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its_tara 's review for:
Pandemonium
by Lauren Oliver
Well, I thought Delirium was okay. I enjoyed it, but I didn’t feel that it deserved all of the hype it got. Lena was alright, as characters go, but I could take her or leave her.
I definitely wasn’t so impartial to Pandemonium. In this book, Lena definitely comes into her own, and I liked the way she was trying to find herself throughout the book, and I liked the way that in this one, she really seems to have embraced the fact she can have her own opinions and act the way she wants. I also liked the fact she was willing to work – which really highlighted the changes in her character for me.
I also liked the fact that this book picks up exactly where Delirium left off – I think that was necessary. I do have to admit, however, that I did struggle with the way the chapters jump between ‘then’ and ‘now’. At first, it was like simultaneously trying to remember what happened in Delirium, trying to grasp what was happening, and being thrown into another random situation all at the same time. However, it did work once I’d gotten my head around it, and I actually came to like the way it moved the storyline along quickly and cohesively.
I have to admit, I didn’t really see the Lena/other-unnamed-character romance (see, still technically spoiler free!) coming, and probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t heard about it on message boards and in other reviews. I actually felt happy that she could find happiness again – though it all kinda gets blown out of the water by the end of the book!
Definitely a favourite for this year – would recommend this to people, even those who didn’t enjoy Delirium so much, because honestly, Lena has a story, and this is where she tells it!
I definitely wasn’t so impartial to Pandemonium. In this book, Lena definitely comes into her own, and I liked the way she was trying to find herself throughout the book, and I liked the way that in this one, she really seems to have embraced the fact she can have her own opinions and act the way she wants. I also liked the fact she was willing to work – which really highlighted the changes in her character for me.
I also liked the fact that this book picks up exactly where Delirium left off – I think that was necessary. I do have to admit, however, that I did struggle with the way the chapters jump between ‘then’ and ‘now’. At first, it was like simultaneously trying to remember what happened in Delirium, trying to grasp what was happening, and being thrown into another random situation all at the same time. However, it did work once I’d gotten my head around it, and I actually came to like the way it moved the storyline along quickly and cohesively.
I have to admit, I didn’t really see the Lena/other-unnamed-character romance (see, still technically spoiler free!) coming, and probably wouldn’t have if I hadn’t heard about it on message boards and in other reviews. I actually felt happy that she could find happiness again – though it all kinda gets blown out of the water by the end of the book!
Definitely a favourite for this year – would recommend this to people, even those who didn’t enjoy Delirium so much, because honestly, Lena has a story, and this is where she tells it!