Uglies cover art

Uglies

Uglies, Book 1

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Uglies

By: Scott Westerfeld
Narrated by: Emily Tremaine
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

Tally lives in a world where your 16th birthday brings aesthetic perfection: an operation that erases all your flaws, transforming you from an "Ugly" into a "Pretty". She is on the eve of this important event and cannot wait for her life to change. As well as guaranteeing supermodel looks, life as a Pretty seems to revolve around having a good time. But then she meets Shay, who is also 15 - but with a very different outlook on life. Shay isn't sure she wants to be Pretty and plans to escape to a community in the forest - the Rusty Ruins - where Uglies go to escape "turning". Tally won't be persuaded to join her, as this would involve sacrificing everything she's ever wanted for a lot of uncertainty. When she is taken in for questioning on her birthday, however, Tally gets sent to the Ruins anyway - against her will. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she could ever imagine: Find her friend, Shay, and turn her in or never turn Pretty at all. What she discovers in the Ruins reveals that there is nothing "pretty" about the transformations...and the choice Tally makes will change her world forever.

©2005 Scott Westerfeld. All rights reserved. (P)2015 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Giver cover art
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes cover art
It Ends with Us cover art
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them cover art
Aeson: Blue cover art
Fourth Wing (Part 1 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) cover art
Configured cover art
Scythe cover art
The Cure cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
great story great narrator., cant wait to continue with the next series. cliffhanger ending. highly recommended

loved it

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I read this series as a teenager and loved it. Doesn't have the same impact now that I'm older.

Book for young adults

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
the reader is AMAZING the story is SO AMAZING. read it if you want a good book similar to divergent, not as much the hunger games

soooo good

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book great plot just the right amount of twists and turns so excited for book 2

Can’t wait to listen to book 2

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great narrative, and story. It kept me absorbed all the way through, and can't wait to listen to the next book.

Excellent!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I like the theme and I think the world is interesting, but the writer keeps it very superficial. which is really too bad. I do think its more of skateboarding/hoverboarding book than anything else. My biggest issue is with the pacing and the believability with the charactera and their relation to one another.

Hoverboarding is central

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved the premise of this story and couldn't wait to see what happened next. The events and characters were interesting and there were a few surprises on the way. Unfortunately, it felt like the writer just got bored at the end. I was listening to it as an audio book and was completely shocked when it just finished. Too much was left unresolved and to the reader's imagination. I much prefer my books to have a proper ending.

Great story, disappointing ending

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
As a fan of dystopian literature I was intrigued by the unusual and relevant storyline. Its not the most beautifully written and the narrative can feel a little stodgy at times but a highly entertaining story! Can't wait to delve in to the rest of the series!

Entertaining and great concept

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
really well written fantastic story from strat to finish can't wait for the next book

uglies

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Remind me of divergent crossed with maze runner , with an interesting concept , very much enjoyed and will continue with the series ,

Good original story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews