Pretties
by Scott Westerfeld
Taste attributes: science fictionteenromancefresh & originalimaginarylinearenclosedsocial commentaryrescue/escape/jeopardyempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is small-scale and inventive. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.9 / 5
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About This Book
Finally surgically transformed into a "pretty," sixteen-year-old Tally, now gorgeous and programmed to think only happy thoughts, is plagued by tangled memories of living in the Smoke, a rebel colony of "ugly" runaways hiding from the Special Circumstances authorities.
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- Author
- Scott Westerfeld
- Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 377
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- Open Library
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