publisher: Del Rey
date of publication: March 6, 2012
format: paperback; graphic novel
pages: 208
source: LibraryThing Early Reviewers
From Goodreads:
“This whole game is just designed to make us hate ourselves.”—Shay
Uglies told Tally Youngblood’s version of life in Uglyville and the budding rebellion against the Specials. Now comes an exciting graphic novel revealing new adventures in the Uglies world—as seen through the eyes of Shay, Tally’s rebellious best friend who’s not afraid to break the rules, no matter the cost.
A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday, Shay eagerly awaits her turn to become a Pretty—a rite-of-passage operation called “the Surge” that transforms ordinary Uglies into paragons of beauty. Yet after befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, ungoverned wild, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.
I hope you will bear with me. This is my first graphic novel review, so I'm still trying to figure out how I want to approach this. Since this is my first review of this sort and giving too many details will wind up spoiling Uglies, why don't we go with a simple paragraph review?
Uglies: Shay's Story is, at its heart, a prequel for Uglies. If you have ever read Uglies and want to know more about why Shay is the way she is, then Uglies: Shay's Story is just the novel for you. At 208 pages, it is a quick, fun read with great illustrations. Not all is spotless, however. When you read Uglies, you are made to understand that the Pretties are enhanced beyond imagining. However, when I viewed the panels in Shay's Story, I really didn't see much difference between the Uglies and the Pretties. Not one character had a even hint of normalcy when it came to their appearances. I wouldn't have known the Pretties from the Uglies had it not been for the details the illustrator added to their eyes. I enjoyed the storyline very much, but would have loved to see more differences between the two types of characters. It would have added more detail to the panels and would have left me feeling less distracted.
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/ Obligatory legal statement: This finished copy was provided to me free of charge via the publisher through Library Thing Early Reviewers. No monetary compensation was received in exchange for this fair and unbiased review.
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