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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
interesting concept, but the plot lacked depth and felt like was reaching too hard to be hunger games with the "unlikely heroine" angle. i wasn't left feeling like i needed to read the next installment, but instead felt manipulated when i realized about halfway through that the story wasn't going to get far enough in this book to feel like it'd gotten anywhere at all, but was instead just a lot of exposition.
SO SO GOOD OH MY GOD i want the next book now
this book had me so ANGRY over the treatment of the Flawed and the total control the Guild had over everything. celestine is a pretty typical dystopian hero, but goddamn if the world building doesn't make up for that, and then some. the society created in this book is so messed up and i was pulled in with every piece of info we were given. it blew me away, truly. this is a gem of its genre. cannot WAIT for the second one!!!!!
this book had me so ANGRY over the treatment of the Flawed and the total control the Guild had over everything. celestine is a pretty typical dystopian hero, but goddamn if the world building doesn't make up for that, and then some. the society created in this book is so messed up and i was pulled in with every piece of info we were given. it blew me away, truly. this is a gem of its genre. cannot WAIT for the second one!!!!!
This book is sooo good that i feel like i can't let it go even for a second. I can feel what Celestine feel as if I am her in this book.
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Flawed is set in a society where perfection rules, any anything outside of being perfect is unacceptable. The main character, Celestine, is a straight-A student who is dating a powerful Judge's son, and is an all around rule following good-girl. That is, until she breaks a society rule in an act of compassion. This results in her arrest and subsequent trial. The trial will determine what her punishment will be, and most of all, will determine if she is found to be Flawed. Being Flawed means your skin is branded, you wear an armband that marks you as Flawed (think Scarlett Letter), and you follow a different set of rules. No luxuries, bland food, curfews, and ultimately being shunned form society. As the trial results are announced, Celestine finds there are a large number of people who support her choice and are ready to make their own play at overthrowing the government. Flawed follows Celestine as she works to find out who she can trust, and what actions she needs to take next.
I really enjoyed this book! I'm a big fan of books set in dystopian societies, and while this one wasn't overtly dystopian, it still fits the bill. I liked watching the characters progress through the book in terms of beliefs - in the beginning of the book, so much of what they believe was black and white, and by the end there are definitely shades of grey. The book ends on a cliffhanger (noooooo!) so I'm really excited for it's sequel, Perfect, which comes out in April 2017. I can't wait to read it!
I will say, that if you read To All the Boys I've loved Before by Jenny Han and didn't care for Lara Jean, you will likely not like Celestine. She's much in the same vain in regards to being incredibly eager to be perfect and follow the rules, without stepping a toe out of line. They remind me a lot of each other, so if you don't like one, you probably won't like the other. For me, it wasn't a problem, I liked both characters, even though there were definitely a few times I wanted to slap Celestine for being so naive and innocent. I don't remember being that naive in High School, but who knows! Maybe I was!
Anyway, I definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys young adult dystopian novels, and I will absolutely be reading Perfect when it comes out next year!
Flawed is set in a society where perfection rules, any anything outside of being perfect is unacceptable. The main character, Celestine, is a straight-A student who is dating a powerful Judge's son, and is an all around rule following good-girl. That is, until she breaks a society rule in an act of compassion. This results in her arrest and subsequent trial. The trial will determine what her punishment will be, and most of all, will determine if she is found to be Flawed. Being Flawed means your skin is branded, you wear an armband that marks you as Flawed (think Scarlett Letter), and you follow a different set of rules. No luxuries, bland food, curfews, and ultimately being shunned form society. As the trial results are announced, Celestine finds there are a large number of people who support her choice and are ready to make their own play at overthrowing the government. Flawed follows Celestine as she works to find out who she can trust, and what actions she needs to take next.
I really enjoyed this book! I'm a big fan of books set in dystopian societies, and while this one wasn't overtly dystopian, it still fits the bill. I liked watching the characters progress through the book in terms of beliefs - in the beginning of the book, so much of what they believe was black and white, and by the end there are definitely shades of grey. The book ends on a cliffhanger (noooooo!) so I'm really excited for it's sequel, Perfect, which comes out in April 2017. I can't wait to read it!
