Uglies

If my mom and sisters hadn't praised this series and likened it to the Hunger Games, I would never have picked it up. The premise is interesting enough, but this book has one of the worst first paragraphs I've ever read. Thankfully, the writing seems to improve as the story progresses, and I'm intrigued enough to want to know how the story plays out. I would have liked to give it 2 1/2 stars, though. The plot seems to drag out a lot longer than it really needs to, and there's a general formulaic predictability to the story so far.