Perfect (Book Review)

Title: Perfect

Author: Cecelia Ahern

Type: Novel (Sequel of Flawed)

Published: 2017

Chapters: 84 (in three parts)

Characters: Celestine North, Carrick Vane, Lennox, Fergus, Lorcan, Leonard, Mona, Adam, Kelly, Kate, Rogan, Juniper.

 

Review:

 

“Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of. Mistakes teach us to take responsibility. They teach us what works and what doesn’t. We learn what we would do differently the next time, how we will be different, better and wiser in the future. We are not just walking mistakes, we are human.”

 

At first you think you belong somewhere. That you are meant to be where you are. But when the thing takes a U-turn, you realize it is not the place you were supposed to be. During those hurdles, you get a perspective of how you were so indulged in the one place that you couldn’t see the place you are meant to be. The connection that you feel with those people, things or even places creates a sense of contentment. Like you are fulfilled, complete in a way. Perfect by Cecelia Ahern introduces the idea that home is not a place, rather it’s the people who make you feel like home. Despite your flaws, weaknesses, mistakes, they still accept you as you are and supports you throughout.

 

The novel is the sequel of the book Flawed. In the first novel, the heroine, Celestine North thought that she belongs in the perfect world she is living in. She considered herself as the perfect girl who would never make a mistake. She followed the rules and laws responsibly. But when she favors humanity over the law, she was punished and branded as Flawed. The novel Perfect traces the outcome of Celestine’s decision and how she finds the place she actually feel as her home.

 

The novel starts where Celestine is hiding after running away from her home. From the laws that branded her as Flawed. She has the proof which would prove the Flawed system as flawed. Bosco or Judge Crevan is after Celestine as she holds the proof which would end the entire Flawed system and the Guild. Celestine wants to expose Judge Crevan. The Guild’s dominance over Flawed people should be banned. The inhuman treatment of the Flawed people must be abolished. Flawed people are also humans and should be treated as such.

 

In the journey to achieve justice, Celestine meets the people she feels as her own. Whenever she is with them, she feels at home. They offer her their loyalty and helps her bring the justice. It is Celestine versus the Guild. She is willing to expose the injustice, but what if her one mistake would result into something which will put her in even more danger. She has the proof but she doesn’t know who to trust with that proof. She has been on run, she doesn’t want to hide anymore. She decides to face them and prove her point. The forces she is fighting against are stronger than she is. Her decision had caused her even more danger than good. Not only she, but the people she loves are also in danger now. Any one she trusts, betrays her for their own selfish purpose. Will she be able to expose the evil? Or she will face the same tragedy as those before her who ever tried to question the law.

 

The novel is a simple read. The language is easy. It also provides an insight into the previous events of the first novel.

 

Recommendation:

 

·         A must read

·         Can add to TBR list

·         Won’t be disappointed

·         Hard to put down

·         Hard, but worth the read