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Pandemonium
by Lauren Oliver
I thought the first book, Delirium, was all right. I didn't much care for the dystopia world but I did enjoy the relationship between Lena and Hana. However, if my cousin hadn't bought me both the first and second books, would I have read them? Probably not.
Pandemonium was considerably worse than Delirium. The biggest problem is that it's told in a "then" and "now" situation. I would have preferred it if the story was told in chronological order. I believe the reason it was told in this way is because Lena spends a huge amount of time, without spoiling things, doing nothing. I get why a section like that would be added it but it went on entirely too long and should have been done a different way.
I also just don't like Lena. Maybe it's because she's reacting a majority of the book instead of doing. I have no idea if I'll read the last one, but I'd like to hope that she's doing then. It also doesn't help that she seems lost and doesn't have much of a personality. Without Alex or Hana, Lena is bland.
The thing I wanted to know most about was the world. How did this country get like this? What does the world think? Do other countries have similar policies? The build up to this present time would have made for a far better read I think.
Over the past few years, I've read a lot of trilogies. They start out intriguing enough but tend to falter. I feel like publishers force stories into trilogies that should either be longer or shorter, and that they rush the author to get it out. I don't remember the last time I read a good trilogy because they all seem to end up this way. And I always seem to finish them because I read the first two books, why not read the last one? I'm getting tired of doing that. Will I read the final one? I don't know...
Pandemonium was considerably worse than Delirium. The biggest problem is that it's told in a "then" and "now" situation. I would have preferred it if the story was told in chronological order. I believe the reason it was told in this way is because Lena spends a huge amount of time, without spoiling things, doing nothing. I get why a section like that would be added it but it went on entirely too long and should have been done a different way.
I also just don't like Lena. Maybe it's because she's reacting a majority of the book instead of doing. I have no idea if I'll read the last one, but I'd like to hope that she's doing then. It also doesn't help that she seems lost and doesn't have much of a personality. Without Alex or Hana, Lena is bland.
The thing I wanted to know most about was the world. How did this country get like this? What does the world think? Do other countries have similar policies? The build up to this present time would have made for a far better read I think.
Over the past few years, I've read a lot of trilogies. They start out intriguing enough but tend to falter. I feel like publishers force stories into trilogies that should either be longer or shorter, and that they rush the author to get it out. I don't remember the last time I read a good trilogy because they all seem to end up this way. And I always seem to finish them because I read the first two books, why not read the last one? I'm getting tired of doing that. Will I read the final one? I don't know...