This Series is AMAZING! It's out of this world, I love how the author captures the pain in how he looks at things like I would've never of looked at certain scenarios this way. This series will keep you constantly changing your mind & being on different sides of different situations, it can be pretty confusing at times, but in a way it makes it better because you can just go back and reread the books & see things you didn't see before, you'll never be bored with the Uglies Saga (: And it super insanely cool how the "their world" in the book is like a "past" of our world is frozen and they fast forwarded and they're so advanced & they talk about all of these...unusal...bugs that can eat gasoline & a lot of cool inventions, that really make you wonder(= my vote: it's a GREAT read !

Westerfeld has created a world that is both whizzbang and creepy. It's a future that seems very specifically designed to address questions about the present. They aren't simple questions: What is worth giving up to ensure equality? What makes a person attractive? What constitutes good stewardship of the planet? All of this is the substance to a book that also offers the style of a good story, one that left me curious to find out where it is going. ( )

Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series is utterly bubbly! Anyone who says different is totally brain-missing!

I absolutely loved this series! I was totally swept away into the future world that Westerfeld created. Westerfeld uses complex and detailed descriptions, leaving you, the reader, feeling as if you are a part of that world.

I am so glad I picked these books up! I would definitely recommend them! ( )

it's really good book and is thik book

I usually don´t read youth books, but this series was more than I expected. A very exciting story about Tally Toungblood and her adventures. The series has a lot of gibes about how the future may become.

The story is, as I already said, set in the future. The old world, our world, has gone under. Centuries has passed, and to make everyone equal and peaceful, everyone gets an operation when they turns 16 which makes them beautiful. But besides you look, they also fiddle with your brain so that youl´ll be an dizzy but happy citizen in Beauty Town.

The whole series include: Ugly, Pritties and Specials. Then Extras is an fourth book but with another chief person. ( )

for me the first book was really good and i loved it but then the second was kind of interesting. i haven't yet made it all the way through the pretties yet ( )

All of those books were amazing. Now THAT'S some amazing work! ( )

This series is one of the best I have ever encountered. There are so many levels to the different issues, morals and politics that Scott Westerfeld delves into in this highly imaginative perception of the future. Tally Youngblood on her hoverboard is an unorthodox heroine and I loved her sense of adventure. I loved how nothing was simple in this book--the good guys weren't so pure and the bad guys weren't all bad. While one could argue that the Rusties were justified in wanting to live life on their own terms, with their own free will, it could also be asserted that their methods of going about doing so weren't perfect. They chop down trees and deplete natural resources, while in New Pretty Town, the community is eco-conscious society that recycled everything and did not harm forests. My favorite book was "Pretties" when Tally was faced with the challenge of being "Pretty" but trying to stay "bubbly". The action in these books makes you feel like you are right there along with Tally. From the first book "Uglies", Dr. Cable asserts herself as a formidable presence as well. This is a multilayerd young adult series, with so many discussion topics rising from the various issues presented in the books.

This hooked me in right from the beginning! I read it in the seventh grade for literature circles. ( )

Tally is an ugly. She spends her days on her side of the river, dreaming of life as a pretty. Until she meets Shay. Shay questions everything and does not want to be a pretty. She introduces Tally to a whole new world.

In Pretties, Tally realizes what it is like to be a pretty; however, a part of her still misses her old life. She is introduced to a group of pretties who live on the edge. Eventually she becomes determined to escape and live life free.

Tally has proven that she is special and people have noticed. In the 3rd and final book, Tally has become one of the elite, but she knows something is wrong.

I would recommend both Uglies and Pretties. They are great books that help teens deal with life problems. I would not recommend Specials. Scott Westerfeld seems to forget who his audience is and introduces cutting as a means of release. To me, he glorifies that cutting yourself releases energy and helps you cope with problems. ( )

read 3 out of four of the series
Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.

