That having been said I have to agree with some of the criticisms - eight character viewpoints is perhaps too many to be covered in a book of this length, and some - such as Amy don't get much of a look in. The book raises all sorts of question - what is beauty/ugliness and who is qualified to judge? Why isn't there a similar list for the male students? It also introduces a character who proves that ugly too can be more than skin deep. The girls all react differently to being on the list - some such as Marge see it as their due, Sarah decides to rebel and get her revenge on the other students at the prom, Bridget, a recovering anorexic is perhaps the worst affected, as the comments beside her name prove to be extremely triggering to her condition. The writing is very sharp and it would definitely draw me to read more books by this author and I found very entertaining. The idea for this book is both interesting and appalling - a school where the highlight of every year is a list appearing naming the prettiest and ugliest girls in the school - and despite the arbitrary nature of this, it seems to be accepted as the truth by the student body.
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