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| Original Title: | Pretties |
| ISBN: | 0689865392 (ISBN13: 9780689865398) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.scottwesterfeld.com/ |
| Series: | Uglies #2 |
| Characters: | David Strorm, Tally Youngblood, Shay, Dr. Cable, Andrew Simpson Smith, Peris, Zane (Uglies) |
Scott Westerfeld
Paperback | Pages: 370 pages Rating: 3.85 | 224254 Users | 10132 Reviews
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| Title | : | Pretties (Uglies #2) |
| Author | : | Scott Westerfeld |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 370 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2005 by Simon & Schuster Simon Pulse |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Interpretation To Books Pretties (Uglies #2)
Gorgeous. Popular. Perfect.Perfectly wrong.
Tally has finally become pretty. Now her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are awesome, her boyfriend is totally hot, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted.
But beneath all the fun -- the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom -- is a nagging sense that something's wrong. Something important. Then a message from Tally's ugly past arrives. Reading it, Tally remembers what's wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold.
Now she has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life -- because the authorities don't intend to let anyone with this information survive.
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Ratings: 3.85 From 224254 Users | 10132 ReviewsColumn Out Of Books Pretties (Uglies #2)
Westerfield has a way of making me want to finish his books in one sitting, but I'm never sure whether that has more with his ability to build suspense or my ongoing desire to have it over with. Pretties, while not a book without merit (if I were being more fair, I would probably give it 3 stars, story-wise) irked me a great deal more than Uglies (which I obviously liked well enough to read its sequel) because of what I consider some poor authorial decisions. For a dystopia intending to critiqueI liked this book better than the first. Maybe its because I'm more open to sci-fi or maybe its because it was just better. *shrug* Either way I liked it better. And I'm not a big sci-fi reader but I think the world Westerfeld creates is unique and things are explained well without it feeling like an overload of information. I didn't much like how the rusties (being us) are considered stupid but then again in the 1900s people took tape worm pills to lose weight, we know better now.Anyways,
(EDITED: Updated star-status at the end)Is this book really as bad I as I think it is? I need more friends to read this, to reassure me that it really is awful and it's not just that I'm sick (which I am. I mean, with bronchitis.) So do it! Read this! And tell me it is bad!! ("Ew, this is awful! taste it!")Anyway, i'd say 2 stars just because i feel guilty giving only 1 star and I *did* finish it. So, 1.5 stars. Because you know something is wrong when "It Was Okay" sounds way too generous...
*Sing to the tune of Blank Space* "Reading this book felt like torture. Don't say I didn't say I didn't warn ya."Angst. The angst is everywhere. I tried with this book, I really did but the plot just got even more muddled after the Uglies. I could not stop myself from rolling my eyes and suppressing the urge to fling this book across the room every 5 minutes. Let's take a moment to look at this synopsis: Tally Youngblood is popular and Prettyville boyfriend Zane leads the Crims gang. But Croy
What happens when perfection isn't good enough? Scott Westerfeld, PrettiesI read this whole series from beginning to end. There were some things I liked about it. I liked Tally. And I liked the world building and the imagery.However there were so many things I did not like. I was n ot all that drawn in and I thin k that is because the story has so much action and non dialogue to it that it really did not do anything for me. I was a bit bored frankly.As mentioned by others the cutting sequences
If I hear word bubbly one more time,I'll kill someone.This was boring as hell.The story is boring,actions of the characters are utterly boring and stupid,the ending is stupid as hell...I'm really disappointed.And there's suddenly a love triangle(really Scott,REALLY?)The only person I liked in this book was thankfully Tally.That's the only reason I'm giving this book 2 stars.She's really great.Everyone else...not so much.Shay is a freaking idiot and so is Peris.Zane seems like a decent guy,but I
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