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Westerfeld, Scott - Specials
Thu, May. 25th, 2006 01:35 pmYay library holds! I managed to get this yesterday, so, haha! I can finally wait for it to come out in paper so that it'll match the format of Uglies and Pretties.
Anyhow, this is the third book of the Uglies trilogy, set in a world in which people get cosmetic surgery to become Pretties at sixteen. I really like how Westerfeld has been going deeper and deeper in the world as the books progress. It's also very interesting because the narrative structure of all three books are very similar, but because there's always new things to discover about the world and because Westerfeld always builds on information that we know, it doesn't feel that repetitive.
Granted, I was a bit hesitant when it looked like the narrative structure of Specials was going to follow that of the first two (Tally has certain beliefs about her world and herself, all of which are gradually eroded as elements from the previous books enter her life again), but thankfully, it's not boring.
( Minor spoilers for the previous two books )
All in all, a very satisfying end to the trilogy, and one that makes the world increasingly complicated.
Anyhow, this is the third book of the Uglies trilogy, set in a world in which people get cosmetic surgery to become Pretties at sixteen. I really like how Westerfeld has been going deeper and deeper in the world as the books progress. It's also very interesting because the narrative structure of all three books are very similar, but because there's always new things to discover about the world and because Westerfeld always builds on information that we know, it doesn't feel that repetitive.
Granted, I was a bit hesitant when it looked like the narrative structure of Specials was going to follow that of the first two (Tally has certain beliefs about her world and herself, all of which are gradually eroded as elements from the previous books enter her life again), but thankfully, it's not boring.
( Minor spoilers for the previous two books )
All in all, a very satisfying end to the trilogy, and one that makes the world increasingly complicated.