Comments on: Specials by Scott Westerfeld http://turnpaige.com/2008/02/06/specials-by-scott-westerfeld/ Books for young readers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:06:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brie http://turnpaige.com/2008/02/06/specials-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-1455 Brie Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:27:28 +0000 http://turnpaige.com/2008/02/06/specials-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-1455 I think that Dr.Cable was really trying to help the world, just not in the right way. I actually liked Zane more than David. David was a good guy, but all that tension between Tally and his mom messed things up. Zane was willing to do anything for Tally, even a crazy procedure to make himself normal. He wanted her, but she didnt want him enough to handle the fact that he was ill. Then again, it was her nature to run away. And David did come back for her, but I think that Zane would have gone into Special Circumstances and gotten her himself instead of just waiting for her. They where total opposites, but in the end, I guess she realized that her work wasnt finished and despite everything that happened, she had to finish what she was made for, and David knew it too. I think that Dr.Cable was really trying to help the world, just not in the right way. I actually liked Zane more than David. David was a good guy, but all that tension between Tally and his mom messed things up. Zane was willing to do anything for Tally, even a crazy procedure to make himself normal. He wanted her, but she didnt want him enough to handle the fact that he was ill. Then again, it was her nature to run away. And David did come back for her, but I think that Zane would have gone into Special Circumstances and gotten her himself instead of just waiting for her. They where total opposites, but in the end, I guess she realized that her work wasnt finished and despite everything that happened, she had to finish what she was made for, and David knew it too.

]]> By: Amy http://turnpaige.com/2008/02/06/specials-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-137 Amy Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:32:56 +0000 http://turnpaige.com/2008/02/06/specials-by-scott-westerfeld/#comment-137 I thought it was pretty hypocritical of Dr. Cable to start a war with Diego when all along the city has said that one of the things that makes them so much better than the Rusties was that there was no war. It seems to just accentuate the point that Dr. Cable is willing to go to any measure to keep the city under her control. I have actually been a fan of David throughout the books moreso than Zane. It's not that I don't like Zane- I like his resolve to break out of the system and he never really loses his faith in Tally's ability to fight the brain lesions. But I don't think that David loses his faith in Tally either, which is especially apparent when she finds him waiting for her near the end of the book in the ruins and he continues to wait for her when she goes back to confess to Dr. Cable. And I also think there is a difference in how Tally views them both- she may have found David to be ugly when she first met him but I feel like she was becoming attracted to him back when she was in the Smoke. And then in this book when she meets him in the ruins after being in Diego, she doesn't find him so unattractive even though he's still an "ugly." In contrast, she found herself repulsed by Zane's appearance throughout this book, so much so that she had to run away from him. I thought it was pretty hypocritical of Dr. Cable to start a war with Diego when all along the city has said that one of the things that makes them so much better than the Rusties was that there was no war. It seems to just accentuate the point that Dr. Cable is willing to go to any measure to keep the city under her control.

I have actually been a fan of David throughout the books moreso than Zane. It’s not that I don’t like Zane- I like his resolve to break out of the system and he never really loses his faith in Tally’s ability to fight the brain lesions. But I don’t think that David loses his faith in Tally either, which is especially apparent when she finds him waiting for her near the end of the book in the ruins and he continues to wait for her when she goes back to confess to Dr. Cable. And I also think there is a difference in how Tally views them both- she may have found David to be ugly when she first met him but I feel like she was becoming attracted to him back when she was in the Smoke. And then in this book when she meets him in the ruins after being in Diego, she doesn’t find him so unattractive even though he’s still an “ugly.” In contrast, she found herself repulsed by Zane’s appearance throughout this book, so much so that she had to run away from him.

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