Uglies (Book 1) By Scott Westerfield

Spoiler-Free Synopsis

In this world, being normal is ugly. Having any kind of flaws are ugly. Any kind. A dark mark on your face? Oh, your ugly. Different coloured eyes (heterochromia) oh, your ugly. And this is drilled in your head since the day you're born. But once you turn 16, all of that changes. You get to choose how you want to look. Your face, body, everything, changes. Completely. Meet Tally, your average girl excited for her 16th birthday, of course. Because it's the day you become beautiful. Once you're pretty, you get tiered into a world where you have TONS of fun. But when she meets a friend, she soon finds out that friend isn't the average teenager. She doesn't want to become pretty, so she runs away to a place where all uglies strive. Where they are pretty as is. But when Special Circumstances finds out, they aren't too happy. So the go to Tally to ask for help. But Tally doesn't want to rat out her new friend. That is, until they put something extremely precious to Tally on the line: Being able to become pretty.

Will Tally risk losing her friend to become pretty, something she's always wanted, or will she risk her dream, just to protect her friend?

**My Review**

I loved this book, and the characters. Let me just introduce you to a few of them:

Tally: The main character. She's determined, sweet, and kind. She seems like the in-between type when it comes to rules. She'll bend a few for the sake of fun, but not when it comes towards losing something. Which is why she hesitated with the situation.

Shay: Shay is the kind of person who doesn't give a crap about how society is. She just wants to be herself. She doesn't care about how other people turn out to be around her, which is one flaw I do not like. But her many points towards the surgery is true. You DO lose who you are. You DO become like EVERYBODY ELSE. Her goal with everything is: What's the point?

Note: I do not have the book in my hands currently, so I will not be able to jot down all the characters as intended. Please give me some time to get the book in order for me to complete this review. Thank You.

"What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful."

I really did enjoy this book. I really did. It was an amazing read. Though there are some boring patches, what book doesn't? :)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Stars