Uglies

BOOK REVIEW!!

BY: JORDAN

This was just one of those books that you just couldn’t stop reading. Scott Westerfeld calls this Book UGLIES. He has an amazing talent in these books that he writes. He has written 4 books in this series, but I'm only going to talk about this one. UGLIES is a book like no other. It is interest, and it’s mysterious, and it’s fantasy. But that’s not what I liked about it. What I really loved was the fact that none of it was true. What happens in this book could never happen in real life, which makes it so interesting. I also cherished that it was in one-person perspective. It was like someone there was telling the story. That made this book a lot more exciting to read because then you know what’s really going on and not by what someone else says. Lastly what most caught my attention in the book was how the author expressed his words in such a surprising and touchable way like you feel your actually there, even if your not.

In addition, the plot was what actually made this book fantastic. In this book Tally is a young 15-year-old girl, who is waiting to become a pretty. A pretty is the new human that you turn into when you become 16. Being a pretty lets you live in the city not the country. But Tally is only 15 and waiting to become pretty, but, when it’s her turn, she can’t. Tally’s not allowed to because of her friend who ran away instead of being pretty. Tally went with her friend and accidentally made the dreadful people find where her friend was hiding, and it ruined where they lived. Which is called the smoke. Almost all the people at the smoke run and some stuff happened to them. Tally did not get caught, so she and some others went back to the city to get Shay but when they go there something had happened to her. Nothing in this book was similar to my life.

However the characters in this book are a different story. The main characters are Tally, Shay, and David. First lets start with Tally. Well Tally is the most important character in the story and the story kind of relates around her. I think she’s sweet with a little attitude. She plays a lot of tricks but mostly always seems to get caught. I liked that, even though Tally messed a lot of Shays plans up, but Tally helped them and tried to fix it. But what I don't like is that she doesn't think before she does behaviors she just does them. I kind of relate to her by we’re both tricksters and if I mess some activities up I try to fix them fast. Next is Shay. She’s not as important as Tally but she matters in the book. She is the girl who gets mad at Tally the whole time and she doesn't forgive people easily. She's pleasant when the thing she's doing is fun to her, but, if she gets mad, she’s not very polite. Let's just say that Shay is very brusque about what she does. Shay is different from everybody else. She’s adventures and outgoing, which really sets her apart from Tally. Shay and I are both hyper and fun, but not mean unless we get mad. Furthermore there's David he's the guy that basically runs the smoke. He is amiable but is very serious and stressed out through most of the book. He cares about others more then he worries about himself. He would always help out someone else before saving himself. The reason I really liked about David was that he was so willing and kind, but even if he got discouraged, he would never flip out which made him a good man. He is nothing like me unless I'm doing schoolwork because then I'm serious but otherwise we’re nothing alike. Those were the main characters, but there are many more other characters

Lastly, I would recommend this book to read because it is a decent and exciting book that you won’t want to stop reading. It has a fun and adventures plot, and it will really keep you interested the whole time. But I wouldn't recommend it to just some people because it's fun, but also it has good meaning and a lesson to you about friends and lies. I would consider it to everyone because it’s not just a book for some people. Everyone can read it, and everyone will enjoy it. Well that's the book UGLIES and I hope you are inspired to read it because it really is an amazing book.