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Book Series: Uglies Book 3

Rating: 5/5

Publication Date: May 6, 2006

Genre: YA Dystopian

Recommended Age: 14+ (violence, some gore, fighting the government, TW: cutting)

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Pages: 384

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Synopsis: "Special Circumstances": 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.

Review: This was the first book in the series that scared me lol. Tally is so fierce and scary! I loved the character though, the continued development of all the characters is so good. I love how the story developed and I thought the writing was fantastic yet again.

However, I do feel like the book could have been a bit longer. The ending felt rushed and I didn’t understand why Tally made the choice she did at first. I also feel that the cutting was, yet again metaphorical, but can still be scarring and damaging to younger children.

Verdict: I still love this series.