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Delirium
by Lauren Oliver
I started out not really liking this book, but by the end of it, I was really enjoying it.
It reminds me a bit of the Matched trilogy by Kiera Cass, but I feel that this book is done much better.
The story follows a girl, Lena, who is awaiting her procedure for the cure for 'amor deliria nervosa' so she can finally be 'normal' and fit in with the rest of the world around her. But of course, knowing what always happens when a character is really wanting something, a glitch happens & she meets a boy - a boy she slowly spends more and more time with and begins to fall in love with. At first Lena is afraid of spending time with Alex, but as she does so, she realizes she wants to spend more time with him. She knows the signs of The Love Disease are in full force on her, but she feels more alive with Alex than thinking about her world with her pair after the procedure.
Twists and turns abound in this book, especially one right at the very end (literally in the last 2-3 pages) that, if I had been thinking, I would have completely anticipated, took me by surprise and kind of broke me. It hurt me that I did not have the next book to dive into (I have to wait until my next trip to the library for it).
Overall, I gave this story 4 out of 5 stars as I really enjoyed it. I found it to be faster moving in the second half, but it did have fairly good pacing throughout. The character development was wonderful, and Lauren Oliver leaves just enough of a cliff hanger at the end to leave you wanting more (which is a good thing when it's book one of a trilogy).
It reminds me a bit of the Matched trilogy by Kiera Cass, but I feel that this book is done much better.
The story follows a girl, Lena, who is awaiting her procedure for the cure for 'amor deliria nervosa' so she can finally be 'normal' and fit in with the rest of the world around her. But of course, knowing what always happens when a character is really wanting something, a glitch happens & she meets a boy - a boy she slowly spends more and more time with and begins to fall in love with. At first Lena is afraid of spending time with Alex, but as she does so, she realizes she wants to spend more time with him. She knows the signs of The Love Disease are in full force on her, but she feels more alive with Alex than thinking about her world with her pair after the procedure.
Twists and turns abound in this book, especially one right at the very end (literally in the last 2-3 pages) that, if I had been thinking, I would have completely anticipated, took me by surprise and kind of broke me. It hurt me that I did not have the next book to dive into (I have to wait until my next trip to the library for it).
Overall, I gave this story 4 out of 5 stars as I really enjoyed it. I found it to be faster moving in the second half, but it did have fairly good pacing throughout. The character development was wonderful, and Lauren Oliver leaves just enough of a cliff hanger at the end to leave you wanting more (which is a good thing when it's book one of a trilogy).