Flawed

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See how easy it may be to cross from Perfection to Flawedness. See how incidious the ideas of perfection can be. See how dangerous perfectionism is. Assim: Poderemos ser condenados eternamente por cometermos um determinado erro? Mesmo que esse erro seja condenável por um sistema desadequado ou desajustado perante determinados valores morais, educacionais ou éticos?

Flawed is about a young girl Celestine who lives in a place where everything has to be perfect, perfect family, perfect boyfriend, perfect life but it's all about to change. If people are found not to be perfect they are branded like cattle with the marking F for flawed, pretty harsh shit if you ask me, but it isn't too much different from real life? Aren't we all under scrutiny to be perfect? By the media, by your friends, even social media puts pressure on your life.. the only exception we don't get a huge F on parts of our bodies. Cee finds herself in a situation where her morals and compassion put her in a situation which that now deems her flawed and blurs the lines of what flawed actually means. On finishing this book I was lost for words, speechless. All I could think to say consisted of a string of inappropriate and incoherent expletives. My mind was blank. All I could think about was the next book, when it would come, what would happen.I know the difference between right and wrong. I understand the rules. But today I feel that the rules have been blurred, because today they were literally on my front doorstep.” Totally not what I expected. Set in a dystopian society where following the rules and social norms strictly enforced and perfection is the goal, Celestine North is the model citizen: beautiful, straight-A student who is logical and is the girlfriend of the son of the most powerful judge in the country. Normally the rule-follower, she is shaken and confused by the recent rulings of the court. The first is her neighbor who took her dying mother outside the country to be euthanized, following her dying mother's wish to end her pain and suffering. Her neighbor is branded and declared "Flawed" since she stole a life even though she did not break any laws inside the country. The second is a famous sports player who cheated on his wife but is found not guilty or not "Flawed" even though there is plenty of evidence that he did commit the crime. The fact that the judge in the case owns a significant part of the sports league that this famous player is a part of and being declared "Flawed" would prevent him from traveling internationally with the team and severely restrict his life has the public and Celestine questioning the fairnesss of this "Flawless" court. When Celestine speaks up and tries to save a Flawed man life on a bus, she is arrested for aiding a Flawed and is put on public trial. Celestine's life will be forever changed no matter what the outcome but can she live with herself if she lies and tries to save herself from the fate of being "Flawed"? She has now added a YA (young adult) novel to her vast repertoire. Flawed is set in a dystopian future where being perfect is the ultimate goal, and it's aimed firmly at teenagers, although her loyal adult readers may also 'cross over'. The story is about a girls named Sandy who is obsessed with missing things. She tries to find out every missing thing around her. Her obsession started when her childhood schoolmate went missing. She later unravels the mystery only to find out about her home she ran away as a child. Now, she is looking for a way to her home.

Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to HarperCollins UK, Children's and NetGalley.) Likovi su iznimno jasno osmišljeni, kao i odnosi između njih. Upravo su ti odnosi oni koji možda najizuzetnije pogone ovu priču. Osobito Celestin odnos s ocem njezinog dečka, koji je na početku iznimno pun razumijevanja, humora i simpatije da bi s vremenom prerastao u sadizam i vrlo konkretno neprijateljstvo. Celestine je prekrasna heroina. Hrabrija nego što je svjesna. Duša svake zajednice u koju zakorači. Cecelia Ahern (n. 1981) escreve uma distopia brilhante, contando uma história completamente verossímil, envolvendo magistralmente o leitor em cada cena e incorporando factos e acontecimentos críveis e totalmente plausíveis.

There is one scene, about 1/3 through the book, that had me quite literally shaking in fear, anger and repulsion. I have never ever experienced that from a book before. I was horrified by the Guild, by society itself, and by Crevan. I couldn't believe what was happening. I was actually astonished by the brutality of it all. But I couldn't stop reading. I read on, agape, barely believing what I was reading. It was such powerful stuff. Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection, and she lives a perfect life. She’s a model daughter and sister, she’s well-liked by her classmates and teachers, and she’s dating the impossibly charming Art Crevan. Flawed' von Cecelia Ahern hat mich, überraschenderweise, wirklich umgehauen. Eine völlig neuartige, erfrischende Story mit einzigartig liebenswerten Figuren und einem sehr angenehmen Stil machen das Buch zu einem Highlight und ich komme nicht umhin zu sagen, dass Flawed definitiv zu meinen Jahres-Tops 2016 gehört.

Essa meta inatingível que nos move — que nos faz avançar sem nunca lá chegar, pois Sua Majestade a Rainha Consciência assim o dita! Ok, I can see why people would compare it to the Reached series but just because it has a similar base point I find it pretty different. I loved Reached but the last 2 books were horrendous so I hope the sequels will be good on Flawed.It was like a CW show, and I mean that in the best way, easy and addicting. The pace was fast and information revealed to you just when you needed it to be.

These people haven’t done anything illegal, but they have shown themselves to be morally flawed: by lying, by making bad decisions, by “stepping out of line with society”. Those judged to be Flawed aren’t sent away, but their lives are carefully limited and controlled, right down to the food they’re allowed to eat. As Celestine says, they must live in a society where “everything they want [is] just out of reach”. She is imprisoned, literally branded on her body and made to wear an arm patch with a big capital F on it, so all of society will know of her disgrace. I actually loved this book which I really didn't expect, when I first started reading it I wasn't sure about how it was written but the more I read then I understood the dialogue. When you see something, it can't be unseen. When you hear a sound, it can't be unheard. I know, deep down, that this evening I have learned something that can never be unlearned”Celestine North is a beautiful, intelligent teenage girl who lives in what should be a perfect world. It’s the not-too-distant future and, in this unnamed European country, anyone deemed to have transgressed the social rules is branded – literally – as Flawed. Svijet koji je Cecelia osmislila korektno je postavljen, sve u njemu funkcionira. Knjige su najbolje kad spretno kritiziraju ljudsku potrebu da segregira i muči one koje smatra manje vrijednim. Tko je tu savršen, a tko nesavršen, nije baš tako lako definirati, a sustav je iznimno sklon korupciji i manipulaciji. It has been a while since I have read anything by Cecelia Ahern, being her first foray into YA Dystopia I was interested too see how she would spin it. Sweeney, Ken (26 March 2012). "Cecelia expecting summer baby". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media . Retrieved 26 March 2012.