The Uglies Continued

   Tally is on her way to the Smoke to find Shay, and be a spy for Special Circumstances.  She is picked up in the helicopter, and the Rangers are explaining why they are setting the ground on fire to choke out some of those flowers.  One of the Rangers, Tonk, is talking to Tally about taking her to the Smoke.  I think it is really ironic that on page 183, the Ranger says, "Don't you know?  The location's a big secret.  Smokies don't trust pretties.  Not even us rangers."  The Smokies do not trust the pretties, but they do trust uglies.  They trust Tally, but she is the spy, not the pretties.  The pretties are not trying to give them up, Tally is, so that she can have the surgery and become a pretty.
   Now to the end.  I am not totally surprised about the brainwashing the pretties during the surgery, but for some reason the Pretty Shay still really disappointed me.  She was a much better friend when she was an ugly that could think for herself.  She was not like an ordinary ugly during the surgery since she fought it, "kicking and biting," but she was an ordinary pretty after the surgery.  For example, the first time that Tally had seen Shay since Shay had been turned pretty, Tally realized she was drunk.\
   I really liked this book, but I was a little disappointed by the ending.