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Viallinen by Cecelia Ahern

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flickwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I read the whole of ‘Flawed’ by Cecelia Ahern today! It sucked me in and drew me along at such a pace, I really couldn’t put it down!

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dancingkouign's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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alexreadsabook's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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asourceoffiction's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This raised some incredibly complicated questions that I'm still trying to process. It's been hard to articulate my feelings without sounding like I'm writing an essay about morality.

The idea of punishing people based on behaviour rather than law is intriguing, and it is a natural bi-product that the society ends up striving for outright perfection, which can be so damaging. It's a fascinating insight into what makes perfection and how much we should judge people for one "flaw".

When errors in judgment or poor moral decisions carry such weight without legal intervention, the people controlling the system wield immense power; they could twist any act into a flaw to suit their agenda. It's more powerful than the question of legality, which is what makes it so clever as a premise and what makes the Guild so dangerous in the story.

It's so clever that there is no black and white or good versus bad, even as characters wish they were perfect. Celestine begins to meet several advocates for Flawed rights who are fighting the system, but most of them still aren't looking out for the Flawed themselves. There is so much pursuit of one's own agenda, potentially at the expense of what's right, on both sides.

Essay portion over, it's a brilliant story that really makes you think (as you can tell). Celestine goes through so much and it's quite disturbing at times, but she makes a great protagonist as she tries to work out what's right and whether being perfect is actually the ideal. I can't wait to read the next book!

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