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Pandemonium
by Lauren Oliver
Holy Mother in Heaven.
I don't typically write reviews, but after finishing this book I pretty much sat in my seat stunned for twenty minutes. I enjoyed Delirium quite a bit (although at that time I had just finished Divergent which I found a bit more interesting than Delirium), but this book completely blew Delirium, Divergent, and perhaps even The Hunger Games out of the water in terms of the writing.
The then/now format of the novel works terrifically; it starts you off with tons of questions as you wonder what in the world is happening. A few chapters into the novel, however, I was caught right in the middle of all of the action as Lauren Oliver threw cliffhanger after cliffhanger at me. You certainly won't be able to stop reading. If that wasn't enough, wait for the uber mega cliffhanger that is the end of the novel. AUGHHHHH WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME.
I CAN'T WAIT A YEAR FOR THE NEXT NOVEL.
The imagery in the novel is phenomenal and Oliver is amazing with her use of words. The language is beautiful. Lena is a stronger character than ever, and as Julian's story unfolds I found myself completely enthralled over his character (bitter resentment would be an accurate way of how I felt about him when he was first introduced, but oh boy did things change.)
While there are a few minor oddities in the plot (e.g. the way Lena managed to find the code into the house) and although I was hoping the book would tie up the chronological connection between the "then" plot with the "now" plot at the end of the story, these can be easily overlooked by the overall awesomeness of the book. By the time you finish your jaw will also drop as you spend the next hour (or more) pondering about what on earth will happen will afterwards. Waiting for Requiem is going to be torturous.
I don't typically write reviews, but after finishing this book I pretty much sat in my seat stunned for twenty minutes. I enjoyed Delirium quite a bit (although at that time I had just finished Divergent which I found a bit more interesting than Delirium), but this book completely blew Delirium, Divergent, and perhaps even The Hunger Games out of the water in terms of the writing.
The then/now format of the novel works terrifically; it starts you off with tons of questions as you wonder what in the world is happening. A few chapters into the novel, however, I was caught right in the middle of all of the action as Lauren Oliver threw cliffhanger after cliffhanger at me. You certainly won't be able to stop reading. If that wasn't enough, wait for the uber mega cliffhanger that is the end of the novel. AUGHHHHH WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME.
I CAN'T WAIT A YEAR FOR THE NEXT NOVEL.
The imagery in the novel is phenomenal and Oliver is amazing with her use of words. The language is beautiful. Lena is a stronger character than ever, and as Julian's story unfolds I found myself completely enthralled over his character (bitter resentment would be an accurate way of how I felt about him when he was first introduced, but oh boy did things change.)
While there are a few minor oddities in the plot (e.g. the way Lena managed to find the code into the house) and although I was hoping the book would tie up the chronological connection between the "then" plot with the "now" plot at the end of the story, these can be easily overlooked by the overall awesomeness of the book. By the time you finish your jaw will also drop as you spend the next hour (or more) pondering about what on earth will happen will afterwards. Waiting for Requiem is going to be torturous.