Pretty at 16

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld.
Reviewed by Anna

Uglies, by Scott Westerfeld, was among the worst books that I have ever read. I started it, got about 200 pages into it, and then decided to stop reading it, as i thought it was a total waste of time. It was a huge disappointment, because many of my friends into fantasy stories thought that it was amazing. I had a different experience with it. The book started out very interestingly. It started out with the main character, Tally, sneaking off to a separate part of her world. I also found that the concept of the story was quite interesting. This book was about a girl, Tally, who couldn't wait to turn 16. In her world, until you turned 16, you were ugly and lived in the ugly part of the world. Then, when you did turn 16,you had this magical operation that turned you pretty. Sounds great, right? Well, it was at first. That is until the girl in the book, Tally, met Shay. After that, the book seemed all dialog. Now, don't get me wrong, dialog is great and all. But well, a story with very little action can be quite dull. Also, the characters seemed a bit unreal, and so did the setting. The story was choppy, and it put me in a bad mood. Like I said earlier, to me, this book felt like a complete waste of time. Hopefully, if you choose to read it, you will enjoy it more than I did.

Librarian's note:
Uglies (no. 1) is the first book in a series. The other titles are
Pretties (no. 2)
Specials (no. 3)
Extras (no. 4)