In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And when one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything. This approach makes Celestine feel more real and relatable (most people aren’t rebels who fight the system) and adds to the book’s tension. We genuinely don’t know what Celestine will do next.

Oh, and there's a love triangle. Between Celestine's childhood friend who is perfect and whom she adores above all others. He's known her for years. They were friends before lovers. He's wealthy, powerful, adoring. And they're in Twoo Wuv. I watch him, his mean, tough, bold face, and will him to look at me. I wonder what he has done. It can’t be a criminal act or he wouldn’t be here, but it must have been close. Whatever he has been accused of doing, I have no doubt that he has done it.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. Essa meta inatingível que nos move — que nos faz avançar sem nunca lá chegar, pois Sua Majestade a Rainha Consciência assim o dita! 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.” I unexpectedly enjoyed this so much! I say unexpectedly because I've not read many dystopians in the past, due to being a little dubious of the genre after the huge surge of them a few years ago but this had me hooked from the moment it started. The concept was very intriguing, although sometimes the parallels between this fictional government and historical governments was a little unsettling and questionable! An aspect I really enjoyed and appreciated was the fact that being deemed 'perfect' wasn't synonymous with anything other than your actions. People weren't deemed 'flawed' because of anything that people have been oppressed because of )in the past or present), which is something I'll admit I was initially concerned about with this book. Being 'flawed' or 'perfect' had nothing to do with how you looked, who you loved, what you believe in etc. Instead it's about whether you lie, steal, or are disloyal to the government etc. That being said, the plot focus's on just how flawed these laws and government ideas are!

Her second book, Where Rainbows End (U.S. Love, Rosie), also reached number 1 in Ireland and the UK, and won the German CORINE Award in 2005. [9] It was adapted as a motion picture titled Love, Rosie which was released in 2014, directed by Christian Ditter and starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin. The storyline in this was pretty good, although it did remind me of other books that I had read in places. I thought the idea of branding people as ‘flawed’ was interesting, but the system did seem a little open to interpretation, which is kind-of what was happening in the story anyway.This is an interesting dystopian setting where any “flaw” in behavior gets you permanently branded and cast out in society, a la the “A” in “The Scarlet Letter.” Celestine starts out dating the son of one of the behavioral judges, but after she helps an elderly man on a bus who happens to be “flawed” she is cast out as well. Very engaging writing and excellent pacing. I bite my lip as the tears stream. I think of little Ewan, how scared he would be, how I have bought such danger to my family.”

When you see somwthing, 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 cam never be unlearned” The Guild- people's body, has only one rule, you will be branded as "FLAWED", if you make ethical or moral mistakes in the society. It has a lot of the elements you see in a typical dystopian novel; a society governed by strict rules to keep people in line, yew-neek character names, a love triangle and a follow-the-rules teenager who suddenly becomes the poster girl for a revolution. When you see something, it can’t be unseen. When you hear a sound, it can never be unheard. I know, deep down, that this evening I have learned something that can never be unlearned. And the part of my world that is altered will never be the same.”I liked Celestine, although she really needed to think more before acting. Even though the things she did were morally right, she got herself into a whole lot of trouble, and still kept getting into more and more trouble as the book went along. Para surpresa de muitos e prazer de bastantes, Mrs. Ahern concebeu uma distopia YA com um enredo cativante e ingredientes q.b. para pensar. WOW! Unglaublich, wie viele Leser dieses Buch gehypt haben, und zwar richtig gehypt. Jeder, wirklich jeder hat das Buch oder das Hörbuch in die Kamera gehalten - klar, da wurde auch ich neugierig. Da ich noch so viele Guthaben bei audible.de übrig hatte, dachte ich mir, ich lade mir die Geschichte einfach runter. Da ich inzwischen deutlich besser mit Hörbücher klar komme, brauche ich mir da keine Gedanken machen, ob mir die schriftliche oder die gelesene Version besser gefällt. Doch kann ich das erste Jugendbuch von Cecelia Ahern genau so loben, wie all die anderen? Das erfahrt ihr jetzt: Romane “Nesavršeni” i “Savršeni” odlučila sam recenzirati zajedno. Lako su mogli biti napisani i kao jedna cjelovita knjiga, ali dobro, možda bolje dvije manje knjige, nego jedna prevelika. Ono što krasi ovaj serijal je zaokruženost priče – priča ima glavu i rep. Ovo bi trebao biti uvjet u svakom serijalu, ali nažalost nije. Koliko sam puta pročitala prvi dio nekog distopijskog serijala za mlade misleći da ima poantu i da priča nekamo vodi, da bih se u drugom nastavku shvatila da autorica ili autor zapravo izmišljaju putem i nemaju pravu ideju kako da priču dovedu u neki logičan zaključak. Ova priča s tim nema nikakvih problema. Thanks to Netgalley for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review. I thoroughly enjoyed these books they were great fun with a moral aside.