Reading the blurb for this book, I thought it sounded promising as being Cecelia Ahern's first foray into YA and a dystopian-type story (although I use that term extremely loosely) at that. The book was difficult for me to get into initially and I thought I would have to put it down. I just found the types of actions that make people "flawed" so preposterous. I couldn't even envision a world where things like punishing someone just for making a bad business decision (for example), and ostracizing them for the rest of their lives, would ever be considered a possibility. Added to the fact that there's no mention of what happens to actual criminals (you know murderers, rapists, etc). I'm assuming they're imprisoned, yet they don't have to walk around with a mark indicating their "flaws" for the world to see until the day they die. 
 I persevered though and oddly enough I found myself drawn into the story, although never quite getting over the absurdity of the "flaws". I then found myself thinking of the possibility that the ridiculousness of the flaws was an intentional commentary on Ahern's part. Commenting about how ridiculous it is in general when we, as people, misjudge someone based upon stereotypical information. 
 I don't really know how I feel about Celestine being our main character. She's kind of thrust into this boiling situation which she has no knowledge of. I think if she makes a definitive decision about where she stands on the flawed issue I'll know where I stand with her more. But as it is in this first book, she's kind of in the middle, being used as a pawn by people on both sides of the issue. She doesn't like what's being done to her, but it still seems like she needs to come to terms with how the other flaws are treated. She's definitely having her eyes opened throughout this whole book. 
 Strangely enough, I liked the connection formed between Carrick (a guy also on trial for his flaws) and Celestine. I say strangely because there is very little actual interaction between the two characters and close to none in the conversation department. I think I can almost count on one hand the number of words Carrick says through the entire story. But there is this air of mystery surrounding him that I think Ahern pulls off very well. By being absent from the plot (only spoken about), he draws my attention more and I want to find out his story. 
 I did not like the potential this connection between Carrick and Celestine has for developing into a love triangle. I think it's safe to say that by the end of this book, it hasn't yet gotten that far, but we'll have to see how the second book goes along, and how Ahern decides to wrap things up. 
 Overall, the book turned into an ok read for me. Starting out on the rather negative side, I was happy that it somewhat turned around. I'm interested enough to want to know what happens next.