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A review by khrokorvus
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
4.0
I will be honest. More could have happened with this book. It wasn't fast paced and it wasn't an adventure. But that's fine because it's mainly a romance, and what it did there was enough to keep me interested. There was a time or two when I thought of switching to another book, but I decided to stick with it.
The ending though, is not happy. It's lucky that there is a sequel due out in a couple months. I'm not going to give away the ending. I like having a sense of the ending without actually knowing the details, it makes it interesting. Even if the ending doesn't end happily, it's an extremely well done ending and it makes you want the sequel.
The thing that kept me reading wasn't the romance, which is plentiful and fluffy. What kept me reading was the premise. The United States of America has become a nation where love is a disease, which must be 'cured' at eighteen. That's the lie. The truth is that they want a way to control you, to make you subservient to their will. Because without passion, which is fueled by a love of something, you have no will to fight. The author didn't show it this way, but that's how I interpreted it. I want to know how they fight against this government. I want to see them win.
This is the thing about dystopians; the thing that pulls us in. A new world. A new system of living. I can't stop reading this genre. I probably never will. I loved this book and I am lucky enough to have the sequel. I'll let you know if it's good.
The ending though, is not happy. It's lucky that there is a sequel due out in a couple months. I'm not going to give away the ending. I like having a sense of the ending without actually knowing the details, it makes it interesting. Even if the ending doesn't end happily, it's an extremely well done ending and it makes you want the sequel.
The thing that kept me reading wasn't the romance, which is plentiful and fluffy. What kept me reading was the premise. The United States of America has become a nation where love is a disease, which must be 'cured' at eighteen. That's the lie. The truth is that they want a way to control you, to make you subservient to their will. Because without passion, which is fueled by a love of something, you have no will to fight. The author didn't show it this way, but that's how I interpreted it. I want to know how they fight against this government. I want to see them win.
This is the thing about dystopians; the thing that pulls us in. A new world. A new system of living. I can't stop reading this genre. I probably never will. I loved this book and I am lucky enough to have the sequel. I'll let you know if it's good.