One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more. The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember.

And now she’s been turned into one of them. Specials: “Special Circumstances”: The words have sent chills down Tally’s spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. 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. Reading it, Tally remembers what’s wrong with pretty life, and the fun stops cold. Then a message from Tally’s ugly past arrives. But beneath all the fun - the nonstop parties, the high-tech luxury, the total freedom - is a nagging sense that something’s wrong. Pretties: Tally has finally become pretty. Tally’s choice will change her world forever….

The authorities offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world-and it isn’t very pretty. But Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants to become a pretty. And as a pretty, she’ll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun. In just a few weeks she’ll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning pretty. So Tally’s story may be finally adapted for the big screen!Īccording to Goodreads, “ Uglies: Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. I actually have seem rumors about it being in production as a Netflix produced feature film.

Why doesn’t this series have any movie adaptations? Again, it could fit right in with the Twilight and Divergent movies.

First published in the early 2000s, this series seems to have everything in this genre: a new community set up after a big war, unlikely teenage heroes, a love triangle, and tons of crazy twists.

This series is one of the originals in the YA dystopian genre.

For now, I enjoyed the trilogy and couldn’t believe all the details I have forgotten! It was like reading them for the first time. Perhaps I will come back to it another time. It’s actually not about Tally but does take place in the Uglies universe. I did not reread book 4 ( Extras) because it didn’t grab my attention. I read book one for a book club and continued through the second and third book to finish Tally’s story. I’m excited to share a review of a recent reread series: the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld.

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