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Uglies Quartet: Uglies; Pretties; Specials; Extras (2013)

by Scott Westerfeld(Favorite Author)

4.22 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

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Romance

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

review 1: Westerfeld does a wonderful job of showing evolution, so to speak, in the incredible world he has created. And some elements of the book were good and were similar to the beginning of the series. Despite that, I felt this book was very out of the blue and shouldn't have been added as a fourth addition to the series. If anything, maybe a spin off series, but it really just doesn't correlate with Tally's world and her random appearance in it implicated that feeling even more so. Too much was developed into one book, and a lot of it was rather inconsequential. This book would have made a better second extension series of the first three, but adding it onto the trilogy made it feel like an awkward, dragging caboose compared to the rest of the series. But it was still well writ... moreten past the spotty storyline.
review 2: Jackie PellecchiaEnglishMs. PeritoreApril 9, 2012The SpecialsNon-fiction and realistic books tend to keep me interested more than fictional stories with magic. I am more interested in these types of books because I rather read a book about something that could happen rather than something that is all imagination. Scott Westerfield is a great author and does a great job of combining both of these elements in all of his books. I am truly fascinated in his set of books which include The Uglies, The Pretties, and The Specials.Westerfield is a very descriptive and detailed writer. This book is based off of the two previous books. This book begins with Tally now being a cutter. A cutter is a branch of the specials whose leader is Shay. Tally finds herself disguised as an uglie at a party trying to watch for any party crashers. Since Tally is now a special she is almost completely perfect. Her bones are strong, her muscles can heal themselves, and she has great senses. She can even smell a smokey that crashes the party. Smokies use pills and nanos that can destroy brains, this happened to Tally’s boyfriend. She goes to get the smokey who has these but he gets away by being rescued by hoverboards with someone from Tally’s past, David. The cutters are now all in a race to capture the smokies. David is now Shay and Tally’s enemy. The smokies kidnapped Shay and another cutter and stole the Specials hoverboards. When Tally meets back up with Shay she realizes that the pills were supposed to be delivered to the Crims, and the Crim they were for were Zane, Tally’s boyfriend. Even though Zane’s brain was damaged due to the pills he is still trying to give them out to pretties, he is still one also. Tally asks Zane to help her take down the smokies. Are Tally and Shay going to survive? Is Zane going to help?It is very easy to get into these books because there is another one after it, so you want to know what will happen in this one, but it also leaves it up to your imagination what is the next one about. Westerfield does a great job at having a lot of plots in one book. The subject of the book is never just one thing. I like these books because there are real life concepts behind the magic. This book is based on Tally’s life and what she does. What will she do next? less

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