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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Doesn't warrant the comparison to Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, which is far superior. Felt very Hunger Games-esque and I found an overuse of metaphors and similes - they're not required for every single thing that is described.
The theme of this book is fascinating. "Love" forbidden in every way.
3.5 star rating. Oh my word. The ending of this book just made me cry buckets. Ok, so for the first half of the book I didn't like it and didn't relate to the characters - then after the raid it all changed. I really liked the second half of the book and if the whole book had been that exciting and chilling I would have given it a solid 4 star review. I am still reeling after the ending of this story! I am pretty desperate to read the second instalment now to see what happens next but I'm also apprehensive incase the situation turns out even worse than the cliffhanger I've been left with!
Not bad! I really liked _Before I Fall_ so was excited to find this. It was decent - it picked up about halfway through, thank goodness. I'll definitely pick up the next.
Wow. The ultimate tale of forbidden fruit. Tantalizingly delicious. Seductively mysterious. So complex and beautiful. You'll be turning throught the pages as if your life depends on it.
I'm not even sure if I'm going to finish this series. I feel no need to reread it either. I think it took too long to get to the action part of the story. The first 400 pages seems like its setting everything up and it just did not have enough going on for my liking.
Despite not being as strong as other YA dystopia novels, this one is still a good read. Yes, some pages seem to just ramble on and on, going into detail about things that are not entirely relevant to the story, but strangely I didn't mind. There is no real plot until around the half way mark, at which point things start to progress and get a bit more intriguing.
Worth a read, although a couple of times throughout I did find myself wanting to punch Lena right in the face, for her sheer stupidity! Take for instance when Alex is coming to her rescue at the end, she knows full well that she needs to stay silent as her uncle is asleep outside the door and what does she do? Oh that's right, she squeals in excitement and then calls his name! I mean, come on!
Worth a read, although a couple of times throughout I did find myself wanting to punch Lena right in the face, for her sheer stupidity! Take for instance when Alex is coming to her rescue at the end, she knows full well that she needs to stay silent as her uncle is asleep outside the door and what does she do? Oh that's right, she squeals in excitement and then calls his name! I mean, come on!
An interesting if unplausible premise. Very easy to read, likeable characters and of course a sweet romance. Apparently this is going to be a series. Shocking! I really was surprised at the end because these books tend to go a certain way. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens in book 2. I love distopian fiction and for young adult book I thought this was pretty good. It had some obvious flaws but they are easily overlooked.
Not sure where this series is going, but I was surely not bored for it.
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Where to start...??? At first I was really hesitant to read this book. Love as a disease? Who comes up with that? Then I was assigned to read a fiction book of my choice for a book report at school (yes we still do those) and I decided to give it a chance. best. choice. ever!!! I fell in love with this book from the very beginning. I quickly accepted the "bizarre" idea of labeling love as a disease.
Lauren Oliver has a way with words. Her writing had be hooked and hanging on to every word. She has this magically way of addicting you and flipping page after page only wanting more! And *warning! she has a way with leaving you crying, breathless, and hating the release dat of book #2!! This book has a major cliff hanger!! *sniffle, sniffle* *wipes away tears* Wow, that was devastating!!!
Lena is parent less, her father died when she was young and her mother committed suicide, drawn crazy by the death of her husband an effect of the deliria (love). Love has been marked as a disease and they have found a cure. After a person reaches the age of eighteen they are scheduled to have the cure. Her mother was never cured. She had the procedure several times but it never had the effects they wanted. Her sister is now cured and she lives with her uncle, aunt, and two cousins.
Lena is 95 days away from her procedure and she can't wait after her mother was labeled as having the deliria and became an outcast she didn't want to follow in her mothers footsteps. Now the interviews are coming up. Her aunt has had her practice her answers to hopefully get a good match, job, and life planned out for her. (Can you imagine that!! Terrible right) But while she is in her interview it quickly spirals out of control after each answer, then the unthinkable happens: the people from the Wilds interupt it all with a crazy stunt ( you have to figure that out for yourself). When she looks up, a gorgeous boy is laughing on the table above her. Laughing!
This boys is *sighs dreamily* Alex. I LOVE Alex!!! Later on they meet again and guess what!!?? Fall in love. He has the mark of the cured ( a small three pronged mark behind his ear) but why does he act like he does...flirting...spending a lot of time with her??? Ya so surprise! surprise! After this the story takes so many unexpected twists and turns and I loved them all!! :D The ending, as a mentioned before, was terrible!!! (a good kind of terrible) I cried..no joke! hurry up Pandemonium!! I need you now!
