Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld - Reading from 'Uglies (Uglies #1)' from October 23rd 2018

[Brooke]

Finished book 1 this morning, will update later :)

[Brooke]

15%
(view spoiler)[ "David? That's a weird name" girl your name is Tally. idk why she even believes Shay, like yah she took you to that rust town and the roller coaster but damn, anyone could know about that (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

31%
(view spoiler)[ yah just send the girl out into the woods by herself, sure living in those dorms really got her wilderness ready. I would have just stayed ugly. She caved to Cable way too quick (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

60%
(view spoiler)[ Oh no you mean there is a negative to being pretty hmmmm. Lesions that make you think differently, i would think she would have noticed pretty quick. (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

End
(view spoiler)[ Weird how she still got to turn pretty. Should have just given the meds to Shay to see if they worked, but yah lets risk Tally's life just because Shay couldn't give 100% consent. (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

Sorry, I'm a bit late. My copy from the library got delayed.


End of Part 1 (31%) - (view spoiler)[ I feel bad for Tally; she totally got manipulated by the Special lady and by Peris (she didn't once question that he appeared right at that time? Come on!). I can only hope that once she does find Smoke, that she will be smart enough to realize it before she exposes their community. (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

End of Part 2 (66%) - (view spoiler)[ Ugh, I grow weary of plots where the MC wants to tell the truth but withholds it for whatever reason.

I'm also confused about Tally. Sometimes she is made out to be so smart and other times she's a complete airhead. I suppose that is typical for any 16 year old, but it is making it difficult for me to flesh out her character. (hide spoiler)]

Part 3 "familiar sights" (84%) - (view spoiler)[ Ah, here is a good example of how stupid Tally can be - how is breaking into Special Circumstances a good idea? And now she had dragged the ONE person that she feels obligated to save, right into harm's way. When they get caught and she is revealed to be the spy, David is going to think that she was meant to bring him there. STUPID girl!! (hide spoiler)]

[Jennifer]

Finished - (view spoiler)[ I kind of saw that ending coming. I was glad that she finally came clean about her role with Smoke being found and at least it didn't follow the predictable/cliche with David hating her. I was pleasantly surprised that he accepted it and continued to care about Tally. Book 2 should be interesting - she's pretty now but will she honor her agreement to be part of the experiment? (hide spoiler)]

[Brooke]

I'll be starting Pretties tomorrow :D