Specials
Registered by themarina of Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on 2/16/2009
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The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.
And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.
The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.
Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.
The words have sent chills down Tally's spine since her days as a repellent, rebellious ugly. Back then Specials were a sinister rumor -- frighteningly beautiful, dangerously strong, breathtakingly fast. Ordinary pretties might live their whole lives without meeting a Special. But Tally's never been ordinary.
And now she's been turned into one of them: a superamped fighting machine, engineered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid.
The strength, the speed, and the clarity and focus of her thinking feel better than anything Tally can remember. Most of the time. One tiny corner of her heart still remembers something more.
Still, it's easy to tune that out -- until Tally's offered a chance to stamp out the rebels of the New Smoke permanently. It all comes down to one last choice: listen to that tiny, faint heartbeat, or carry out the mission she's programmed to complete. Either way, Tally's world will never be the same.
I didn't like this closing chapter of the Tally Youngblood story any more than the rest and if anything, I found it lacked the energy and character insight of the first two novels. Too much action and not enough introspection, it feels as though there simply wasn't enough story for an entire novel. It particularly drags in the middle but picks up at the end though the climax doesn't feel as powerful as the workup led it to be and the novel ends with a whimper rather than a bang. A bit of a disappointment.
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Releasing to Monnibo at March's Vancouver Bookcrossing Meetup.
When:
Tuesday, March 10th, 7PM
Location:
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1A1
Who’s coming?
8 Bookcrossers
Releasing to Monnibo at March's Vancouver Bookcrossing Meetup.
When:
Tuesday, March 10th, 7PM
Location:
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1A1
Who’s coming?
8 Bookcrossers
Got this series from Marina at a BookCrossing meetup.
Specials is the third book in the “Uglies” series by Scott Westerfeld. The first two books, Uglies and Pretties, introduce us to Tally and her friends. The premise of the series is in a post-Rusty world (which was essentially our society), all kids become Pretty on their sixteenth birthday. Then you get to move out of Uglyville and go to New Pretty Town and party all the time. When you’re a pretty, everything is fun and “bubbly”. (Click here for my review of the first two books.)
After everything Tally and her friends endured in the last two books, the authorities turn them into “Specials” – a distinctly different cruel-looking Pretty with super-human strength and built-in technology. The city’s controllers want to use Tally as their own special weapons. When they get the chance to crush the New Smokies (people who live outside of the cities and don’t get the Pretty operation), Tally finds she is conflicted between her new instincts and her faded memories.
Click here to read my full review
After everything Tally and her friends endured in the last two books, the authorities turn them into “Specials” – a distinctly different cruel-looking Pretty with super-human strength and built-in technology. The city’s controllers want to use Tally as their own special weapons. When they get the chance to crush the New Smokies (people who live outside of the cities and don’t get the Pretty operation), Tally finds she is conflicted between her new instincts and her faded memories.
Click here to read my full review
Journal Entry 6 by monnibo at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Released 14 yrs ago (10/13/2009 UTC) at Rhizome Cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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Bringing this book to The Lower Mainland BookCrossing October Meetup.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
7pm
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5
If no one takes it, it will be on the table by the door.
Bringing this book to The Lower Mainland BookCrossing October Meetup.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
7pm
Rhizome Cafe
317 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5T 1W5
If no one takes it, it will be on the table by the door.