This is especially evident in Pretties when Tally leaves Pretty town (I told you the terminology is weird) and ends up a reservation. What I like about it is the depth of the topics covered. The concept behind the trilogy is just brilliant and Pretties carries on where Uglies left off, only now Tally is a Pretty. The second book and though there were the same issues as with the first in that I had some issue with some of the terminology, I had to move past that and recognise that I was an adult reading a book aimed at teenagers. But beneath all the fun is a nagging feeling that something’s wrong. Her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are cool, her boyfriend’s gorgeous, and she’s completely popular. “Your ugly little secret is safe with me.” – A sentence that holds so much more than it lets on unless you read the book. BUT then there were beautiful sentences in there – “Don’t worry Tally” she whispered, putting one elegant finger to her lips. The use of Uglies and Pretties was fair enough, but then there were crumblies for old people, littlies for young, rusties for our generation and so on. I know it’s a YA book, but some of the language used was repetitive and childish.
As you’d expect in a novel like this, there is a dark secret lurking beneath the pretty exterior though and one that leaves you cold, but could easily be imagined if you believe the world you are reading into. It’s a world in the future where our generation have already had their turn on the planet and failed. In a world where people are segregated into Uglies and at 16 surgically turned into Pretties and moved into a town across the water, Westerfeld does a brilliant job of exploring our obsessions with perfection. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever… The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all.
When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn’t very pretty. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.īut Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants to be pretty. In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. Not for her license – for turning pretty. Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. I will also try to do this without giving anything away that isn’t on the blurb of any of the jackets.Įverybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. I’m going to briefly review each book, then give an overarching review of the the theme that climaxes in the final novel.
This is a three book post because I held off reviewing the first two on the blog until I’d read the final book in the trilogy, Specials, which I did yesterday.
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