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Extras (The Uglies)
by Scott Westerfeld
from Simon Pulse

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• a beast
  
  Good book. If you liked the other books in this series you should read this.

• Anti-climatic
  Extras is the fourth installment in the Uglies series. Readers are exposed to a new protagonist, Aya Fuse, as well as a different world -- after the "mind rain" in the previous book, people have switched from their beauty obsession to one with fame. It's fascinating to see how this futuristic world of Westerfeld's has changed, although it does become a bit grating over how fame-obsessed the characters are, especially Aya. The idea of a fame-centric world is realistic, but I couldn't help but want a reprieve... more info

• Just as good as the others
  I love all of Scott's books because I always end up learning so much from them.
  Extras is no different. We get a society who is obsessed with fame, so much that they have hovercams following them around all over the place.
  The main character is no Tally Youngblood, but I liked her a lot and as usual, I love the things in the Uglies world, like their slang and all their cool technology.
  We get to see Tally again after three years, so that was cool, too.
  If you liked the Uglies series,... more info

• Different Place, Different Time, Still Great
  Just as well written and adventure filled as the first three, Extras takes place a few years after the trilogy, and takes place in Japan in the new post-syrgery world. In this new world everyone has a video camera on them all the time, and popularity is ranked down to the last person. Looking for glory, our heroine finds a bit more than she bargained for, throwing her into Tally Youngblood's world.

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