Frankly, as a teenager (who also has read many classics) this was a disappointment. I would recommend this book to guys though, because some of the science facts are really nasty. It's believable because of all the science facts backing it up. This book being science fiction, stretches your imagination to the possibility that this could actually happen. The character Cal was easy to relate with and the story is full of action. He is part of an organization call the Night Watch, hunting down and ridding New York of these psychotic killers and trying to stop more from becoming infected.
Cal Thompson is one of them with the exception of the symptom of insanity. Modern day parasite infected people that hunger for human flesh. You may have heard of them before, sensitive to light, able to scale walls, super-hearing, smelling, seeing, and strength. They also prefer to be called parasite-positive. Through the glass came the sound of a graphite-lubricated dead-bolt shooting free, and the door creaked open."Ī peep, not vampires, peeps. My heartbeat was ramped up with excitement, adrenaline making the parasite start to churn, my muscles tightening. What she discovers in the Ruins reveals that there is nothing "pretty" about the transformations.and the choice Tally makes will change her world forever."Pressing one ear to the icy glass, palming the other to mute the roar of the traffic, I listened. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she could ever imagine: Find her friend, Shay, and turn her in or never turn Pretty at all. When she is taken in for questioning on her birthday, however, Tally gets sent to the Ruins anyway - against her will. Tally won't be persuaded to join her, as this would involve sacrificing everything she's ever wanted for a lot of uncertainty. Shay isn't sure she wants to be Pretty and plans to escape to a community in the forest - the Rusty Ruins - where Uglies go to escape "turning". But then she meets Shay, who is also 15 - but with a very different outlook on life.
As well as guaranteeing supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a good time. She is on the eve of this important event and cannot wait for her life to change.
Tally lives in a world where your 16th birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation that erases all your flaws, transforming you from an "Ugly" into a "Pretty".
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