Kari's review
The Uglies Trilogy: Uglies, Pretties, Specials
by Scott Westerfeld
Ooh. These sound fun. I'm all about suspenseful dystopian futures! And semi-trashy YA novels.
Kari's review
The Uglies Trilogy: Uglies, Pretties, Specials by Scott Westerfeld
Kari's review
rating:
bookshelves:
young-adult
These aren't books that you read for character development, or poetic moving language and ideas. It's a suspenseful dystopian series that is somewhat ill-written and is reading like candy. On the third book I still think it's not even fueled by a strong driving concept, though there is a potentially interesting theme about alienation from nature.
I think the book's strength is the bizarre setting and lifestyle of the future people. Obviously it both tawdry and rivetting - I have picked it up and passed in on through the teenagers I know, who couldn't put the books down.
I think the book's strength is the bizarre setting and lifestyle of the future people. Obviously it both tawdry and rivetting - I have picked it up and passed in on through the teenagers I know, who couldn't put the books down.
Ooh. These sound fun. I'm all about suspenseful dystopian futures! And semi-trashy YA novels.