It was alright - a little juvenile for my taste. With the names of 'Uglies' and 'Pretties' it almost became distracting. I wish the author would have used a thesaurus more.
I will probably read the rest of the series - eventually.
**Update**
It has been over a year now and I still have not picked up the second book in this series. A lot of my friends really enjoy this series, but I cannot get past what I think is just bad writing. I really wanted this author to pick up a thesaurus and find synonyms for "Uglies" and "Pretties". I have a hard time believing that a futuristic culture would use such immature language to describe their castes. Had the author changed that one little detail (okay, maybe not little since the entire series is named "uglies") I think I really would have loved the book. The story is there - Tally is a strong character who you want to root for. But I just needed it to be a little bit more polished.
With that said - Apparently its being optioned for a movie. Are they just giving movie deals to everyone these days?
Goodreads stars: 3/5
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