You start to shudder at the ‘bubbleheadedness’ and wish someone would just pull the plug on the whole thing. That’s pretty much what it felt like to read Pretties. When I made it to Pretties I had already decided I favoured Tally, though by then it started to just get a tad frustrating to read – imagine getting stuck in a cave with a bunch of thirteen year old Bieber fan girls. I actually enjoyed this novel for its entertainment value and was quite optimistic when I picked up Pretties. It just is, and it’s simple and flexible – easy entertainment for anyone into Science Fiction. Westerfeld writes quite simply – it’s easy to move into the world he creates because it doesn’t require leaps of faith or confusing lessons in engineering and spirituality.
I found Uglies to be interesting and I quite liked Tally as she developed from superficial and self-centred to someone I could understand. What do you do when you don’t like the main character of a novel? Do you abandon it entirely or do you try to find something likeable nestled in the narrative? I kept going, though I don’t feel like reading the series has left me with anything profound.
The ‘Uglies’ series by Scott Westerfeld is plaguing my mind at present, particularly because I have a personal problem with the character of Aya in the fourth book Extras. One of these days I might actually read a book intended for grown ups, but for now I’ll just spread my love of young adult literature across cyber space.
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