Delirium (Delirium #1)
...And Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.And why is that? Evaluator Three asks.Its beautiful.Beautiful? Evaluator One wrinkles her nose.Theres a zinging, frigid tension in the air, and I realize Ive made a big, big mistake.Thats an interesting word to use. Very interesting. Perhaps you find suffering beautiful? Perhaps you enjoy violence?I just mean... theres something so sad about it... Im struggling, floundering, feeling like Im drowning now, in the white light and the roaring.
So a day before the release of Pandemonium, I finally get around to reading Delirium. And after that devastating ending, my relief knows no bounds. I don't know how you all survived the past year without raiding Oliver's home and/or holding her publisher at gunpoint for an ARC, but I'm so glad I don't have to prove my non-existent patience with this one, because frankly, I about died reading that last chapter. Honestly, I hated Lena for most of the book. She's so damn weak and I couldn't help
I really wanted to love this book. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, but it just didn't add up to the hype I thought it would. I would say I give it more of 3 1/2 stars. Delirium is about a girl name Lena who lives in a future where love is considered a disease. At 18 everyone under goes surgery to remove the ability to love. However, a few months before her surgery and birthday, she meets Alex and falls in love. Obviously, this complicates things. To be honest, it was difficult to place myself
2.5 - 3"I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever."Earlier this year, I fell in love with Lauren Oliver's debut, Before I Fall. So understandably, I was very excited to hear about her next book, Delirium. A dystopian world where love is a disease, written by the clearly very talented Oliver? Yeah, I can get behind that. I settled in to wait the long, cruel months until the February release date, when I got a surprise package in the
December 2011 review:I adored Delirium when I first read and reviewed it, which was back in February. I had limited experience with dystopia, only having read Matched, The Hunger Games, and Uglies, but Delirium made it one of favourite genres. Ive come across many young dystopian novels since then, and having re-read Delirium, I can safely say that it is still one of my favourites and one of the best books Ive read this year.Although Delirium is a dystopian novel, it is first and foremost a love
Review was originally published on my blog Through the ChaptersWhat if we had to live in an alternative universe? What if this universe would be the same but not exactly equivalent to ours? What if it would be illegal to feel anything? What if love would be considered as a mortal sin? What if we had to spend almost all our lives not as human beings but something in between, since everything that breathes into us humanity would not exist at all? What if? What if?Is it even possible to be deprived
Lauren Oliver
Paperback | Pages: 441 pages Rating: 3.98 | 404588 Users | 25975 Reviews
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Title | : | Delirium (Delirium #1) |
Author | : | Lauren Oliver |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 441 pages |
Published | : | February 7th 2012 by HarperCollins (first published February 3rd 2011) |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Short Stories. Fiction. Horror |
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There is an alternate cover edition for this ISBN13 here. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the "Wilds" who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love?Point Books During Delirium (Delirium #1)
Original Title: | Delirium |
ISBN: | 0061726834 (ISBN13: 9780061726835) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Delirium #1 |
Characters: | Hana Tate, Magdalena "Lena" Ella Haloway-Tiddle, Alex Sheathes, Carol Tiddle, Grace Tiddle |
Setting: | Portland, Maine(United States) |
Literary Awards: | Buxtehuder Bulle (2011), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2013), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction and for Favorite Book and for Goodreads Author (2011), Missouri Gateway Readers Award Nominee (2014) |
Rating Out Of Books Delirium (Delirium #1)
Ratings: 3.98 From 404588 Users | 25975 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books Delirium (Delirium #1)
A read for The Quarterly Book Clubs 2016 Series Reread Challenge I love you. Remember. They cannot take it.Lauren Olivers Delirium has once again astounded me. It is one of my best-loved dystopia series since I first read it. All the feelings that overwhelmed me before came rushing back, enveloping me in an embrace that reminds me of the beauty of a night sky, captivating with the speckling of stars.Lena Haloway grew up looking forward to the day that she will be cured. She believed that...And Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.And why is that? Evaluator Three asks.Its beautiful.Beautiful? Evaluator One wrinkles her nose.Theres a zinging, frigid tension in the air, and I realize Ive made a big, big mistake.Thats an interesting word to use. Very interesting. Perhaps you find suffering beautiful? Perhaps you enjoy violence?I just mean... theres something so sad about it... Im struggling, floundering, feeling like Im drowning now, in the white light and the roaring.
So a day before the release of Pandemonium, I finally get around to reading Delirium. And after that devastating ending, my relief knows no bounds. I don't know how you all survived the past year without raiding Oliver's home and/or holding her publisher at gunpoint for an ARC, but I'm so glad I don't have to prove my non-existent patience with this one, because frankly, I about died reading that last chapter. Honestly, I hated Lena for most of the book. She's so damn weak and I couldn't help
I really wanted to love this book. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, but it just didn't add up to the hype I thought it would. I would say I give it more of 3 1/2 stars. Delirium is about a girl name Lena who lives in a future where love is considered a disease. At 18 everyone under goes surgery to remove the ability to love. However, a few months before her surgery and birthday, she meets Alex and falls in love. Obviously, this complicates things. To be honest, it was difficult to place myself
2.5 - 3"I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever."Earlier this year, I fell in love with Lauren Oliver's debut, Before I Fall. So understandably, I was very excited to hear about her next book, Delirium. A dystopian world where love is a disease, written by the clearly very talented Oliver? Yeah, I can get behind that. I settled in to wait the long, cruel months until the February release date, when I got a surprise package in the
December 2011 review:I adored Delirium when I first read and reviewed it, which was back in February. I had limited experience with dystopia, only having read Matched, The Hunger Games, and Uglies, but Delirium made it one of favourite genres. Ive come across many young dystopian novels since then, and having re-read Delirium, I can safely say that it is still one of my favourites and one of the best books Ive read this year.Although Delirium is a dystopian novel, it is first and foremost a love
Review was originally published on my blog Through the ChaptersWhat if we had to live in an alternative universe? What if this universe would be the same but not exactly equivalent to ours? What if it would be illegal to feel anything? What if love would be considered as a mortal sin? What if we had to spend almost all our lives not as human beings but something in between, since everything that breathes into us humanity would not exist at all? What if? What if?Is it even possible to be deprived
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