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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
I love delirium one of my favorite books of all time... It's perfect and I can't describe it... The ending wasn't expected I cried reading how he didn't make it he wasn't there after everything they've done and went through he let her go because he loved her and wanted to be safe ...It's a great book
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I'm sorry. I really tried. 228 pages is a lot of trying. No rating though because perhaps it was amazing in the last 200 pages and I just didn't know it.
Edit: I tried again and I was wrong the first time. It was amazing
Edit: I tried again and I was wrong the first time. It was amazing
Lena is eagerly awaiting her upcoming procedure to be cured so that she will never fall victim to amor deliria nervose aka lovesick. She is rule follower by nature and so when she falls for Alex her whole world is turned upside down.
Fans of the Matched trilogy, Hunger Games, and the Giver quartet will find much to like about this story as elements of each appear in the plot. The writing is a little stronger at times than the readalikes listed above and the audiobook is fabulous. Recommended for girls grades 9 and up.
Fans of the Matched trilogy, Hunger Games, and the Giver quartet will find much to like about this story as elements of each appear in the plot. The writing is a little stronger at times than the readalikes listed above and the audiobook is fabulous. Recommended for girls grades 9 and up.
Wow. Where to start? So, I was a little apprehensive before reading this book. I was not quite sure about what to expect when I started reading Delirium, especially since it was the first dystopian novel I ever read.
I always have to get 'hooked' on a book before I get moved by a it. But did this book move me! When I read the description of this book on the back cover, I was a bit sceptical, I could not understand how anyone would ever believe that love was a disease. Not to mention to get 'cured' from it, but as soon as I opened up this book, I was amazed by the fact that I began considering whether it is possible that all misery in the world is caused by love.
Although the book is a bit predictable, I already knew how the book would finish before I started it, this did not bother me one bit. I was so curious to how Lauren Oliver would illustrate this world that I did not mind that the book was not perfect. Very few books are.
This book also frightend me a bit. The people who get cured are a nightmare, they have no 'deep' feelings for anyone. The fact that they meet their assigned partner before the procedure, might not even like them, and are not one bit bothered by sharing their entire lives with this person after the procedure, is scary. It just hurts considering that your parents do not love you, but only got you because it was in their life description.
And I think that that is one of the strong points of the book. Even months after reading the book, I still catch myself wondering how it would be to know that you will not feel the things you are feeling in that moment in a few weeks. To know that the person who stops your heart now will be nothing more than a vague acquaintance then.
Another thing I liked about the book were the little abstractions from the book of SHH, this gave me more insight in how people think and how the authorities get away with everything they do. It was funny to see how Lauren took little things of the real world and presented them in a way not very different from how we know things, but with a completely different, and contrary meaning.
However, it was nice to read that although people are frightened by love, it will still conquer all.
I was sad finishing this book, not only because I really wanted to know how the story continued, but also because it has been a while since I read a book that moved me to such great lengths and that haunts me even months later.
I absolutely cannot wait till the sequel comes out, and I am convinced (or actually, I really hope) it will be just as good, or even better than Delirium.
I always have to get 'hooked' on a book before I get moved by a it. But did this book move me! When I read the description of this book on the back cover, I was a bit sceptical, I could not understand how anyone would ever believe that love was a disease. Not to mention to get 'cured' from it, but as soon as I opened up this book, I was amazed by the fact that I began considering whether it is possible that all misery in the world is caused by love.
Although the book is a bit predictable, I already knew how the book would finish before I started it, this did not bother me one bit. I was so curious to how Lauren Oliver would illustrate this world that I did not mind that the book was not perfect. Very few books are.
This book also frightend me a bit. The people who get cured are a nightmare, they have no 'deep' feelings for anyone. The fact that they meet their assigned partner before the procedure, might not even like them, and are not one bit bothered by sharing their entire lives with this person after the procedure, is scary. It just hurts considering that your parents do not love you, but only got you because it was in their life description.
And I think that that is one of the strong points of the book. Even months after reading the book, I still catch myself wondering how it would be to know that you will not feel the things you are feeling in that moment in a few weeks. To know that the person who stops your heart now will be nothing more than a vague acquaintance then.
Another thing I liked about the book were the little abstractions from the book of SHH, this gave me more insight in how people think and how the authorities get away with everything they do. It was funny to see how Lauren took little things of the real world and presented them in a way not very different from how we know things, but with a completely different, and contrary meaning.
However, it was nice to read that although people are frightened by love, it will still conquer all.
I was sad finishing this book, not only because I really wanted to know how the story continued, but also because it has been a while since I read a book that moved me to such great lengths and that haunts me even months later.
I absolutely cannot wait till the sequel comes out, and I am convinced (or actually, I really hope) it will be just as good, or even better than Delirium.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
1984 meets Romeo and Juliet
Didn’t realize it’s part of a series but I’m invested so now I want to finish them all.
Didn’t realize it’s part of a series but I’m invested so now I want to finish them all.