Uglies by Scott Westerfeld Review

Title: Uglies (Uglies #1)
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Publish Date: February 8th 2005 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages: 425, Paperback
Read & Reviewed By: Keri
Series: Uglies
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Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.

But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.


Tally is 15 year old who was the youngest among her group of friends. She wants to become pretty so she can live and party with them. Then Shay comes along, and she isn't so lonely anymore. Shay surprisingly has the exact same birthday as Tally. Shay teaches Tally how to hoverboard, like skate boarding but in the air, and the two girls soon become the best of friends. Shay wants to have Tally run away with her, but first she takes her on an adventure, one that will lead her to the smoke.
Shay wants to go to the smoke because of her friend David. David's parents are the people who founded the smoke, so he tries to bring as many people possible with him. David is a free spirit, and couldn't even imagine what life would be like pretty. Shay always talks about and it seems like there is something special, and different about this boy. Something that would draw Shay and many others into the mystery that is the smoke.

This book had many twists and turns and mostly left you anticipating the next chapter. The book first line of the book had me wondering, "The early summer sky was the color of cat vomit." Right away I knew that the author had a creative mind and that he would right an amazing book. I was right!
Uglies is a fast paced, easy to read science-fiction novel filled will adventure. The ending leaves you hanging and wanting to run to the book store to buy the next novel in the series. This book is extremely good and definitely not a waste of your time. You will be amazed at the story and amused by Scott Westerfield's way of words. Uglies most definitely is a book that you will want to check out and read over and over again. I cant wait to start on the next book in this series!

I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars on goodreads.