Extras

Reader reviewed by the book muncher

Extras takes place several years after Tally Youngblood ended the whole ugles/pretties/specials fiasco. But things in the future are still a little weird.

Aya Fuse is fifteen. She lives in a city in Japan where your rank determines everything. Fame is everything here. And what sucks for Aya is that although her older brother is totally known, Aya is a total extra, with a rank of 451,369. No one knows her. Shes an extra.

Aya wants to turn this around, so she starts to sneak out to parties and follow a group of girls who perform the coolest tricks but dont want the fame. These are the Sly Girls. Aya convinces them to let her join, and she starts to make some friends among them while also learning their tricks and filming them on the side. But it turns out that theres something bigger lurking out there. And its up to Aya and her new friends to stop them.

Extras was yet another thrilling story from Scott Westerfeld. The plot was always exciting; I was literally on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book. The characters are easy to understand, but mostly I love this book because of its unique storyline. There isnt much of Tally, Shay, and David shown in this story, but the glimpses of them are true to their characters. I loved this story, as I did Uglies,Pretties, and Specials before that. I definitely recommend this novel to everyone.

Reader reviewed by abscae

Scott Westerfeld has proved himself all over again of being worthy of beautiful, hilarious, bestsellers. I loved Extra to the extreme because not only was it an amazing standpoint of how the future would look after Tally saved the world, but also because of the plot and everything else.

Most surprising, at first, was the setting. It's not in Diego anymore, and until halfway through the book, you don't realize that they are talking in Japanese. Then of course there is the setting, how the entire city operates. I think it's simply amazing how Westerfeld weaves such a story.

Finally, the most amazing part of the novel is how enhanced Aya, as a character, is. She's is definitely not your typical Mary Sue, and you can see how flawed she is, as well as extraordinary.

Yes, it was quite delightful how Tally and David make a comeback, and I think it's exactly what all the series readers needs, a closing of all threads.

Reader reviewed by tallyho!

I really like this whole series and this book was no exception, but I thought it was kind of strange tht it was from Aya's point of view instead of from Tally's. the whole story has been Tally's up until now and it was weird to see her from Aya's perspective, esp. since she kind of idolized her but then didn't trust her when she actually met her.

I thought the action level was really good, you had to keep reading and couldn't put the book down once it got started. Aya was really kind of self absorbed though. But I guess Tally was too in some parts of the series.

I liked the guy that could only tell the truth.

Reader reviewed by Mary

Scott Westerfeld has already touched upon important issues in the previous books in this series. Now in Extras, he touches upon another important issue in our society: fame. Aya Fuse has spent her whole life trying to up her face rank. So far it's not working. But now she has the story of her lifetime and she will do anything to be the one to tell it...


Despite the fact that this is the fourth book in the series it can be read with no previous knowledge of the former three books. Tally from the other books does appear but the story is not about her-it is about Aya. Aya is a likeable character and it is interesting to watch her grow throughout the book.

Reader reviewed by Jenna

Scott Westerfeld does it again! I cannot say how much I enjoyed this book. The fourth book in the Uglies series, Extras tops the rest. Of course, you may want to read the first three before this one, but the story picks up so quickly, you could easily start with this one!

Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse is an extra. A high-face-ranked nobody. Her older brother is nearing the top one thousand, and she's still stuck in the dorms, posting interesting but unacknowledged stories on her personal feed about graffiti artists and interesting cliques. Nobody wants to re-kick stories kicked by a 400,000+ ranked ugly. But then Aya finds a story that could get her right to the top, perhaps even past her cocky brother Hiro. The Sly Girls pull stunts that would make them the most famous clique in the city. There's just one problem: they refuse to tell anyone about their tricks. How can she film a clique that would rather be invisible than famous? Along the way, Aya gets tangled up in something even bigger than fame. Secretly kicking a clique is one thing, but saving the world is something she's totally unprepared for.

This book is incredible. I would recommend it to absolutely anyone.