Audiobook Pretties (Uglies, #2) by Scott Westerfeld in the ListenBook app
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Book description
The audiobook version of Pretties doesn't just tell you about the glittering, perfect world Tally inhabits-it makes you feel its suffocating weight. Scott Westerfeld's prose, already sharp, becomes a whisper in your ear, the narrator's voice honeyed yet edged with a chill that lingers long after the chapter ends. You hear the hum of the city, the echo of laughter at parties where everyone's too beautiful, too perfect, too empty. The narrator doesn't shout the horror; it seeps in, a cold finger down your spine as Tally realizes: This isn't freedom. It's a gilded cage.
Westerfeld masterfully twists the knife of societal perfection. The "fun" isn't joyful-it's a hollow echo. Parties pulse with music that feels like a heartbeat slowing. Clothes shimmer with unnatural light. And beneath it all, Tally's unease isn't just a thought; it's a physical ache, a whisper from the past that cuts through the glitter. The moment she receives that message from her "ugly" self, the audio shifts. The music fades. The hum becomes a low thrum of dread. You hear the sharp intake of breath, the sudden silence where laughter used to be. It's not a plot twist-it's a visceral unraveling.
The brilliance here is how the audiobook weaponizes atmosphere. You don't just learn Tally's world is wrong; you feel the wrongness in your bones. The narrator's tone deepens when she remembers the truth-the smell of rain on Ugly Town streets, the raw honesty of a life not curated. It's not nostalgia; it's a lifeline thrown into a sea of lies. And the stakes? They're not abstract. When the authorities decide silence means death, the narrator's voice tightens, every word a heartbeat racing toward a cliff. You don't just hear Tally's choice-you feel the weight of it pressing on your own chest. Fight for the truth, or let the perfect lie swallow you whole?
This isn't just dystopian fiction. It's a psychological ghost story, where the monster isn't a shadow-it's the world you've been sold. The audiobook makes you lean in, not to escape the darkness, but to finally see it clearly. And once you do? You won't want to look away.
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