MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!!!!
Series Saturday is a meme created by P.S. I love that book! in which every Saturday you share your favorite series. And I am so excited!!! Today I am featuring:
Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld
Genre: YA Dystopian
Year of Publishing: 2005
Publishing House: Simon and Schuster
Order of Books: Uglies, Pretties, Specials, Extras
Synopsis from Goodreads:
Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can’t wait. In just a few weeks she’ll have the operation that will turn her from a repellent ugly into a stunning pretty. And as a pretty, she’ll be catapulted into a high-tech paradise where her only job is to have fun.
But Tally’s new friend Shay isn’t sure she wants to become a pretty. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world– and it isn’t very pretty. The authorities offer Tally a choice: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. Tally’s choice will change her world forever…
I read this series about 11 years ago (I was a teenager then, the bad ole rebellion days lol) and I remember being so thrilled about discovering this series in my local library. This series was the one that introduced me to the Dystopian genre and I will forever be grateful for that. I loved every second of it, despite the low ratings on Goodreads.
Have you read this series? What are your thoughts? Let’s chat in the comments!
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This has been a series I have sworn I was going to pick up for years. I never have obviously, but I still kind of want to. Maybe I can grab it at the library and finally satisfy my curiosity. 💕
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Yes!! The library definitely should have it. I think it’s going to be made into a movie but not sure what’s going on with that
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I remember this series! I must have read it roughly around the same time, and I really enjoyed it. I plan to go back and re-read it some day to see how it holds up!
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Yeah
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Sorry I sent that by accident lol. I meant to say yeah I plan on doing the same as well!! My reading has changed so much and I wonder if I would still feel the same
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That’s okay! 🙂 Yes I’ve found my reading has changed too. I re-read A Series of Unfortunate Events a few years ago, and as much as I still love it, I was like why were there so many books? haha
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Lol!! I can totally see that happening
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I have heard so many things about this series but haven’t picked it up yet. I might just one day! I’m glad you enjoyed this series!
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Thank you love!!! It’s one that has a special place in my heart
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Just like Danielle, this is a series I always “plan” to pick for years but never have. The titles, covers & synopsis have always piqued my interest 🤔💭 nice pick Gray!!! 💕
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Thanks darling!! I heard that it was in the works for a movie buuuuuut umm don’t know how that’s been going. Hmmmmm
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I haven’t heard of this series before, but it sounds really fascinating. I really enjoy the dystopian books with the classist tropes. I don’t know why, but I find them to be really gripping regardless of the writing. I will certainly have to check this out!
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Please do!! I really liked the concept of turning an ugly person pretty. It definitely talks about the standards of society.
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There is so much to be explored about the way society is formed and how we interact. I love that about dystopia. Particularly YA. This forces kids to think about things I never considered as a child. Hopefully it will also keep them thinking critically about how our society is formed, and keep us stable and safe as they grow into adulthood.
…not to get too deep.
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You can get deep all you want!! I loved what you said. It’s true. I feel like dystopia in YA explores themes and topics that are in our society already but since a lot of things are “normalized” gen we don’t really see it.
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Exactly! Sometimes the parallels are subtle and sometimes they aren’t, but regardless it’s a good lesson.
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Agreed!
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Oh this is such a great pick Gretchen. I loved the Uglies series when I first picked it up (which was ages ago because I was still in high school when I read these books), although now I can’t remember a single thing that happened so I guess I need to re-read it at some point. 🙂
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Lol! I would love to reread them as well. I was in high school when I read them too
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It’s too long ago to remember any of the finer details isn’t it?
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Yes! I definitely believe so
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I read the first book and liked it well enough but I never continued on to the second book
However, this series was also the first to introduce me to the dystopian genre, so I love it for that! Great pick, Gretchen! 😀
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Thanks so much Azia!!!! And it’s okay to not continue with a series. That happens all the time lol. I’m happy it introduced you to the genre as well =)
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I remember in middle school everyone but me read this series and now my little sisters are begging me to read it because they loved it 😂. I’ll definitely have to give in one of these days. I love this whole Series Saturday meme. I might have to join in sometime. Great pick, Gretchen! 😊
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Thanks Melissa!! I feel like it goes great with Standalone Sunday lol. Please do give this one a chance, it’s so good. Listen to your little sisters!!
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You’re welcome and that’s exactly what I was thinking when I saw the name 😂. I will eventually!! 😊
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Honestly, I wasn’t reading way back when. I was doing drugs. But I came across this series two years ago, right when I made my foray into YA lit, and I loved it for what it was: cute dystopian novels. Back then, I was devouring anything remotely dystopian and was searching for books “like the Hunger Games” in Google. Lol.
I can’t believe it was that long ago. And I can’t believe these books are that old. And then Westerfeld published Afterworlds, which I haven’t ever seen a review on, and then he came out with Zeroes, which I liked. Have you read anything else by him?
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