Extras Volume 4

De: Scott Westerfeld

Narrado por: Joy Osmanski

The final installment of Scott Westerfeld’s New York Times bestselling and award-winning Uglies series—a global phenomenon that started the dystopian trend.

A few years after rebel Tally Youngblood takes down the Specials regime, a cultural renaissance sweeps the world. “Tech-heads” flaunt their latest gadgets, “kickers” spread gossip and trends, and “surge monkeys” are hooked on extreme plastic surgery. Popularity rules, and everyone craves fame.

Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse is no exception. But Aya’s face rank is so low, she’s a total nobody. An extra. Her only chance at stardom is to kick a wild and unexpected story.

Then she stumbles upon a big secret. Aya knows she is on the cusp of celebrity. But the information she is about to disclose will change both her fate…and that of the brave new world.

Great book, but the performance...

I almost stopped listening to this book in the first chapter. The reader was driving me crazy with her male voices. Every male character sounded "brain missing." I am glad that I powered through it though because it was an entertaining story to listen to on my way to and from work.

It was actually really good

Before I got this book I read the reviews first and was a little discouraged purchasing it due to the awful reviews it received. However my desire to finish the series compelled me more to purchase it anyway and as it turns out I don't know why the reviews was so bad. This book is incredible!! A great ending. Seeing everything in a different perspective is genius. I've enjoyed it a lot as I did the first 3 books.

great book

At first i wasnt getting into the story like the last 3 but pretty quickly i found myself really enjoying the story and the new characters. i also enjoyed the person reading the story they did different voices for characters.

Great story, okay narrator

The book was interesting. Nice continuation of the series. Not a big fan of changing up narrators from one book to the next. The hardest part was listening to the storytellers male voices. They all sound like Neanderthals as she slows downs her speech and deepens her voice for their parts. Otherwise great story.

Extras

Might not make it to the top with the rest but we can't wait to see

Not as good as Uglies...

I didn't enjoy this as much as Uglies Pretties Specials. I was disappointed that the same voice actor was not used as well.

Extras; so good for a fourth book trilogy.

loved the concepts of fame culture and the ongoing struggle of an expanding humanity! Although told from the pov of a new character this book is definitely in the Tally Youngblood story arch! Happening three years after Specials and half a world away the story is gripping and well read! I highly recommend finishing this series with Extras!

Good finish

I really enjoyed the change in perspective in this book and the interesting way Aya's society deals with the economy. We still get to follow Tally and the cutters to a satisfying ending. The narrator was pretty good, but seemed to strain on the lower voices.

The narrator kind of ruined this book for me

It’s hard to say how much I would have liked it if the narration wasn’t awful. It was my least favorite of The Uglies series. It was nice to finally catch a glimpse of the characters I loved but it just didn’t fulfill what I needed or wanted from the last book.

The way the narrator portrayed male voices really took me out of the story. It was really bad.

Narrator needs work, but story got better and better

The story was set 3 years ahead of Specials and a different character’s perspective. Great story development. A little slow at times. Narrator didn’t emphasize scenes correctly. Hard to picture a tense, energetic moment in the story when the narrator is talking in a monotone voice. I also think this story was supposed to be in a Japanese accent which was totally missing.