en-US Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:31:30 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 23438288 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.]]> 324 Cecelia Ahern 1250074118 Carmee 3
A social credit system is already in place in China, something similar also exists in Russia. Recently, news about Canada looking into implementing the same social system made the rounds in social media.

Society right now is all about being morally upright that it reeks of hypocrisy. Cancel culture is so rampant that freedom of speech is shaking.

Scenes in the book also reminded me of the Stanford Prison Experiment where people quickly conformed to social roles and stay committed to it even when it's illogical and immoral.

So even though this book is a slow burn kind of read, and the protagonist or the plot seem weak, the point of view it offers and how it makes you think or question things are, for me, what makes it good.

This is the first book I've read and completed after YEARS of corporate slavery. Of course I tried here and there but I always lose interest. Until this one. This book reminded me of that time in my childhood where I could read as much as I could and this kind of genre was all the rage.

I like this book and I'd recommend. Hopefully the second book ties all this up nicely and makes it a worthwhile read.]]> 4.08 2016
author: Cecelia Ahern
name: Carmee
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/02
date added: 2025/03/11
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A world revolving around a Flawed system, at first glance seems such a feeble and silly thing to have as a plot. It's highly improbable that such a thing could exist even in a dystopian setting. It's too superficial and not barbaric enough. BUT I realized we're not actually too far off.

A social credit system is already in place in China, something similar also exists in Russia. Recently, news about Canada looking into implementing the same social system made the rounds in social media.

Society right now is all about being morally upright that it reeks of hypocrisy. Cancel culture is so rampant that freedom of speech is shaking.

Scenes in the book also reminded me of the Stanford Prison Experiment where people quickly conformed to social roles and stay committed to it even when it's illogical and immoral.

So even though this book is a slow burn kind of read, and the protagonist or the plot seem weak, the point of view it offers and how it makes you think or question things are, for me, what makes it good.

This is the first book I've read and completed after YEARS of corporate slavery. Of course I tried here and there but I always lose interest. Until this one. This book reminded me of that time in my childhood where I could read as much as I could and this kind of genre was all the rage.

I like this book and I'd recommend. Hopefully the second book ties all this up nicely and makes it a worthwhile read.
]]> 35524932 A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye. As the weather turns deadly, Felix discovers that his terrified fiancée isn’t just mumbling in her sleep � she’s whispering back.Originally a contest-winning story on reddit.com’s horror community NoSleep, Stolen Tongues has received widespread acclaim and has been optioned for film.]]> 320 Felix Blackwell Carmee 0 currently-reading 3.79 2017
author: Felix Blackwell
name: Carmee
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their dream home was once a house of horrors.

In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can’t shake her fixation with the monstrous crimes that happened right above them. Haunted by the terrible things she saw and desperate to find answers, her obsession pulls her ever further from her husband.

Secrecy shrouds the mystery of the attic, but when shards of a dark truth start to emerge, Mia realises the danger is terrifyingly present. She is prepared to do anything to protect her family—but is it already too late?]]> 380 John Marrs 1542017289 Carmee 4 4.08 2022
author: John Marrs
name: Carmee
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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Ever since Judge Crevan declared her the number one threat to the public, she has been a ghost, on the run with Carrick, the only person she can trust.

But Celestine has a secret—one that could bring the entire Flawed system crumbling to the ground. A secret that has already caused countless people to go missing.

Judge Crevan is gaining the upper hand, and time is running out for Celestine. With tensions building, Celestine must make a choice: save just herself or risk her life to save all Flawed people.]]> 341 Cecelia Ahern 1250074126 Carmee 0 currently-reading 4.15 2017
author: Cecelia Ahern
name: Carmee
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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