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mercequedes 's review for:
Delirium
by Lauren Oliver
3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
I chose 4 stars because I was thoroughly engaged the entire time. It's a fun, edge-of-your-seat read. However, I'd say the world building was weaker than I'd have expected, and I would have liked to see a more political approach to this dystopia (which I'm hoping will be addressed in the next two books). It came out when I was a tween and definitely would have loved it then, so I'll round the score up.
Also, I tried listening to the audiobook and did about 10 minutes before I had to just return it. The narrator's voice fit in really well as a 17 year old girl. That being said, I just couldn't listen to the voice of a 17 year old girl for 8 hours.
Another issue I had (maybe gentle spoilers) was that this dystopia just didn't seem to make sense. I don't think a rationing of gasoline is the way the future would operate, for example. I'd have expected to see a more robust electrical grid in that case with public transit. It was weird to see a US that was several decades in the future, yet the only advancements society has made was focused around curing a "disease". I'm sure we will find out more about it in the next books, but since the readers know that curing love won't cure heart disease and diabetes, it would be important to see that scientists have cured those separately and just attribute it to the Cure. (Coca Cola still exists)
On top of that, I would have loved to know how LGBT+ is handled in this world. If love needs to be cured, what do they think about non-traditional love? It would be so cool to have that be explored. Again, maybe in the coming books.
I chose 4 stars because I was thoroughly engaged the entire time. It's a fun, edge-of-your-seat read. However, I'd say the world building was weaker than I'd have expected, and I would have liked to see a more political approach to this dystopia (which I'm hoping will be addressed in the next two books). It came out when I was a tween and definitely would have loved it then, so I'll round the score up.
Also, I tried listening to the audiobook and did about 10 minutes before I had to just return it. The narrator's voice fit in really well as a 17 year old girl. That being said, I just couldn't listen to the voice of a 17 year old girl for 8 hours.
Another issue I had (maybe gentle spoilers) was that this dystopia just didn't seem to make sense. I don't think a rationing of gasoline is the way the future would operate, for example. I'd have expected to see a more robust electrical grid in that case with public transit. It was weird to see a US that was several decades in the future, yet the only advancements society has made was focused around curing a "disease". I'm sure we will find out more about it in the next books, but since the readers know that curing love won't cure heart disease and diabetes, it would be important to see that scientists have cured those separately and just attribute it to the Cure. (Coca Cola still exists)
On top of that, I would have loved to know how LGBT+ is handled in this world. If love needs to be cured, what do they think about non-traditional love? It would be so cool to have that be explored. Again, maybe in the coming books.