Specials

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• Specials by Scott Westerfeld

  In the un-named city of the future, all the adults are living in the delusion that their city is right. After a teenage life as an ugly, they all undergo a welter of medical procedures, to make their minds and bodies conform to the bland, but gorgeou ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Tue, 28 Sep 2010

• SPECIALS

  Tally is now a Cutter, a new branch of Special Circumstances. The Cutters, led by Tally's longtime friend Shay, arrive at an uglies party looking for outsiders crashing the festivities to stir up trouble. Tally and the other Cutters are disguised as ... (read full critics)

  teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  Hmm. I liked this storyline and I enjoyed the book, but I really did NOT like the ending. It just left everything too open and I didn't think it was really.... Tally.

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  Tuesdayoncatnip said on Jul 26, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Third volume of the Uglies trilogy (which eventually became 4 volumes). I'm not certain why, but my interest waned as I read this one. It does pull things together, however. You see that the new societies arose to remedy the mistakes man had made, and that by freeing their minds, the same mistakes m ... (continue)

  Third volume of the Uglies trilogy (which eventually became 4 volumes). I'm not certain why, but my interest waned as I read this one. It does pull things together, however. You see that the new societies arose to remedy the mistakes man had made, and that by freeing their minds, the same mistakes might be made again. But better to be free to make mistakes than to live as conditioned beings.

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  Missmath144 said on Jul 2, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  I enjoyed Specials more than I did Pretties. It seemed to go back to ther original premise of the Uglies series, social commentary and change. There was a lot of action with some interesting sci-fi moments and the ending had a great message.

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  Icedream said on Dec 12, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  The conclusion of the Uglies Trilogy had some unexpected twists and turns. I definately was frustrated with Tally at first, but very satisfied with the ending. I think it along with the whole series has a lot of issues for discussion--the environment, self-esteem/self-concept, beauty, cutting, utopi ... (continue)

  The conclusion of the Uglies Trilogy had some unexpected twists and turns. I definately was frustrated with Tally at first, but very satisfied with the ending. I think it along with the whole series has a lot of issues for discussion--the environment, self-esteem/self-concept, beauty, cutting, utopia, control, etc.

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  SheReads said on Mar 6, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 400 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1416947957
• ISBN-13: 9781416947950
• Publisher: Simon Pulse
• Pub date: Sep 11, 2007
• Also available as: Paperback, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書

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