Pretties (Uglies Trilogy, Book 2)

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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Published Nov 1, 2005

384 pages

Average rating: 7.49

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Cyn's Workshop
Aug 20, 2025
8/10 stars
Pretties is the second novel in the Uglies series written by Scott Westerfled. Published on November 1 in 2005 by Simon Pulse, the novel carries on the theme set in the first novel about the cost of unity and perfection. A well-written novel that fails as a sequel…but not by much.

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Cyn's Workshop
LibraryGalShay
Feb 24, 2024
10/10 stars
abookwanderer
Oct 09, 2025
8/10 stars
The second installment in this series is as good as the first, picking up pretty much where the first one ended. I liked the introduction of new characters, and I didn't miss those that were absent. Now, I'll be moving on to the third book.
Mrs. Awake Taco
Nov 13, 2024
8/10 stars
I enjoyed this, the second book in the series, but perhaps not quite as much as the first. First of all, I didn't like Zane as much as David. I got real sick of Shay real quick, and them trying to become "bubbly" wasn't as interesting as her forays to the Smoke had been. I enjoyed the latter half with Andrew Simpson Smith but felt uncomfortable about the idea of reservations and keeping people on them for experimentation, as I'm sure I was supposed to. Having said all that, it was still an enjoyable book, not quite as good as some teen dystopians I've read but certainly better than many others (I'm looking at you, Divergent).
Lea F
Oct 27, 2024
10/10 stars
Lots of teens can relate to what Tally is going through in this. (Other than the obvious, futuristic things of course.) The book is wonderfully written and a very great series to read. :)

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