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Review : Flawed …

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Introduction …

As part of ME Awareness 2021, I am fundraising for The ME Trust UK by taking up one of their challenges.

I am going to read 10 books in 10 months and will review each one once I’ve finished it. Below you will find the review for one of the ten books that I read as part of this challenge.

Why …

I have been sick since 1984. It took till 2001 for doctors to diagnose me with ME. Initially, I was mildly sick then moderately but in recent years I’ve progressed to being severely affected. I am housebound and often bedbound for months on end.

I really want to raise awareness and to raise money to help research #endME.

I am planning on reading ten books in ten months starting 12th May, which is international ME Awareness Day. At one time in my life I could have read ten books in ten days. But this challenge will be hard for me to do.

So please please if you can support me and help raise money for the ME Trust UK

YOU CAN DONATE BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW:

ME Awareness Fundraising : Ten Books In Ten Months

Flawed by Cecelia Ahern …

Cecelia Ahern is the award-winning and bestselling author of many adult novels, including P.S. I Love You and Love, Rosie–both of which were major motion pictures. Flawed is her debut young adult novel. She resides in Ireland.

Book Synopsis … (taken from book cover, can be skipped ↴)

Flawed by Cecelia Ahern ...

The stunning YA debut from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern.

Celestine North 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.

But then Celestine encounters a situation in which she makes an instinctive decision. She breaks a rule and now faces life-changing repercussions. She could be imprisoned. She could be branded. She could be found FLAWED.

In this stunning novel, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in which perfection is paramount and mistakes are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything.

Book Genre …

Flawed falls into the Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction, genres.

About The Book …

See above in the synopsis for additional information.

As well as the kindle edition I bought the audible version just in case I wasn’t well enough to actually read the book.

The kindle edition has 403 pages and at my reading speed a suggested reading time of 5 hours 34 minutes.

On audible it has a listening time of 11 hours 26 minutes. It is narrated by: Anshan Kala who reads Celestine vibrantly and captivating.

Celestine North lives with her Perfect family in a society that separates the Flawed from those who are deemed Perfect. She’s see the world in black and white. Situations are either right or wrong. Ethical or unethical. The Flawed people are not criminals they are just those who are less than because of bad choices. As a result of this they are branded with the F (for flawed). However, when Celestine acts on a kindly and moral instinct to help someone who reminds her of her Flawed grandfather, she finds herself arrested for being Flawed.

Why I Chose This  Book …

I chose this book because I’ve actually read it before and enjoyed it so much. It’s an easy to read, interesting and gripping, at times, well written novel. I knew I was going to enjoy the book because I did last time I read it and I was hoping to get to grips with some of the moral issues it presents.

How I Found The  Book …

The book definitely met my expectations and, as I expected, it was even better the second time around. It was equally addictive as the first time and I part read / part listened to the whole book in just two sittings. It was easy to get lost in and to also feel everything that was happening. Can’t wait to get started reading Perfect and to also read more of Cecelia Ahern novels, she’s a great writer.

Critical Comments …

I can’t find anything negative to critic with this book or with the author’s style. Both the storyline and the author’s style are gripping and excellent. On the other hand, I actually do feel that the style and themes touched on encouraged, in the reader, critical thinking of systems that are in motion, which is a good thing. If a book makes you think then it makes you question, which is always good.

The main idea that the book highlights is that if one person does the right thing it can be enough to set the ball of change in motion. So be brave people … you never know what can come from it …

Lessons To Learn From The Book …

Not everything that is accepted as the right way is the morally right way and sometimes we need to let our hearts move us instead of living from the acceptable norms of rules written inside our heads.

Favourites Quotes …

never trust a man who sits, uninvited, at the head of a table in another man’s home … (grandad Cornelius)

if you can’t solve a problem, there is an easier problem you can solve: find it … (Celestine thinking about Professor Lambert quoting Pólya)

if you make a mistake, you learn from it … if you never make a mistake, you’re never the wiser … (Alpha, Celestine’s home school teacher)

My Likes & My Dislikes …

See below …

Book Vs Movie …

No movie yet. But lots of Cecelia Ahern novels would make good movies, and this is no,exception. I’d love to see it turned into a movie.

Final Notes & Recommendation …

I really enjoyed reading this book. I found that it made me think deeply about rules and morals and why we often follow the rules that we may feel are morally wrong.

I would recommend the book to both its targeted audience of young adults as well as older adults too.

I also suggest that this book would be a great, and enjoyable, book for schools to cover in the curriculum. 

I found nothing at all that I didn’t enjoy about the book and so I had to give it a full 10/10 for every area that I score on.

See below for my most important pros and cons in relation to the book.

The Important Bits …

Flawed …

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Disclaimer

I bought Flawed with my own money and all the views and opinions stated are my own. Anything in the review should not be used as law, it is simply my own honest and personal opinion. It is not medical advice, I am not medically qualified, and should not be used as such.

Please see Reviews Disclaimer … for my full disclaimer policy.

 fragmented.ME xXx

My birth name is Denise, but I’m know as Bella to those who love me. I have a first class honours degree in education & psychology and a strong passion to keep learning and educating others ... I have severe ME/CFS and lots of other chronic illnesses and I started this blog as an expansion to my instagram page, where I advocate for chronic illness. I am married and have two grown up boys, or should I say young men. I have three gorgeous grandchildren, one boy and two girls. And despite being chronically sick and housebound I am mostly happy. 🥰