Such a good series! If you are looking for a post-apocalyptic world where people seem to have gotten their shit together. With a brave female protagonist who tries her best, makes mistakes and then faces the consequences of her actions. I'm going to be reviewing the whole series at once because I could not stop reading these books! There simply wasn't enough time to review each one!
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Part of a series or Standalone: A series of books 1 thru 4 (Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras)
Genre: YA Fiction, Science fiction
Tropes: City of the Future, All that Glitters is not Gold, Coming of Age, City in a Bottle, Brainwashed, Love Triangle
Things I liked: I like Tally even though she's not perfect by any means she protrays that you don't have to be perfect to deserve love. She does her best. Sometimes, she's impulsive, but she tends to fix the problems she's made. She's a really strong female character. I loved following her throughout her journey in this series.
I also liked Moggle, a little cam bot in the 4th book. Im a sucker for robots and such with that are unique with feelings. Westerfeld does an amazing job with showing the issues that teenagers face growing up. Everything in the series makes me almost relive being that young. I was really impressed how he could convey those issues and feelings in a way that didnt feel like he was looking down on younger people, I could tell he respects the struggles one goes thru as they grow up and he wanted to share that story with us.
Things I disliked: Some of the issues that Westerfeld addressed were not very subtle. Rather than letting the story and characters figure things out at times, it was very spoon-fed to us. Particularly, the Cutters has my most issues. Theres a group that ends up cutting their flesh to feel something so they can think clearly. While this huge issue is brought up, no actual resolution is made, mostly that characters just kinda stop doing that. The indepth discussions that could have been had were just steam rollled past. I also worry that young people who read this might get ideas that this is a thing they could do since their favorite YA characters are doing it.
Audiobook or Physical? I read all the physical copies since the new ones came out with some really pretty covers. I owned the 4th and last book, but I honestly have no idea how it ended up as mine. I am curious about the audiobooks if the voice actor could add even more emotion to such an emotional series.
Extras: The first 3 books have Tally's POV, and the last book has Aya's POV. I have yet to read these, but there is an Imposters series set after the events Tally sets in motion. As well as a graphic novel series from Shay's POV.
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