A fantastic look at life after civilization as we know it to be. It talks about changing ethics and conspiracy theories, a changing world, and breaking social norms all through the eyes of a 16 year old girl. ( )

The first two books were my favorite because the main character Tally was pretty easy to relate to and she was pretty much human. In the Specials, she just seemed so far away and I couldn't even connect with any of the other characters. Overall, everyone should read these books because they are really unique and Tally is really easy to like! ( )

I read the first book just as an assignment for a children's/young adult literature class. Before I knew it, I had bought the next two books in the series and had them finished by the weekend. If you enjoy books where a young heroine fights against the social norms to save the world...well, then this series is for you!

Oh, and don't underestimate this series' ability to pull in the male population. Hoverboards and various other "extreme sport" fast-paced action will pull them in! ( )

Gives readers much to think about--what is beauty? What happens when we alter it? What are we doing to our environment? What happens when we adjust our environment too much?

This was a quick read that hooked me. Now I have to read the other books to find out what happens next! ( )

This trilogy (to which Westerfeld later adds a fourth book, Extras) is one that I read out of sequence. I actually read Pretties first, thinking it was the first in the series, followed by Uglies, Specials, and Extras. One would normally find an out-of-sequence read like this to be troublesome, and I admit there were parts made less confusing after reading the novel, Uglies, but I think I enjoyed the high-riding adventure (spoiler included, as there are hooverboards and many thrilling modes of transportation throughout this series) more in this manner. Beyond the action-packed adventures that will grab and entice both male and female readers alike, there is a theme so powerful it is not to be missed. Do our manipulations of the earth, ourselves, and our beliefs in what is good, pretty, desirable, etc. come at such a great cost that we will all collectively and / or individually destroy the beauty that exists already? Although many adults would find this book too manipulative, that is probably intentional as the entire theme is about manipulation. I find this novel perfect for middle and high school students, and even middle-aged Librarians. ( )

who evr the author os omg he or she is fab.! the ending is left alone, but it tells u in the other books! ( )

I thought this book was alright because its something i like to read it about teen girl dealing with diffulcult problems in her life. her family and friends like dont really want nothin to do with her. she think that she ugly and nobody will like her and everybody else really want to be in her life anymore. And there bringing more problems into her life. ( )

As with Peeps, Westerfeld serves up a lightweight fantasy that’s entertaining enough. This time it deals with the concept of inner and outer beauty. Sixteen year-old Tally lives in a world where the anticipated event of that year is the transformation from an Ugly into a Pretty. In this future society the operation is simple and dramatic, producing happy gorgeous teens who party hard and don’t worry too much. There is a rogue segment who’ve decided to resist this transformation. The people of the Smoke live outside of the established city and norms, fending for themselves just like the old Rusties did. The originators of The Smoke discovered that not only are the outsides changed, but their brains are too. The real conflict comes because Tally was turned into a spy for the Specials – the sort-of police force of the Pretties, and now she’s accidentally brought them to the Smoke and caused its demise. Of course she’s able, with the help of David, a natural to The Smoke, to rescue everyone (almost) and save her good standing. (I’m assuming this final bit as I stopped listening before the end.) I can understand that some teens will find this adventurous (excellent hoverboarding!) and exciting with a dash of romance. ( )

This is a fantastic and thought provoking series. A girl named Tally Youngblood is living in a world where everything is controlled and the sole wish of a fifteen year old is to become pretty. Scientists operate on sixteen year old kids and completely transform their bodies to be perfect. Supermodel gorgeous. Perfect. Artificial. Brainwashed. Then Tally is commanded to go find a friend that has run away or she will never become pretty. When she finds her friend she realizes a whole new side of being pretty and how pretty being natural really is. ( )

This book was good but it could be better.It was to unrealistic cuz i dont think that people reall y sepporat by prettys and uglies well mabey they do by popular but the book shows it in a dramatic way then on how it relly happends.The thing i did like about the book is that ( )