Uglies
Spoilers are ahead for the Uglies book trilogy.
As in any dystopian story, there are rebels.
Before tasking Tally with her mission,Dr.
At first, the rebels seem pretty peaceful and insular.
Although they disdain the city’s way of life, they aren’t rallying troops or anything like that.
Tally learns that David’s parents once underwentUglies' Transformation and had surgery to become Pretties.
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Before living outside the city limits, Maddy and Az were state-employed cosmetic surgeons.
All of their research led David’s parents to realize that their colleague,Dr.
Cable, was more interested in the surgery’s main side effect: harmful brain lesions.
In a futuristic society where everyone undergoes compulsory cosmetic surgery at 16 to become “pretty,” Tally eagerly awaits her transformation. However, when her friend goes missing, she embarks on a journey that challenges her beliefs about beauty, conformity, and rebellion, ultimately questioning the foundations of their world.
However, there is a reason for this.
“They’re sedated into a false sense of happiness,” Az explains.
As Tally has seen firsthand, Peris has lost everything that makes him unique by undergoing the Pretty surgery.
Even so, the Smoke’s weapon isn’t a straightforward cure-all.
Still, the anti-Pretty serum seems to be the only weapon capable of thwarting Cable’s power.
Does The Cure Work In Uglies' Book Series?
AsUglies' movie endingexplores,Maddy needs a test subject who can provide informed consentbefore being given her cure.
After all, it works by eating away at brain lesions, which is an incredibly risky procedure.
Later on,Maddy creates the so-called “new cure.
Put simply, a cure does ultimately work to heal the Pretties by the end of theUgliestrilogy.
