'Origin'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Yes, it was me, when a reader was asking me for interesting gothic-flavored books with no supernatural element.
The similarities between Amelia and Alexia are vast. I don't know if anyone has asked Gail Carriger if she ever read the Amelia Peabody series, but I would love to know the answer.
I don't know if anyone has asked Gail Carriger if she ever read the Amelia Peabody series, but I would love to know the answer.
Me, too. I'm really loving it so far.
I didn't like Uglies at all. I didn't continue the series after the first book. The main character was just so blah to me.
I decided not to read Uglies after reading the sample first chapter on Amazon. I do, however, adore Westerfeld's Leviathan series.
I really liked the Uglies series, in part because the action sequences are awesome. Man knows how to keep you on the edge of your hoverboard.
I will give him that. I wasn't entirely sure what the hell was really going on during some of the hoverboard sequences, but I could still feel what was going on.
Because the third book is called Specials, I was hoping there would be superpowers involved, but I just got introduced to the Specials, and there are no superpowers. BUT the story just became more interesting and intriguing, so that's good.
Tally is a rather maddening protagonist, though, because she's so IN that world and believes all the bullshit that's been fed to her, even though we as readers know that it's wrong. I find the whole concept fascinating, and I hope it's explored in a compelling way without being anvilicious. I want to know more about how this society developed and why.
Also, we do run into the same Hunger Games problem on an even smaller scale: what about the rest of the world? We have an Uglyville and a New Pretty Town, but...surely this is not the only civilization in existence on the planet, right? Are there multiple Uglyvilles and New Pretty Towns? (Obvs, these are rhetorical questions.)
I liked Uglies but didn't love it. It's definitely no Hunger Games.
I think Collins could take huge lessons in dystopian world-building from Westerfeld. The Hunger Games books were compelling, but the world-building was lousy. She needed a good beta.
I thought the worldbuilding in Hunger Games was great, so I look forward to better in Uglies !
I just have to say, though, that "littlies" is the most adorable term ever.
I agree - Uglies was a much more consistent and believable world. It just didn't have the same drive for me. I never read the last one.