calissa: A low angle photo of a book with a pair of glasses sitting on top. (Mt TBR)
Calissa ([personal profile] calissa) wrote2018-12-17 08:00 am

Beautiful Dystopias

Since the launch of The Belles earlier this year, Dhonielle Clayton has been very open about taking inspiration from Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Today I’m over at the Skiffy and Fanty Show, taking a look at the way these two books form an interesting dialogue, with The Belles building on the foundation formed by Uglies while bringing a somewhat more nuanced and feminine perspective.

Facebooktwittergoogle_pluspinterest

Mirrored from Earl Grey Editing.


Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting