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Pretties (Uglies Quartet) (Paperback)

by Scott Westerfeld (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's (3 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0439891612
  • ISBN-13: 978-0439891615
  • ASIN: 1416917292
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,949 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Tally has finally become 'pretty'. Her looks are beyond perfect, her clothes are cool, her boyfriend is totally gorgeous, and she's completely popular. It's everything she's ever wanted. But beneath all the fun - the non-stop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom - is a nagging feeling that something is very wrong. Something important. And sure enough, when a message from Tally's 'ugly' past arrives, the fun stops cold. Now Tally has to choose between fighting to forget what she knows and fighting for her life...


About the Author

'YA's hippest author' Scott Westerfeld is the author of the hugely popular Uglies series. As well as the Midnighters series and three stand alone YA novels, he has written five science fiction novels for adults. He and his wife, Justine, divide their time between Sydney and New York.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ever wanted to be perfect?, 16 Aug 2006
This is the second book in the 'uglies' trilogy, I read this book before reading the first book and so it took me a while to get used to the unique language that the characters use, however it is a fantastic, well written book. I couldn't put it down, definitely worth a read but reading uglies first would probably help
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking, well paced and exciting, 12 April 2008
By quippe (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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Set a couple of months after UGLIES, Tally is now pretty and anxious to discover whether she's been voted into the Crims (a group of pretties known for playing tricks). Tally's best friends with Shay, but is drawn to the leader of the Crims, Zane, and is disturbed by vague memories she has of her time in the Smoke. When her former friend from the Smoke, Croy crashes a pretty party to give her a message, she begins to question being a pretty and forms a connection with Zane, who's discovered that his thinking becomes clearer when he stops eating food in Pretty Town and pursues new sensations. Together, they act on Croy's message, the repercussions of which have a drastic impact on the Crims and Tally's friendship with Shay and brings them to the attention of the terrifying Specials.

Westerfeld maintains the excellent pace of UGLIES and weaves in more details of pretty society, notably the social cliques that the pretties form to reflect their particular interests. Westerfeld expands on the mind-control elements of being made pretty in a thoughtful way and the scenes where Tally and Zane counter this by trying to be 'bubbly' all the time are well portrayed (although I have concerns about the scenes where they stop eating food, because there's a potential for some readers to misinterpret the purpose). There's a chilling contrast between Tally and Zane's attempts to stay 'bubbly' and Shay's solution. My only quibble is that I wanted to see more of what happens to Shay and Tally when Shay's memories return as it would have helped flesh out some of Shay's anger and jealousy and provided more of a backdrop to her self-destructive behaviour.

David returns towards the end of the book, although the scenes are brief, as were the scenes set in the New Smoke, which I'd have liked to see expanded to provide an idea of what was happening with the Smokies whilst Tally was pretty. The love triangle between David, Tally and Zane was also too cursorily handled to make much impact and I hope that this will be explored more in Specials.

The end of the book is chilling and provides a good set up for the next book SPECIALS. At the same time, PRETTIES works as a complete story within its own right, although you do need to read UGLIES first to get the most out of it.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as the first in the series!, 20 May 2009
By Kirsty B (England) - See all my reviews
This book starts where the the first book (Uglies) left off - Tally is now a pretty and is loving the life, whilst being anxious about getting into the Crims clique. Her world changes when she receives a message about her old life as an Ugly and the book follows her adventure as she sets out to discover what the message means.

I liked this book just as much as the first, maybe more. The writing flowed better and I felt that Tally's character went on more of a 'journey' than in the first book. I liked the sense of adventure and there weren't any parts that I'd say were slow.

It was a fun read, I read it in a couple of sittings. I'm looking forward to picking up the next in the series
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