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What Members Thought

Jessica
Mar 27, 2013 rated it it was ok
Shelves: young-adult, dystopia


My review is for the series as a whole. Uglies is the story of a dystopian future. All people go through surgeries at 16 to become pretties - before that they are called uglies, and live apart in special dorms. Tally Youngblood is an ugly on the eve of her 16th birthday. The trilogy tells her story, as she finds a group of people who have not gone through the operation.

Uglies is fairly compelling. I liked tally, and I was interested in her story. The world itself seems pretty poorly realized,
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Tanya
“Perhaps the logical conclusion of everyone looking the same is everyone thinking the same.” The cover never appealed to me, but when this was becoming a Netflix movie, I picked it up. Loved it and can’t wait to read the next one.
Mirliz
This was a very thought provoking story, and I liked every bit of it. The characters are well-written and the story very captivating.
akaellen
Jun 10, 2008 rated it liked it
Shelves: youngadult, read2012
Lorena Walker
Jul 09, 2008 rated it really liked it
Sane
Sep 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own, kindle, sci-fi, dystopia
Sara
Jan 11, 2009 rated it really liked it
Michelle
Jul 07, 2009 rated it really liked it
Morgan
Mar 09, 2010 rated it it was ok
Lindsay
May 08, 2010 rated it it was ok
KatieDMD
Jun 27, 2010 rated it did not like it
Shelves: dumbass-books
Christina
Feb 02, 2011 rated it really liked it
Heather
Apr 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: e-books, owned, 2011
Emily Tillis
Aug 16, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Sep 29, 2011 rated it liked it
Elizabeth
Feb 25, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: ya-fiction, dystopian
Brenna
Mar 06, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Linda
Mar 26, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 09, 2007 rated it really liked it
Rachel Yuska
Nov 30, 2012 marked it as to-read
Jessi
Jan 02, 2013 rated it liked it
Shelves: fya-book-club
Ashley
Feb 25, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Mar 03, 2013 rated it liked it
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Scott Flicker
Jan 03, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Nov 20, 2023 rated it really liked it
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