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Uglies (Uglies, #1)
by Scott Westerfeld
by Scott Westerfeld
Lisa Vegan's review
bookshelves: fiction, gr-groups-buddies, reviewed, novel, speculative-fiction, young-adult
Apr 13, 08
bookshelves: fiction, gr-groups-buddies, reviewed, novel, speculative-fiction, young-adult
Recommended for:
teens, sci-fi fans
Read in April, 2008
I’d seen this book and the next two books in this series of three books (Pretties and Specials) but did not know what they were; the covers & titles didn’t appeal to me.
I read this because it was the May 2008 selection for the Goodreads’ YA Book Club, and I was pleasantly surprised.
This is a very good sci-fi book for young adults. The created world and characters are interesting and it’s thought provoking about such subjects as perfection, self esteem & appearance, and questioning authority.
I read this because it was the May 2008 selection for the Goodreads’ YA Book Club, and I was pleasantly surprised.
This is a very good sci-fi book for young adults. The created world and characters are interesting and it’s thought provoking about such subjects as perfection, self esteem & appearance, and questioning authority.
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Apr 20, 2009 03:03pm
Wow! I really had no idea what these were about and was, quite literally, judging a book by its cover. I just assumed it was teen lit garbage - along the lines of Gossip Girl.
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Chandra, It's not high literature but yes, I had that prejudice too, but it is more than teen garbage. ;-)
Well, that's good to know! And, hey, I'm the first person to admit I don't always need or crave high literature ;-)
Me too. I'm happy to read junk sometimes, and this is more than that. It's definitely geared to teens and wasn't one of my very favorite books but I was very pleasantly surprised. I haven't read the sequels yet, and don't know whether or not I will.
