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Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2) Review

I found the second book in the Uglies trilogy to be an excellent pick-up from the first book. I was very curious about the subculture of the Pretties when I read the first book, and this one opens up right in the middle of it, thick with the new vocabulary of the Pretties, with words such as bubbly, bogus, surge, pretty-making, fashion-missing, spinning, criminal, etc. At first, I liked being immersed in the world of the pretties, a mixture of familiar and foreign aspects, but it quickly became very apparent how much of the Pretties were complete air-heads! Being shallow is the social norm, and if anyone even attempts to have a little depth, the authorities are quick to step in. I admit, being a Pretty is not completely unattractive, what with an improved immune system and perfect skin, teeth, and eyesight. The focus of the book was mainly on escaping the Pretty society with more development of the world of Uglies, Pretties, and Specials. I found the discovery of the reservation that the Pretties maintained to study Pre-Rusty civilization very interesting and a great way to reveal how deeply people are being controlled by the authorities. She made an excellent observation about the Smokies, that even though they lived in the wild and lived similarly to both Pre-Rusty and Rusty civilization, they still had not completely escaped from the influence of the Pretty / Ugly society because of the devices they depended on and how their mindset has changed in regards to violence and caring for the earth.
Even though I had no doubt that Tally would be turned into a Special in the end, I can't help wondering how the people in charge think they can keep a leash on her, since it has become very apparent that she will always try to escape. I look forward to the final book in the Trilogy, Specials.

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Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2) Overview

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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Customer Reviews

Plus One Star - -
Darn tecnology won't let me give this book six stars! I loved it even more than Uglies, which I thought wasn't possible! I love you Scott Westerfeld, but if you can top this, you are author above all other authors.
It's completly impossible to hate this book it's better than any book I've ever read. I didn't want to skip anything thinking I'd miss something important. It was always so interesting, there is no way Westerfeld can top this!

Better than the first? - Z. M. - Utah, USA
Upon finishing the Uglies I knew I must have the second book in the Uglies trilogy. After reading the Uglies I thought there couldn't possibly be any way that the other two books were better than the first. How wrong I was. Pretties was quicker paced, enthralling and more informative than the Uglies. Although I was quite disappointed that the smokies weren't involved openly in the book so much, the author still did a wonderful job. He also did an amazing job introducing the character Zane. It felt like he had been there the entire time. There was more urgency in the Pretties it had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Scott Westerfeld portrayed the Pretties in wonderful light I felt as if I was struggling with them all. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loved the Uglies.

Ashlynn from Lake Tapps says,"This is a great book!" - -
Have you ever been perfect but perfection isn't good enough? Well this book called Pretties is all about getting into trouble and it being hard to get out of. It has a total of 370 pages, the authors name is Scott Westerfeld. The main character is Tally, Tally Youngblood, creepy last name huh?
The book Pretties is all about a girl Tally Youngblood, she is now a prettie and when Tally goes to a party and David gave her instructions to get something important but Tally doesn't understand, Zane shows up at the party and all three Zane, Tally, and Shay start taking pills, but Shay does this to become like Tally, but instead gets addicted and becomes a cutter. It's a great book, read it! And see what happens next!
My favorite part of the book is when Tally has to take Zane to the hospital and Tally has to talk to the doctor, but instead of talking about Zane's injury he talked about why Tally and her best friend Shay were fighting.
The most important thing that I learned from reading this book is to never take pills or lie because you might just become a cutter like Shay!
The other books by this author (Scott Westerfeld) are Uglies, Specials, Extras, Bogus to Bubbly, Midnighters, Peeps, and more.
I recommend this book because it makes you scoot off you chair....... And is so amazingly great I think this book will be perfect for you.
Star Rating ***** 5 stars

Not as bubbly as the first - DelusionalAngel - USA
First - I read this in the Kindle format. Be forewarned there are some errors that I would assume are probably (hopefully) just in the Kindle version (as of May 2010). They don't make it totally unreadable, but they are a bit annoying. Things like missing periods or a period followed by a paragraph break in the middle of a sentence. Hyphens in the middle of words. "The Smoke" being called "die Smoke". Or "I'm scared" being "Fm scared". Silly things that could have been found if the editor had simply skimmed the Kindle / eBook edition even once. 2/5 to the editor.

Okay, that said, onto the content. It is nowhere near as good as the first book in the series: Uglies. Probably because we're now focusing on the lives of pretties. The language has changed. Some new characters have been added. Everything is so "Bubbly" to the point you'll be sick of the word "bubbly" by the end of the book. Still it is good. Not great, but good. We follow Tally as she's already been made Pretty. Will David come back for her with a cure in hand? Will she really want it if he does? That's what this book is all about. Picking up right where Uglies left off, seeing just how much prettydom has changed Tally. Can it be undone? Is there a cure? If so is there a price? Even if there is a cure, do Pretties want to be cured, even if they know the truth about what being Pretty means?

Despite not living up to the first in my eyes, it was good enough to make me want to move onto the third.

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