Flawed
Flawed
By Cecelia Ahern
Trust me, I’m as shock as you are. In fact, I
dought this book simply because the beautiful and unique cover plus it has on
sale when I was buying other books…so ta dah! I finished one of the most
shocking book I’ve ever read. And I gave it 4 stars…in a very different reason.
But I can now understand why
people read, why they like to get lost in somebody else's life. Sometimes I'll
read a sentence and it will make me sit up, jolt me, because it is something
that I have recently felt but never said out loud. I want to reach into the
page and tell the characters that I understand them, that they're not alone,
that I'm not alone, that it's ok to feel like this.
This
is how I usually rank a book…about the characters and the plot especially the
shocking twists. But after reading Flawed, I’ve decided not to follow my
original setting and gave it a rather high score.
You will be punished…
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 where 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 her breathtaking young adult
debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society where perfection is
paramount and flaws lead to punishment. And where one young woman decides to
take a stand that could cost her everything.
I am a girl of definitions, of
logic, of black and white.
To be honest, if we only discuss the main
plot and how does the story go…this book is nothing. Plain, flat…not worth
reading. Since it actually has nothing surprise me…just normal dystopian with a
perfect girl turning all away round. Familiar? I thought so. However, it’s the
world building behind the book and the words that is truly inspiring. Not
amazing, not thrilling…but every word every sentence will make you think. In
fact, it was the ultimately some of the reflection of the 21st century. Celestine
is a perfect girl born in a perfect family within a perfect system country. She
is beautiful, smart, a straight A student, with a perfect boyfriend whose
father happens to be one of the most authorized people in their country. Unlike
other dystopian building, the issue isn’t about the enormous gap of poor and
wealth, tyranny, and ultimate power. But instead, the book was about a perfect
system, a world no other difference than us, except that there is a Flawed
system within. The Flawed aims to eliminate all the moral issues within the
country. Lying and cheating might not be a crime, but it’s a flawed. And once
you’re found, you would be put into trial and mostly, more than 99%, was
sentenced a flawed person and branded
with iron mark, forever remain despise by the society.
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.
The most terrifying thing about this system
is that—how do we defy “moral?” from the quotation, we know that Celestine
cares only about logic, and in her mind, there will only be black and white, no
in-between. Until the tragic event comes. Throughout the book, we readers can
see Celestine kept questioning the guild, and gradually, her acts inspired
other to rebel…even her own perfect family. what shock me the most is that this
is actually a problem lies within our society as well…we
might not be facing the immediate danger as the characters did, but a lot of
people are sure affected by this kind of “moral high ground.” It seems, the
world has established its own rule and forced everyone to follow exact behavior
of ethical and moral. If you’re not considered as one of them, then you’re a
threat to the society. The public will do nothing but to hunt you down. The
entire newspaper might be all yours, the network, the TV news, the broadcast…
it’s terrifying. Moreover, it brings hatred to the world. People are judging
each other by their own moral and ethical, yet they might not be applicable to
every country in the world. In that case, argument and quarrel are in sight.
It reminds me that when we’re still in the
debate team, moral questions are usually the hardest topic to be debated. In my
first debate contest, we’ve been discuss about whether organ should be traded
legally. When it comes to the cons, we usually mentioned that it is “against
the moral.” But what is the moral? How can you prove that your moral are
better? How can you prove that your moral are indeed his moral as well? And within
this book? I can’t help reminding myself about this issues I’ve longed been
debating with myself.
Power. It's all about that, don't
you forget. People want money or power.
Another issue that is so similar to our
reality is power. Whenever there are terrorist attacks, upcoming election…you
can see how dark the politic is. Let along all of our laws and constituent
regulations. I’ve always questioned the politic and have always known that all
are nothing but the fight of power. Are there any leaders who wish for the world’s
better? Of course there are…but the majority of them are fighting to gain more
power. The established of Flawed is indeed one of its methods, and gaining its
power and growing territory is not far from it as well. Having Flawed systems
are a way of control, to control the thought, the ideas and the acts of its
people. Like I say, how do you defy moral? If there isn’t a standard, how can
you punish someone simply by “breaking the moral rules?” Let along the
following punishment is far greater than being a criminal. It freezes me as I
read through the entire book, yet I can’t tear my eyes down.
I’ve learned that to be
courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way. Courage does not take
over, it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you
take. It’s a battle or a dance as to whether to let it pervade. It takes
courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.
If you’re a reader simply finding another
read without thinking about the book? Then I will talk you out of it. If you’re
interested in the issues that I’ve mentioned above yet never take a second
thought? Then you might want to take a look at it and start thinking about the
current world, how terrifying the resemblance is. If you’ve been an expert?
Then think about how this book can inspire a change to the world. I actually
recommend this book to all ages, all back ground, especially when you’re at the
leading point. It’s worth having a serious thinking after reading this book. Read
it, and think. And btw, this is such a serious review that I’m having a
headache now.
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