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meh. a friend lent this book to me, and I was so excited to finally read it. I've been wanting it for awhile. and I was so disappointed. the book was hard to get into, and really dragged after the beginning. I had a difficult time liking or caring about Tally, since she got herself into the situations, and only cared about being pretty. then her relationship with David was built on a lie. I kept screaming at the book, just tell the truth, stupid! ugh! the ending was intriguing, finally, but cons
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May 2013 Review:
I re-read this book for mother/daughter book club with my 13 year old. It prompted great discussion from both the younger and older readers. We talked about everything from how we see ourselves vs. how others see us to our words choices to describe ourselves. It's interesting to note two things from my original review below: 1) the passage I quote below was one of the ones that stood out to me this time around as well 2) while The Book Thief may stand up to re-reading, Uglies is ...more
I re-read this book for mother/daughter book club with my 13 year old. It prompted great discussion from both the younger and older readers. We talked about everything from how we see ourselves vs. how others see us to our words choices to describe ourselves. It's interesting to note two things from my original review below: 1) the passage I quote below was one of the ones that stood out to me this time around as well 2) while The Book Thief may stand up to re-reading, Uglies is ...more
it had a slow start (which could be because i knew there were more books to read and i was anxious to get to them)...it is also science fiction which doesn't excite me too much...i am interested to read the next books to see about the "cure"
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I am so glad that Ann told me this was not another series about cliqes. I had been avoiding this book. This was a fabulous Science Fiction that focused on the idea of everyone having to be pretty. And what happens when you revolt against the idea of pretty.Loved it can't wait to read the Pretties. Teen +
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This would be a great companion book for The Giver. Major dystopia, lots of teenaged drama and the prose is not awful!
Jan 01, 2008
Ching-In
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Jun 19, 2008
Cassandra Moore
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it was amazing
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