Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Genre: YA, Dystopian
Source: Library
Rating: 5/5
Source: Library
Rating: 5/5
Summary: Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt. I want to get it over with.It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid, while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you when you have it and when you don't.
Review: I absolutely loved Delirium! From the first chapter all the way to the final word. Lauren Oliver writes beautifully, at some points in the book I wanted to put the book down because it was so sad. Of course I didn't, her words pull you in. So I basically inhaled this wonderful book.
In the future love is a disease, amor deliria nervosa. Everyone over 18 is cured, except for the Invalids who refuse, who live in the wilds. Imagine if we lived in a world like this, no love, no emotion really. Not even laughter. I think a great book would be of how love became a disease, but maybe that's just me.
Lena Holoway narrates the book, she starts becoming braver, questioning the cure, and starts falling in love with the boy with hair like autumn leaves. Olivers writing seems so effortless as Lena and Alex's relationship grows, as her and Hana's flips and flops. Just beautiful. Before I fall was amazing, but Delirium is so much better. You feel all the emotions, picture that world vividly in your mind. The words beg to be read, I couldn't put it down. Delirium really makes you think about love. Makes you realize that the world takes it for granted, just some word to throw around. You really see that is has a meaning, and that without it life would be dull.
So there's all this beautiful writing and you're super engrossed in the story and the characters then bam! Breathtaking, cliffhanger ending. So we have to wait until Pandemonium, book 2 in the Delirium series comes out.
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