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ericbuscemi 's review for:
Delirium
by Lauren Oliver
If you substitute "love" with "pretty", you have [a:Scott Westerfeld's|13957|Scott Westerfeld|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199748511p2/13957.jpg] [b:Uglies|24770|Uglies (Uglies, #1)|Scott Westerfeld|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358962036s/24770.jpg|2895388], which was written six years earlier. Here are some parallels -- teenage girl protagonist, government mandated surgery approaching for the protagonist, rebellious teenage girl friend/side-kick, mysterious outsider boy/love interest, walled-in society with rebels living in the outlying areas, the protagonist escaping to the outlying area, . So not only didn't I like this, I also can't escape the feeling that it was not in the least bit original. Boo. Hiss.
As for specifics -- the story moves way too slow, the character endlessly repeats herself, a lot of what happens is sadly predictable, and it ends on a cliffhanger. As much as I am mildly curious where the author wanted to take this, there is no way I am reading two more 400+ page installments to find out. I might read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia -- maybe.
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surgery is actually a partial lobotomy in disguiseAs for specifics -- the story moves way too slow, the character endlessly repeats herself, a lot of what happens is sadly predictable, and it ends on a cliffhanger. As much as I am mildly curious where the author wanted to take this, there is no way I am reading two more 400+ page installments to find out. I might read the plot synopsis on Wikipedia -- maybe.