Tally's pain the way Westerfeld wrote about it and since Zane had had the sur...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 4 1 false Thu Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 20:50:10 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 08:40:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 1 false Thu Oct 30 14:34:54 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 14:37:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 1 true Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 20:46:41 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 11:32:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 3 1 false Sun Feb 01 16:32:27 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 16:32:33 -0800 2009 This is the 3rd book in the Uglies trilogy and while it was a good book it did not grab me as much as Uglies did. In a way it was sort of a repeat of Pretties taken up to another level. Tally once again has been transformed without her consent and has to “...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 4 1 true Mon Dec 15 09:57:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 09:58:01 -0800 2008
Tally has now been surgically altered to become not just a Special, but a Cutter too. Think of them as the uber-elite squad. They've got unbreakab...more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 5 0 false Thu Nov 27 18:44:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 18:56:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 24765 0689865406 9780689865404 13021 1792 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255885174m/24765.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24765.Specials 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 08:31:51 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 21:22:33 -0800 2009
I thought that this novel was a stunning conclusion to the Uglies trilogy, and I was fully satisfied with the resolution (how often do you get to say that about a series?).

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