Pretties

Pretties

Pretties, by Scott Westerfield, is the second book in the Uglies series. The book starts off with Tally Youngblood, the heroine, in New Pretty Town, as a pretty. In her previous adventure. Tally found herself in the wild, and in love with an ugly, but she turned herself in, in order to test a cure for pretty heads, and to save Shay, who get's turned into a bubble-headed pretty in the midst of Tally's betrayal. Tally get's conflicted when a Smokey brings the cure to her, but she splits it with Zane, a new companion. She finds herself slowly being cured, and falling in love fast. Zane and Tally plot an escape, and when they finally do it, Tally gets held up, and ends up in a scientific reservation. After escaping, Tally makes her way to the Rusty Ruins, where David, the ugly she fell in love with before she had the pretty operation, is waiting for her. When she gets to The New Smoke, Zane is very sick, turns out, the cure wasn't meant to be split, one pill contains nanos that eat the lesions from pretty minds, and the other stops the nanos. Zane got the nano pill and after eating the lesions, they continued to eat away at his brain. The Smokies discover a tracker in Zane's tooth, attached to the root, and flee, but Tally stays behind with him, and they both get caught. That's what Pretties, by Scott Westerfield, is about.

Tally Youngblood is a lot things. She is brave, strong willed, and a little crazy. One thing about Tally, is she can't be alone, as an ugly she had Peris. Then when he turned Pretty, she got Shay, then David. Now, as a pretty she has Zane . Another thing, no matter what, Tally always manages to make things complicated, whether she means to or not. I really like Tally, although she doesn't believe it, she's very strong, and can survive on her own. Tally is also caring, at the end of the book, Tally didn't leave Zane behind, even if it meant going back to New Pretty Town. As David left, Tally said, "No. It's because I love him." I think this definitely shows Tally cares about Zane, no matter what it means for her. Tally is the perfect main character for this series, and I really enjoyed reading about her.

One theme I found in the book, Pretties, is looks don't matter. The pretties are very gorgeous, with no outward flaws, but have many imperfections on the inside. They can't even think for themselves, because of the lesions. Another example of this, is Shay, she is beautiful, but that doesn't matter, because deep inside she is still furious at Tally because of Ugly days. Also, Tally's city seems perfect, full of high technology, that gives them everything they want, and it seems strong and stable, but they're not. An example out of the book is when Tally is escaping the reservation, she steals a doctor's hovercar, and as she trapping the doctor he says, "But you're pretty." (Westerfield) Tally answers him by saying "I'm very ugly in the mind." (Westerfield) The doctor is surprised because she's a pretty, she shouldn't do anything bad, because she can't think that far. That's why I think, looks don't matter, is a theme in the book, Pretties.

Scott Westerfield has written many other books other than Pretties. There's the other books in the Uglies series, all of which I have read, and thoroughly enjoyed. He has also written the Midnighters Series, Leviathan, is yet another series of books written by Scott Westerfield, I have not read these, but they look very interesting. Those are some other books that were written by Scott Westerfield

Pretties, by Scott Westerfield, was an amazing book. I've read it 2 times, and loved it both times. This book is a little long, but flies by, and leaves you wanting more. Overall, I though this was one of the best books I've read. I would recommend this books to any girl who likes to read about a strong girl living in a messed up world. Although, I don't think many boys would find enjoyment in this book. That is what I thought about the book, Pretties.

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