Specials (Uglies Trilogy)
by Scott Westerfeld
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Author: Scott WesterfeldDesigner: Rodrigo Corral
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-11
ISBN: 1416947957
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Simon Pulse
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Book Review: Specials
Summary: 5 Stars
DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST TWO BOOKS IN THE UGLIES SERIES.
Specials could be one of the best books I have ever read. Having read the first two in the series, I really think this was a delightfully thrilling follow up. Not a moment of action or emotion is overlooked or labeled as `unimportant', in all 372 pages of this immensely satisfying book. I greatly applaud Scott Westerfeld's immersion in the world that is laid out before you as the pages turn. As your eyes scan a page, a scene is set in your mind. The detail never lets you forget any aspect of the story.
Tally, the main character, has gone through many a transformation. She was at first, "ugly" then to the classical "Pretty", and then finally, "Special". She has gone through more than just physical transformations though. Her brain has been tampered with, her body re-wired, and her whole sense of self, lost. She is now a member of a group known as "the cutters". A group of specials who stay `icy' and alert by slashing their skin.
This group monitors and captures runaway citizens, who fear the operation that transforms them, into something un-natural, a programmed pretty. There is now a pill that clears the legions that reside in the pretties brains. A pill that clears there mind, making them more human. But the government attempts to keep it all at bay. If the pills spread, it means rebellion, it means disobedience. But is it too late? The pills have already spread to many people, and it seems that there's a headquarters of sorts, that manufactures the pill. This time it seems bigger than the previous "Smoke". All the specials begin to fear that this new fortress might be stronger than they suspected. On top of everything, Zane, Tally's long time lover, is very sick. He is pale, and he shakes constantly. To some, this would not matter, but because Tally is special, and notices each detail, Zane has become disgusting. She loves Zane and at the same time, can't stand him. Why does Tally see Zane like this? Why is it so different when she's special?... Find out in `Specials'.
Because the book is set in the future, there are new contraptions and inventions that are introduced to you throughout the books. They are very skillfully described as if you already new these items, and as you go along, you find that somehow, you do... Everything becomes oddly familiar, as if you'd known, and used them your whole life. For instance, the hoverboard. Somehow, since it is such a big part of that book, you almost feel that when you put the book down, you could just put on some Crash Bracelets and grippy shoes, and just call up a hoverboard. With Scott Westerfelds' writing, anything seems plausible.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure, and the wonderful world of Si-Fi. I cannot wait to read `Extras', the next book in the Uglies series.
Summary of Specials (Uglies Trilogy)
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When she is turned into a super-modelesque super-fighting machine, Tally, a former ugly, is ordered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid in a carefully engineered world of perfection where she refuses to play by the rules.Fantasy Books
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