Tolog Review: Uglies

Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
reviewed by Chastity Sun, class of 2015

The Uglies is about a girl who is going to turn sixteen and she was able to change from being ugly to pretty. Tally is a very smart and mature girl that cares about her friend a lot. She really want to keep the promise with Perris but seem like Shay had a bigger influence on her, since she is very open minded and free thinking. The relationship between Shay and Tally make me realize the sisterhood that they both share. Although they both know each other after the lose of their original “best friend”, but the way they both get to know each other in a short amount of time, and Shay is still willing to tell Tally her biggest secret about the Smoke, show that friendship is just something that you need to find the right person to be friend with, and time doesn’t really matter. Moreover, this book reveals the idea of being ugly and pretty. It is just a operation for a person to become pretty, but there is no different between the pretties, they are all pretty and nothing unique. I think Shay friends want to go to the Smoke because it is where they can be who they are, with out the fake appearance that people once try to get with off. And I admire Tally courage of going to the Smoke alone, with the trust that she is going to arrive there just by Shay code. This book demonstrates the idea of appreciates who you are, rather than your appearance because the thing that identify your personality is your action, but not how you look. If you liked reading a bit of science fiction with romance and adventure books, you'll like this book.
I think people who like to read The host of the twilight series will like this book.