She meets rebels who don't agree with turning every person into a mindless beauty and becomes an outlaw. There, to her dismay, she finds out what being "Pretty" really is about. She outwits her dorm room, which is programed to track her every move, and goes to spy on New Pretty Town. Tally Youngblood, an active, inquisitive pre-teen, is tired of waiting for her chance to be transformed into a "Pretty" and go live in New Pretty Town. Put them on an island with all the pleasures their hormones desire and they will stop disrupting the known way things should be. The world has learned that to control kids, particularly teenagers, you give them what they want: beauty, romance and shallow minds. Scott Westerfeld writes a compelling futuristic, action packed series which follows his heroine, Tally Youngblood, through the process of being an Ugly, a Pretty, a Special, and finally, a freedom fighter who protects what is natural and real. This is a timely group of books which pokes at and dispels our current societal stereotypes. Uglies (Boxed Set): Uglies, Pretties, Specials (The Uglies) Wonderful collection of great dystopian novels from an amazing author. For me, the constant 'pretty talk' put me off slightly in the second book but I realised that was the exact way I was supposed to be feeling about this society and it really put Westerfeld's ideals into perspective. The saga moves on gradually and you are introduced to Westerfeld's idealistic society and I have to say the world building is fantastic. Tally is awaiting her operation to transform her into a pretty, but upon discovering something about her friend, her operation is withheld unless she can perform a certain action that will prove herself worthy.
I had heard amazing things about this series and I have to say I was not disappointed! Scott Westerfeld's idea of beauty being perfection really echo'd the vibes of how some people see society today. Tally (our main character) lives in a futuristic society that acculturates its citizens to believe that they are ugly until age 16 when they'll undergo an operation that will change them into pleasure-seeking pretties.
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