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In a society where every 16 year old is made "pretty" by an operation in order to avoid social strife, Tally meets Shay, a girl who will change her life.
A very quick and enjoyable read making me want to read the next one in the series ...more
A very quick and enjoyable read making me want to read the next one in the series ...more
Some of the most entertaining SF takes an aspect of current life and exaggerates it with interesting results. Tally lives in a future world where all adolescents are "ugly" and live in dorms, going to school and awaiting the ultimate sweet sixteen - surgical transformation into a "pretty" who have years of parties awaiting them. Uglies blow off steam by sneaking out at night and pulling off stunts, but Tally seems to have a knack of getting into more trouble than most. She has adventures with bu
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It kind of reminded me of the premise on an old Twilight Zone episode, where people are mandatorily altered to be a standard image of beautiful. Like all utopias, this one has a dark side too.
One word. Awesome
Re-read 2/08
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