Uglies
Ratings396
Average rating3.6
Loved this book when i was younger and now looking back I wouldn't really recommend due to the changing times when it comes to beauty, body acceptance, and the fact that the later books suck in my opinion.
Dnf 8% couldn???t connect to the story or characters. Probably more a me problem than the book, but I???m going to stick with 1st person narratives in the future.
I wanted to reread this series ahead of the Netflix movie for the books. I wish this held up better but it is 100% made for 12-13 year olds. The writing is immature and the dialog is unnatural. We listened to it on audiobook which made it worse. The amount of description about the hover crafts and boards is strangely in-depth and completely unnecessary. I gave it an extra star for the nostalgia but I'm just hoping the show is better than the book because it's pretty bad.
Update: Ugg, i don't know. Not a bad book But I still do not understand why many over hyped this book. It is still lack luster for me. I'm just gonna rate it three stars and leave it at that.
It has been a long time since I have actually read the book, but from what I can remember. I never understood the hype for this book. It was decent in my opinion, but I never finished it because I got bored with it.
I will read it again an will update the review. But read the book if your intrested in reading it.
I can't believe I didn't read this sooner, so so good. I couldn't put it down until I'd finished the last page, and now I can't wait to start book 2.
The world was well-made, and the cultures and stuff was captivating. Then the characters themselves were.... a bit annoying in some cases, but I can't wait to read more of them!
This was a cute read, but the middle slogged down a bit. Overall, it was true to the genre and I liked the characters enough to keep reading, but have yet to pick up the sequels. Don't know if I will or not.
Interesting premise. A quick, easy read, but nothing groundbreaking.
Super dystopie, si au départ le titre me rebutait un peu et que le début du livre ne me plaisait pas des masses, la suite s'est révélée vraiment géniale. Un univers intéressant, des personnages assez bien creusés, bref une série à découvrir :)
To be brutally honest, I'm stunned... But not in a good way. I am unwilling to rate this book, because, well, I don't believe in giving books a rating less than 2 stars.
So, I started reading this because the kids in my class were reading Fahrenheit 451 for school. Since I read that over the summer, my teacher have me to choice to either 1)re-read Fahrenheit 451, or 2)read Uglies. I, being the reader that I am, thought to myself, “Well obviously I'll read a book that I've never read before!” Looking back, I see now that that wasn't the better decision. It, unfortunately, was probably my worst book decision. Ever. So now that you are aware of the circumstances that I was in when I read this book, I'll give you just a few reasons why I despised this book so much.
1)Tally. What can I say? I literally HATED Tally. Most people really liked Tally, BUT I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. Tally whined for- what, half the book?- about nothing. Nothing that actually mattered, at least. She was a terrible protagonist. And yes, you could argue that she did undergo some character development. But her character development transition? It reminded me of how you exit a state. One second you're in PA, and the next you're in OH. One second, Tally was all like, “BEING PRETTY IS THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING,” and the next she was all like, “Beauty is what is on the inside. Not the outside” There were times when I was reading this and literally cringed, because I couldn't stand whatever Tally was doing.
2)David. Man, everyone loved David. Personally, I would have been elated if David had somehow died. It probably would have added to the story, and given it an actual plot twist. Besides that, David was the perfect, life-changing guy. What flaws did he have? He didn't have a pretty face. Other than that, he was perfect. And, frankly, unrealistic.
3)The Romance. The romance was a joke. It was instant love, which is something that I find particularly bothersome. Not to mention, naturally Shay had a crush on David. Furthermore, David just isn't right for Tally. If he's going to be so perfect, he needs someone with more depth than Tally.
4) The Plot Twists. There are times when I guess the occasional plot twist, but in this book, I literally predicted every. Single. One. The author gave away too many hints about what was to happen, instead of keeping it a bit more vague, thus increasing the mystery and suspense.
Those were my top 4 reasons as to why I did not like this book, but there are more. Overall, I think that this book had a LOT of potential to be something incredible, but I felt that it just fell flat. The writing style was nice, and it flowed beautifully. But for this book, the negatives greatly outnumbered the positives. Don't let my review deter you from reading this book, because there are many GREAT reviews of it, and as always, this is simply a matter of opinion. With that said, I will not be continuing this series.
Edit: I'm done being kind, I really did hate this, it deserves a 1 star:
I want to say this book was cashing in on the Hunger Games franchise but i think it came out before Hunger games did, and doesn't really have a lot in common.
I really wanted to see where things were going. I enjoyed the adventure, and will probably check out the next book at least.
I felt the book really layed on the message very thick. Very much that the idea of attractiveness is kinda subjective or something. I actually felt how much the main character pushed “I want to be pretty too” at the beginning of the book got really really annoying. That being said, it quickly moved on and found it quite interesting.
/end bad review
O mundo agora é dividido em categorias e Tally faz parte dos Feios, assim como todos até completarem 16 anos, quando se submetem a uma operação que os transformará em Perfeitos, sonho de quase todos os adolescentes.
Feios é um livro simples em quase todos os sentidos, da escrita aos personagens. Isso faz com que seja fácil assimilar o conteúdo, que permeia a comédia, o suspense a aventura, nas viagens de Tally e nas batalhas contra os Especiais, categoria superior que persegue a garota durante boa parte do livro e além.
Durante todo o tempo Tally tem que tomar decisões que vão levar os acontecimentos para um lado – que sempre é o pior lado para a protagonista, é claro. Dessa maneira, o leitor tem a vontade de querer avançar na história para saber como cada capítulo vai terminar. Falando em final, o desse livro é muito bom e tem um gostinho de quero mais para a continuação.
