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I always wanted to read this book as a teen. I never did for some reason. I bought the book a few years back thinking I would read it. As a 29 year old mom I don’t like to read in a teen perspective anymore. So thank you so much for the review so I don’t have to read the series! Sounds very high school. Interesting concept though.

I remembered the series being pretty cringe in retrospect but i COMPLETELY blocked out the whole 'cutting' issue in the later novels; for good reason too. I'm pretty sure it either made me view my self harm in a more glorified way or might have even been a big factor in why it started/got worse in my formative years. Oof.

Thanks for youe honest review. I was always curious about the series aince my library had an incomplete collection of the books i figured theyd be good but im glad you have valid points about rhe book not holding up over time, esp as an adult.

I’d like to point out that although they don’t start careers until they’re 30 they generally live to be 100+ years old easily. So they could go back to school and have plenty of time to work. I blame the onslaught of “you stole my boyfriend” partly on Scott being a man and his unconscious biases of what teenage girls would find unforgivable. The R word being dropped repeatedly totally took me out of the story.

Love the vid! The last book was a hot mess that I couldn't look away from. A beautifully bad disaster.

They never said the primative group was indigenous. It actually sounded more like they were cave men to me.

I really appreciate this review. I’m right with you up to the end of book 2. I was REALLY not sure if I wanted to read book 3. I was leaning “no” but thought maybe I should just because I hate quitting mid-series. But I’m thinking I won’t waste my time with Specials now. Thanks for saving me 10 hours of my life!! 😁

Some of your points make me think that you spark notes this...

Let me help everybody here. The contents of this sci-fi dystopian series is not black and white. The main character very much suffers from the human condition and is not meant to be a hero. She's incredibly flawed and like many teens is a slave to her wants and emotions. This series gets you thinking about many things such as ideas, technology, economy, politics, culture, friendship, emotion, love, loyalty, social structure, and how they all may effect each other. The series covers ideas, actions, and structures that are for a mature thoughtful audience. Those who lack the maturity and thoughtfulness to process said ideas and actions will refer to them as "problematic". Although some aspects in this book are straightforward. Many others require you to use inferences and context clues to really understand the world that Tally, Shay, and David are living in.

my major problem was how shoved down your throat the message and the authors opinions on certain topics were. like we get it, everybody is unique and pretty in their own way and you think politicians and celebs are ugly. you could have at least made it subtle.

Love this video, I love audiobooks so much. My fav book for personal development is 7 habits of highly effective people. The book that broke my brain though, was Rich dad Poor Dad. Do you read/ listen to self development books? Or whats your fav? btw great content love your style and conversational tone :)

The plus catalogue is also included in the 14.95 subscription and it comes with included books so books that you won't own but that are free.

Tally was against cutting the first time she saw it. Shay always seen as wrong. The only ones that supported it were "crazy" and wrong needing to be helped. I could see a surface view glorifying it, but even the special doctor looked at Tally with disgust.

They ever to jobs and economy a little. Most people are hand picked and recruited to job fields like the specials and doctors. Others don't start until they are middles. They have underground factories. I also assumed by the disappearance of people where the surgery didn't take that there was a slave society somewhere. Regardless many jobs are mentioned. This is just a post-scarcity world.

Also, peris’ dropping felt it was only for shock value.

Shay at the end of Pretties: This is my revenge for you stealing David from me! Also her a novel ago: I don’t care about him anymore lol

Yeah I live remote so our local library has quite a limited selection

I can still picture the world in the series years later and dream about it. 😅

At 10:03 I was pretty confident that the book states that you're a pretty for like 2-5 years, and then you get another operation which turns you into like an adult and the operation is specialized to your career.

I feel like the whole "cutters" arc was so problematic

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Thank you for this. You saved me so much time, this book series is definitely not for me 😭 I found Tally insufferable

Scribd, like “scribed”. 👍

ok now I'm getting the dramatic blow by blow....yawn. Good night

10 minutes in, still waiting for the low down.

Bloody hell, what a long winded lead in. Let me guess, its the most woke movie to come out, ever..

My nickname to this day is literally still Toriwa

this series is what got me truly into reading> we had choices in school for books and tests on each book. i never cared much on reading until this series. i have alot of heart for this series and i believe its brought alot of ppl into reading. she definitely missed out on alot of the nuance of the story and the perspective of literally the main character. its a distopian society thats taken care of and she doesnt understand the concept at all. she mentions its racist and i believe anyone thats read this never wouls have thought anything of it. she going straight valley girl style ... pretty trickyyyy

in my personal opinion this series was so hard to get through and felt like a chore to read.. even though i was reading with my own free will

the grip this series had on me when I was 11 was insane

Very Informative.... Thank you!

I read all the books except “extras” because everyone I knew told me it was the worst thing they ever read

I’m so sorry to hear the library isn’t a convenient option for you. If someone watching this does have easy access to a library I can’t say enough great things about Libby/overdrive. It’s so easy and it’s completely free to enjoy a great book. I have audible also but I average about 10 books a month and that would cost me a fortune on audible alone so I’m very grateful for my local libraries.

Good info, and yes she helped me decide. She's cute. Peaches and cream lovely.

10:33 i think it's implied that they have some kind of brain enhancing surgery that makes them magically good at whatever job they choose to have

When I was in middle school I was OBSESSED with this series but during the same time I started cutting myself not because I wanted to feel pain but just because I wanted too and I am so not surprised if this series is a reason for that

Thank you very much

Thank you

Thank you for the thougrough review

I just want the Netflix for audiobooks. The real deal

With nothing better to do, I just finished listening to the second book in this series. I absolutely lost my mind at the r-slur for the exact same reasons you listed. It wasn’t a consistent issue, but the very fact that it there was WILD.

I mean yeah sure you're not the target demographic, but like most of the plot points you brought up are explained throughout the series, you know if you'd actually bothered to read it You’re entitled to your opinion but maybe don’t do a review on the book series if you haven’t bothered to read it

Haha eugenics :)

I remember back in middle school everyone was reading it and teachers were doing book talks about it.

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When I did a search for a title I was looking for some of the libraries had an online sign up. Didn't need to try it but could be worth looking into it.

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my most vivid memory of this series was the fun technologies. I didn't really give a damn about the characters and whatever message or metaphor the scenario/society was meant to represent either went over my head or was done so poorly it ended up making no sense. However, that thermos/water purifier/spaghetti cooker thing? I STILL THINK OFTEN ABOUT HOW MUCH I WANT ONE ALL THESE YEARS LATER. And the hoverboards were fun! I really enjoyed this review, thank you! I'm glad I never got into this series too seriously when I was younger, geez.