A. Introduction-
The book starts off with Tally and Shay getting ready for a party. They since have been transformed into pretties and now live in pretty town. So they get ready for the party. And while at the party Tally is going to be voted into the “crims” which is a word they use for troublemaker. While at the party she notices someone seems to be following her, someone from the special circumstances. Which she then later finds out is Croy a friend she had from the smoke. He lets her know that he has something for her but must search for it. She is living a good life but one day when Zane the leader of the crims asks her about David who she had fallen in love with when she was with the smoke. They also talk about Croy who he also knows. And says that he also was going to escape with the smoke before becoming a pretty but didn’t, and know regretted it. He accompanies Tally to find Croy’s surprise and they face many challenges and difficulties. The surprise that he has for her is accompanied by a letter she wrote to herself before becoming a pretty. The letter says what she was supposed to do to cure herself from the brain lesions. Which makes her forget most of her life before becoming a pretty. She takes a pill and Zane takes one as well. They also will help the crims so they can remember things too. When they stay hungry and drink plenty of coffee the pills work better it makes their mind clearer. The make a hovering skating rink crash hoping that it will alert the smoke that they are now cured. Tally and Zane’s interface rings which are tracking devices are replaced by irremovable cuffs that will monitor and hear everything they say, but Tally covers it up so it won’t record what she says. When shays mind become clear she r...
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... this is betrayal just because she didn’t do it until Croy reminded her about it. Another incident would be when Tally and Zane take the pills they take them to become a normal person and not like the rest of the pretties. “When everyone was beautiful, you could wind up falling in love with the first pretty you kissed” (Westerfeld 21). This quote relates with the theme because it’s saying everyone was the same you could do the same thing as anyone else.
F. Overall Opinion-
I really liked this book. Especially after reading the first book it has a good ending and makes you want to read more. It was a very exciting book to read. I would recommend the book to anyone. The book has a lot of twists to it especially at the end which makes it even better, and I can’t wait to read the next book.
Works Cited
Westerfeld, Scott. Pretties. New York: Simon Pulse, 2005. Print.
In my eyes I loved the book I rate it a 9/10, its had a good twist and turn to it. I loved this
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Tally- She is the main character in this book she has to choose to betray her friends or become a pretty. She isn’t so sure of what she wants. When Tally starts to talk more with Shay she starts to reconsider what normal really is. In the first part of the book she want to become a pretty and have a normal life like everyone else. But after a while she starts to change her mind and she is trying to avoid have plastic surgery. She is a really adventurous person and like to have a lot of fun. She falls in love with David and they save the smokes together. At the end she risks her life and becomes a pretty to become and experiment to David’s moms to test a cure to the brain lesions created when they go ...
have chosen it for my report. Finally, I will give my reactions to the novel
Did you like the book? would you recommend this book to others? Why or why
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This was a great book, but took me a lot longer to finish then most, simply because of how upsetting some of the things talked about are. If you’re look for a book that will make you think, and bring tears to you’re eyes, and teach you a thing or two a highly recommend this book, and might actually read it again myself. Hopeful my eyes can stay dry this time.
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