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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
when the lobotomy doesn't make it out of the groupchat 😔✊️
The book was a 5 all the way to the end. The end for me was a 2.
Spoiler alert!!!
Okay books and movies that get to the last page or minute and then kills off one of the love interests is a big pet peeve of mine. I read for enjoyment, and I don't enjoy that. It makes me mad. It seems like this is the first in a series so I'm sure that maybe he's not completely dead, but if he's not he's going in the Crypts which is almost worse.
Spoiler alert!!!
Okay books and movies that get to the last page or minute and then kills off one of the love interests is a big pet peeve of mine. I read for enjoyment, and I don't enjoy that. It makes me mad. It seems like this is the first in a series so I'm sure that maybe he's not completely dead, but if he's not he's going in the Crypts which is almost worse.
Es un libro que te atrapa desde el principio, habla no solo del amor de pareja si no de amistad y de familia. Habla sobre el sacrificio. Se convirtió en uno de mis favoritos.
Very good. I was pleasantly surprised - since I've been thinking I should stop reading these YA novels. (But they are such a good escape!)
This one has all the best qualities: forbidden love, near future setting, believable characters, teenage pain and heartache, a few surprises. Can't wait for the next in the series. Reserving it from the library already!
This one has all the best qualities: forbidden love, near future setting, believable characters, teenage pain and heartache, a few surprises. Can't wait for the next in the series. Reserving it from the library already!
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Delirium is set in a future where amor deliria nervosa (also known as Love) is a serious disease that must be cured. All residents of the United States of America live in walled cities where they are safe from the wilds and from invalids, the un-cured people who live there. At the age of 18, people receive the cure which is a surgical brain operation that cures them of Love (and most other sympathetic emotions). Lana is just a few months shy of her 18th birthday and looking forward to being cured and becoming a normal functioning adult in society. After she has her first personal experience with active rebellion against society, she begins to have doubts about the procedure and about the “happiness” that supposedly follows.
Lana is a well written 17-year-old girl who has always lived by the letter of the law. Tragedy in her childhood made her crave the cure and the peace and tranquility that society promises after the procedure. As events unfold and fundamental truths about her life and her faith in society are shaken, her very human emotional responses are easy to empathize with: best friends fighting and the agony before making up again, the first time you break a rule on purpose and the fear of being caught, suddenly realizing that something you believed was true is not.
There was one plot twist towards the end that I felt was a little too forced, it is obviously the stimulus that will drive the sequel, but on the whole I found Delirium to be an excellent book. The reader, Sarah Drew, gives an emotionally stirring performance.
Lana is a well written 17-year-old girl who has always lived by the letter of the law. Tragedy in her childhood made her crave the cure and the peace and tranquility that society promises after the procedure. As events unfold and fundamental truths about her life and her faith in society are shaken, her very human emotional responses are easy to empathize with: best friends fighting and the agony before making up again, the first time you break a rule on purpose and the fear of being caught, suddenly realizing that something you believed was true is not.
There was one plot twist towards the end that I felt was a little too forced, it is obviously the stimulus that will drive the sequel, but on the whole I found Delirium to be an excellent book. The reader, Sarah Drew, gives an emotionally stirring performance.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The writing and character choices made me roll my eyes many times, but overall a solid dystopia.