I will say, that if you read To All the Boys I've loved Before by Jenny Han and didn't care for Lara Jean, you will likely not like Celestine. She's much in the same vain in regards to being incredibly eager to be perfect and follow the rules, without stepping a toe out of line. They remind me a lot of each other, so if you don't like one, you probably won't like the other. For me, it wasn't a problem, I liked both characters, even though there were definitely a few times I wanted to slap Celestine for being so naive and innocent. I don't remember being that naive in High School, but who knows! Maybe I was!
Anyway, I definitely recommend to anyone who enjoys young adult dystopian novels, and I will absolutely be reading Perfect when it comes out next year!
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was the typical YA dystopian novel. I would have liked a little more character development of the main character. It moved along very quickly and kept my interest most of the time.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture
Minor: Sexual harassment
I feel like I could have liked this a lot more if it just had some changes. The premise is super interesting, but honestly that's about it. I didn't care for the main character, and I couldn't understand her infatuation with one of the other characters. There were so many loose ends and plot holes. I was left wondering for most of the book. Also, I couldn't understand why . Nothing made much sense. There were no true rules, it was all so open-ended. This world would forreal be terrifying to live in. I did really enjoy the concept of the novel. I just felt the execution of it fell a bit flat.
I did not see this book coming!
A YA by Cecelia Ahern was a bit of a stretch and I went in having noo idea what I was going to find (but I got the book before it was released and I couldn't resist)
I mean, if this had been released before the whole YA dystopian bunch it may have had a much bigger impact, and it's kind of sad that by putting them all on the same pile things are being overlooked.
I really liked Flawed. The main character was terrible at the beginning and I felt like the book was not gonna thrive with a main character that conforms to popular opinion. But soon enough events unraveled and the whole Flawed thing unfolded: a society in which flaws are publicly branded and you are punished by your mistakes. The thing is, the way in which the fragility of that system is immediately tackled is what makes the story a success. And it's a harsh story, a bit unbecoming at times and sometimes hard to read because you end up always expecting the worst to happen. But Cecelia makes us care about the protagonist enough so you end up needing her to be okay.
There is a major flaw, I believe, and it's the fact that it goes with the whole "there is a very obvious thing happening that the reader sees and the protagonist overlooks and which would solve everything" but it gets compensated by how the protagonist os so busy being torn apart that romance is not important (though I'm afraid the whole love triangle dynamic will play a part in book two) and that is soo refreshing.
Finally, I can't believe the book has a sequel that comes out in a YEAR! I won't care about the characters nor the story in a year, I am intensly commited to Flawed right now! Bad marketing strategy folks!
A YA by Cecelia Ahern was a bit of a stretch and I went in having noo idea what I was going to find (but I got the book before it was released and I couldn't resist)
I mean, if this had been released before the whole YA dystopian bunch it may have had a much bigger impact, and it's kind of sad that by putting them all on the same pile things are being overlooked.
I really liked Flawed. The main character was terrible at the beginning and I felt like the book was not gonna thrive with a main character that conforms to popular opinion. But soon enough events unraveled and the whole Flawed thing unfolded: a society in which flaws are publicly branded and you are punished by your mistakes. The thing is, the way in which the fragility of that system is immediately tackled is what makes the story a success. And it's a harsh story, a bit unbecoming at times and sometimes hard to read because you end up always expecting the worst to happen. But Cecelia makes us care about the protagonist enough so you end up needing her to be okay.
There is a major flaw, I believe, and it's the fact that it goes with the whole "there is a very obvious thing happening that the reader sees and the protagonist overlooks and which would solve everything" but it gets compensated by how the protagonist os so busy being torn apart that romance is not important (though I'm afraid the whole love triangle dynamic will play a part in book two) and that is soo refreshing.
Finally, I can't believe the book has a sequel that comes out in a YEAR! I won't care about the characters nor the story in a year, I am intensly commited to Flawed right now! Bad marketing strategy folks!
Interesting concept but not that compelling of a read.
I forgot how much I love dystopian YAs. This is a classic. Almost finished it in one day. Really enjoyed it.