
Specials by Scott Westerfeld
by Christina
Fiction — print. Simon Pulse, 2006. 384 pgs. Library copy. The real problem with Specials, the third book in the Uglies trilogy, is that the main character, Tally, is so difficult to relate to now that she has become “special.” Specials are meant to be weapons with unbreakable, ceramic bones and diamond-like nails; she’s deadly and can’t stomach “weakness.” “Maybe this was what being special was really all about: dancing along with the rest of them, while feeling like the […]
Categories: 2009 Reads, Dystopia, Fiction, North America, United States • Tags: Scott Westerfeld