I didn't love Uglies as much as I loved Hunger Games – it just didn't grab me in the same way. Tally isn't as appealing a character as Katniss, and the world isn't as believable, I didn't think. Uglies is good, I think, just not when it's compared to Hunger Games. In Uglies, people are convinced that they are ugly unless they have an operation to make them “pretty”. I guess it's kind of like growing up in Beverly Hills or Orange County, California. ;) Tally wants to become pretty, and sneaks out to see her old friend, who is already pretty. There, she meets Shay, and her life changes. When Shay runs away, Tally's forced to find her, and goes on her hoverboard to find the rebels at The Smoke. The novel kind of lost me here; I got bored. She meets David, and she has a moral dilemma. I didn't hate this book, I just did not love it, or Tally. The message of nonconformity and questioning authority instead of blindly accepting things is a decent one.
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