Specials
By
Scott Westerfeld
Tally has changed since she was caught by Special Circumstances. She has become one of them; a Special. Her body and mind have been altered and she is now an elite fighting machine with super-fast reflexes and a hardened body that can withstand almost anythingbut none of this can really make her happy. Tally is surrounded by friends but none of them can take away her memories of her friends from the Smoke and the lessons they taught her. Then her and Shay get a breakthrough and once again whiz off into the wild on their hoverboards searching for the elusive New Smoke where the rebels are said to be hiding. If they can find the New Smoke and bring their boss Dr. Cable to it their lives will be easy at lastor so they think.
Although it was great to be once again back in the futuristic world that I have come to know and love that Westerfeld created, Specials lacked a certain charm that was palpable throughout Uglies and Pretties, this books predecessors.
In Specials Tally is actually the antagonist as opposed to the protagonist and the flip in positions is a giant leap from the end of Pretties. What disturbed me most about Specials is that I stopped liking Tally. She became sort of a mean person and I was less drawn to her character. I dont really know how to describe it other than that she became lessinteresting? I dont know if thats the right word.
In any case, the end of the series for me was less than satisfying to say the least. Specials left me disappointed. I felt Westerfeld definitely took the easy way out by ending the series the way he did, and I will probably protest his next book because of it. If youve already read Uglies and Pretties, you will have to read Specials just to satisfy your curiosity, but dont expect much. Its quite maddening actually.
Three Stars.
By
Scott Westerfeld
Tally has changed since she was caught by Special Circumstances. She has become one of them; a Special. Her body and mind have been altered and she is now an elite fighting machine with super-fast reflexes and a hardened body that can withstand almost anythingbut none of this can really make her happy. Tally is surrounded by friends but none of them can take away her memories of her friends from the Smoke and the lessons they taught her. Then her and Shay get a breakthrough and once again whiz off into the wild on their hoverboards searching for the elusive New Smoke where the rebels are said to be hiding. If they can find the New Smoke and bring their boss Dr. Cable to it their lives will be easy at lastor so they think.
Although it was great to be once again back in the futuristic world that I have come to know and love that Westerfeld created, Specials lacked a certain charm that was palpable throughout Uglies and Pretties, this books predecessors.
In Specials Tally is actually the antagonist as opposed to the protagonist and the flip in positions is a giant leap from the end of Pretties. What disturbed me most about Specials is that I stopped liking Tally. She became sort of a mean person and I was less drawn to her character. I dont really know how to describe it other than that she became lessinteresting? I dont know if thats the right word.
In any case, the end of the series for me was less than satisfying to say the least. Specials left me disappointed. I felt Westerfeld definitely took the easy way out by ending the series the way he did, and I will probably protest his next book because of it. If youve already read Uglies and Pretties, you will have to read Specials just to satisfy your curiosity, but dont expect much. Its quite maddening actually.
Three Stars.
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