Extras
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Extras 〰️
Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars.
I love this series, I really do. And I love the expansion of world-building and learning how people lived after the events of the first three books. But I gotta say, I wasn't a huge fan of Aya. I liked her, but maybe I would have liked her more if she was the MC throughout the whole series. I'm so used to Tally that having a new MC in the fourth installment was weird. Plus she only really had true character growth in like the last few chapters. (I was happy that Tally did make an appearance at least, along with Shay, David, and Fausto).
Extras by Scott Westerfeld
I know a lot about Japanese culture and some of it felt a little off in this book, making it seem like it wasn't written by a Japanese author. (And it isn't, and that's fine, it just feels like there could have been more research). But then again, this is the future and things could have changed culture-wise. I mean, things DID change, but semantics.
I do wish that the Sly Girls could have stayed around a lot longer. They seemed to be only around as a plot device. I liked them and it would have been nice to get to know them more. I mean, they're mentioned on the blurb on the back of the book and I feel like they are barely in the city. I kinda wish that Aya would have seen them as great friends and through them learned not to "kick" every story out there instead of the way things went down in the novel.
Still, I think this was an excellent addition to the Uglies series. I still enjoyed it, though I admit not as much as the original trilogy. But if you love the Uglies series and want a little "extra", this is a great book to read.