Creio que o livro seja voltado ao público infanto-juvenil, mas faz bem o trabalho de entreter os leitores das mais variadas idades, com a dose certa de aventura, amizade e romance. A leitura vale a pena, recomendo.
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**4.5***
Amazing read a real page turner and a believable protagonist. This book was great but I felt certain things could have been developed better.
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is a dystopian novel for young adults. I went into this book with high expectations, and to my surprise I wasn't too disappointed!
Tally is a few months away from turning sixteen and she cannot wait. Not only will she finally be reunited with her best friend Peris, but she will finally get to be pretty. In her world, everyone undergoes surgery at the age of sixteen and they can move to New Pretty Town.
In this part of the city, everyone is always having fun and they all look stunning. Everybody is the same and everybody is happy, but at what cost?
This was my first book by Scott Westerfeld, so I didn't have anything to compare Uglies with. I had heard a lot of good things about the book (a lot of booktubers also raved about it) and I decided it was time I picked it up to see what it was all about.
Full review over @ The Hungry Bookster
HMM I think I probably would have liked this way more if I'd read it closer to when I read the actual [b:Uglies 24770 Uglies (Uglies, #1) Scott Westerfeld http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358962036s/24770.jpg 2895388] books? As is, though, it's been a few years and all I remember are the barebones details of Uglies so this didn't feel like an alternate take on Uglies, it felt like... the same thing? Which, I mean, I really liked the other Uglies books. So that's fine.I really liked the very end with a few sketches from the artist & notes from Scott Westerfeld about character design and like what it means to be an “Ugly” (aka: normal).
Uglies vertelt het verhaal van een post-apocalyptische samenleving, waar iedereen op zijn zestiende verjaardag verplicht plastische chirurgie ondergaat. Deze operatie transformeert je van een “ugly” (i.e. een gewone mens) naar een “pretty”, een generische vorm van schoonheid gebaseerd op biologische reacties op bepaalde uiterlijke kenmerken (a.k.a. Barbie & Ken).
Hoofdpersonage Tally kan niet wachten tot het haar beurt is en ze kan verhuizen naar “New Pretty”, het deel van de stad waar alle jonge pretties samenwonen waar de enige eis “plezier hebben” is. Jammer genoeg wordt haar operatie in de war gestuurd door een vriendin die besluit de operatie niet te ondergaan en weg loopt naar een stad waar “uglies for life” in het wild samen wonen. Dit is (surprise, surprise) niet naar de zin van de hogere machten en zij verplichten Tally haar vriendin achterna te reizen en hen de plaats van deze verborgen stad te verraden.
En dan volgt de grote revelatie, die er eigenlijk al vingerdik van in het begin op lag: mooi worden heeft een prijs. Naast het strippen van je uiterlijke zelf, krijgen je hersenen ook een “pretty” operatie. Het komt er op neer dat alle pretties leeghoofden zijn (a.k.a. Barbie & Ken ;-) ). Schapen, zonder eigen mening, die geen beslissingen kunnen nemen. Een typische dystopie dus.
En op zich kan ik zo'n verhaal wel smaken, het heeft potentieel dit gegeven. Jammer genoeg voldeed het niet aan mijn verwachtingen (tjah, ik heb dan ook net Big Brother gelezen, dus misschien is deze reactie niet helemaal eerlijk). Wat mij vooral stoorde was,
(1) de extreme voorspelbaarheid (vanaf moment 1 dat een pretty wordt beschreven is het al vrij duidelijk dat daar iets aan scheelt en dan spreek ik nog niet over wat gebeurt wanneer Tally de mysterieuze ugly-David ontmoet...);
(2) cliché, na cliché, na cliché (wat soms wel kan smaken, zoals junkfood voor de hersenen, maar hier toch op den duur serieus tegen stak); en
(3) het feit dat de schrijver meer argumenten “voor” de pretty operatie had dan tegen. Dankzij de operatie worden mensen niet meer beoordeeld op hun uiterlijk (ze zien er allemaal min of meer gelijk uit). Er is geen ongelijkheid meer. Iedereen leeft in vrede, met elkaar, met hun omgeving, met de natuur.
Al bij al een boek met een thema dat heel goed kon zijn, wel vlot las, maar uiteindelijk wat ontgoochelde en vrij voorspelbaar was. Misschien zijn de volgende delen beter, maar ik zie mij die niet in de nabije toekomst lezen.
I honestly thought by the description and reviews on this book that it was for an older audience (older YA) but it is clearly not. I got a little dragged down with main character some, but that is to be expected given the target audience. An interesting story that got better as the book went on. Not sure if I will continue to read the series though.
The whole premise of the book is interesting. So is the world that Westerfeld created. Those woukd make the book worth a try. The story, however, seems a bit too simplistic. Going on to the second book to see how the story progresses.
This is another one I started, stopped, and picked up again. I was able to stick with it this time around and I ended up finding more to like than dislike. The world building was great and all the characters acted logically for their situations. I will read the rest of the series soon I expect.
This wasn't the best book I've read, but not the worst either. It did seem to drag in spots and I felt like every other page I was reading about a kid on a hoverboard. It got a bit repetitive. I didn't find myself drawn to any of the characters or even particularly liking any of them/caring what happened to them. The book has an interesting concept, but for me it didn't really get interesting until the “truth about being pretty” was revealed to Tally. That being said, since I already own the next two books, I'll read those. Otherwise, I wouldn't read them.