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daceydacey 's review for:
Flawed
by Cecelia Ahern
I read this for a book club....and sorry book club, but I could not stand the writing. I've read Ahern's adult novels before and I don't remember having this reaction so I think I'm bothered by the dumbing down done to make it a YA novel. In my opinion YA novels don't have to be repetitive and simple ... they can basically be adult novels but with teen characters. Young adults are perfectly capable of following a plot and understanding a variety of vocabulary. Examples of lazy repetition/bad editing, like "I didn't trust her before, and I don't trust her even more now." and "Feeling defiant, I believe this is the first time I have ever felt it." drove me crazy.
I also struggled with the sisters looking so much alike because although I understand that it was helpful for the plot to have Juniper and Celestine look nearly identical, I think it would have made more sense for them to have just been twins. The way it's written - "Most people who don't know our personalities can't distinguish between me and Juniper. With a black dad and a white mom, we have inherited dad's skin" - seems to say that they look so similar they can't be told apart because of their skin color, which is problematic.
Finally, what is going on with Art? Where did he go and what is he doing (he should really be doing something if he's hiding out so cleverly) and I hope it's relevant to the plot in the second book (which, yeah, I'm not reading) because otherwise it's just nonsense.
I also struggled with the sisters looking so much alike because although I understand that it was helpful for the plot to have Juniper and Celestine look nearly identical, I think it would have made more sense for them to have just been twins. The way it's written - "Most people who don't know our personalities can't distinguish between me and Juniper. With a black dad and a white mom, we have inherited dad's skin" - seems to say that they look so similar they can't be told apart because of their skin color, which is problematic.
Finally, what is going on with Art? Where did he go and what is he doing (he should really be doing something if he's hiding out so cleverly) and I hope it's relevant to the plot in the second book (which, yeah, I'm not reading) because otherwise it's just nonsense.