Characters:
Lena has many faults and weaknesses. I like her for that reason. She was also very strong and very real. She is what you would expect of us teenagers if that happened some day. She has always folllowed the rules and looked forward to the cure. But every good girl needs to rebel sometimes right??
Alex is so adorable. He is funny, sweet, smart and also very real. I loved, loved, loved him!! He is so on my fictional boyfriend list!! Oh and it isn't just his personality that reeks of hotness, nope he is HOT!!! inside and out!! He really caress about Lena, he sees the real her. Thinking nothing about her is wrong or faulty but perfect (his exact word..perfect!!) :D He is soo swoon worthy and I better stop now because i will just end up rambling lol
Hana is so cool! She is an awesome best friend, Lena's complete opposite (loud, a social butterfly, crazy, and risky) but opposites attrack right?? I know that is the reason for me and my best friend ( Ya, you could probably fit me in the description of Hana, in some ways that is).
So go read this book as soon as you can. Trust me you will not be disappointed! This is probably my favorite dystopian novel right now, right next to Divergent. Everything about this book is amazingly perfect! <333333
Where to start...??? At first I was really hesitant to read this book. Love as a disease? Who comes up with that? Then I was assigned to read a fiction book of my choice for a book report at school (yes we still do those) and I decided to give it a chance. best. choice. ever!!! I fell in love with this book from the very beginning. I quickly accepted the "bizarre" idea of labeling love as a disease.
Lauren Oliver has a way with words. Her writing had be hooked and hanging on to every word. She has this magically way of addicting you and flipping page after page only wanting more! And *warning! she has a way with leaving you crying, breathless, and hating the release dat of book #2!! This book has a major cliff hanger!! *sniffle, sniffle* *wipes away tears* Wow, that was devastating!!!
Lena is parent less, her father died when she was young and her mother committed suicide, drawn crazy by the death of her husband an effect of the deliria (love). Love has been marked as a disease and they have found a cure. After a person reaches the age of eighteen they are scheduled to have the cure. Her mother was never cured. She had the procedure several times but it never had the effects they wanted. Her sister is now cured and she lives with her uncle, aunt, and two cousins.
Lena is 95 days away from her procedure and she can't wait after her mother was labeled as having the deliria and became an outcast she didn't want to follow in her mothers footsteps. Now the interviews are coming up. Her aunt has had her practice her answers to hopefully get a good match, job, and life planned out for her. (Can you imagine that!! Terrible right) But while she is in her interview it quickly spirals out of control after each answer, then the unthinkable happens: the people from the Wilds interupt it all with a crazy stunt ( you have to figure that out for yourself). When she looks up, a gorgeous boy is laughing on the table above her. Laughing!
This boys is *sighs dreamily* Alex. I LOVE Alex!!! Later on they meet again and guess what!!?? Fall in love. He has the mark of the cured ( a small three pronged mark behind his ear) but why does he act like he does...flirting...spending a lot of time with her??? Ya so surprise! surprise! After this the story takes so many unexpected twists and turns and I loved them all!! :D The ending, as a mentioned before, was terrible!!! (a good kind of terrible) I cried..no joke! hurry up Pandemonium!! I need you now!
Characters:
Lena has many faults and weaknesses. I like her for that reason. She was also very strong and very real. She is what you would expect of us teenagers if that happened some day. She has always folllowed the rules and looked forward to the cure. But every good girl needs to rebel sometimes right??
Alex is so adorable. He is funny, sweet, smart and also very real. I loved, loved, loved him!! He is so on my fictional boyfriend list!! Oh and it isn't just his personality that reeks of hotness, nope he is HOT!!! inside and out!! He really caress about Lena, he sees the real her. Thinking nothing about her is wrong or faulty but perfect (his exact word..perfect!!) :D He is soo swoon worthy and I better stop now because i will just end up rambling lol
Hana is so cool! She is an awesome best friend, Lena's complete opposite (loud, a social butterfly, crazy, and risky) but opposites attrack right?? I know that is the reason for me and my best friend ( Ya, you could probably fit me in the description of Hana, in some ways that is).
So go read this book as soon as you can. Trust me you will not be disappointed! This is probably my favorite dystopian novel right now, right next to Divergent. Everything about this book is amazingly perfect! <333333