The Uglies Series continues with Pretties. The life of a pretty is good. An endless supply of tasty food is always available complete with purge pills to keep you skinny, clothing can be designed and recycled by your closet, and there is an unlimited amount of fun to be had. The only problem is choosing which party to attend. And, if you stay bubbly enough, you might get an invitation to one of the most popular cliques.
Problem is, on clique is breaking all the rules. The Crims do not want to be bubbly. They want to think clearly like they did before the operation. When they discover brain lesions are the cause of their bubbliness and that there may be a cure, they make up their minds to escape Pretty Town and find The New Smoke for a chance to get their old selves back.
Pretties is just as action packed as Uglies. It kept me up reading late into the night to see what new surprises were in store.
There were a few things that bothered me, though. For example, the cure for the lesions supposedly ate at the lesions. How would ‘nanos’ repair the brain by eating away at it? Also, why in this futuristic society do they still use plastic? They also think that people that lived during our current time were backwards because we used so much metal. However, they use lots of metal too—metal grid under the city, metal bracelets, metal on their cars and hoverboards. These things just don’t make sense. It seems like the details were not thought through.
So, I looked up Westerfeld and found out that he has written at least sixteen books since 2003! That is two per year! I guess when you are cranking out books that quickly, all you care about is a decent plot for a decent income. It is not wrong, just a strong contrast to the Lord of the Rings were details may be a bit much. Westerfeld’s books are delightful, but will definitely not be legends.
Recommended
Would I read it again? Maybe
Food equivalent: cotton candy
Now reading: The Lord of the Rings, Two Towers by Tolkein
