Book: Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Pages: 480
Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian
Source: Library
Short Synopsis: Lena can't wait to get her procedure done in order to get rid of the disease, love. But before Lena can get her treatment done, Lena succumbs to the disease and falls in love.
My Thoughts: Oliver creates an interesting world, one without love, as Lena, fights to discover what is right and who to believe.
Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love.
--From Goodreads
A hint of Divergent and Article 5, mixed together, Oliver creates a world where there is no love, one where a procedure must be done on citizens if they wish to continue to be in a harmonious atmosphere. Lena, an independent, determined individual struggling with her past, is wishing to get her procedure done so she can live a relatively normal life like the others and be someone her remaining family can be proud of. As Lena starts to get interviewed to see if she is ready for the procedure or not, she meets an interesting boy named Alex, and mysterious things start happening which delay's Lena's interview.
The majority of the novel centers on the relationship between Alex and Lena, as they discover secrets, dreams, and what it would be like to be an outsider.
I enjoyed getting to know both main characters Alex and Lena, as they get to know each other in a crazy government run world where love is forbidden. But there were some things that confused me however. Like, if Lena was so anxious to get her procedure done, why was she so spontaneous with her answers on the first interview she had? And she knew that sneaking out and meeting Alex time and time again would be risky. Did she no longer care at that moment what could happen if she got caught?
I wasn't a fan of Lena's friend Hana, as even though Hana was obviously having doubts about everything, she shouldn't have pressured Lena into doing things she didn't want to do. And I felt that it was a bit weird that Hana was going to these parties and Lena didn't know anything about it. Hana obviously had been going to these parties for awhile. I also wasn't too keen on the family that Lena was living with. They weren't all that caring and when Lena finally gets caught, they pretend to care to get Lena to do the right thing. Overall, it was still an interesting read, and I will most likely be reading the sequel, Pandemonium.
Would I recommend this book: Eh.
Rating: I give this book a 3.5/5.
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