Author: Lauren Oliver
Release Date: February 1, 2011
My Rating: 4/5
Synopsis: “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.”
So I busted out of my serious reading rut a few weeks ago. Thanks to Delirium or timing. Now, it is time to bust out of the blogging rut.
This was a solid dystopian that really made me think. Imagine being told to believe that love is a disease, something that should be fought and cured. It is so different from what we think in our world that is hard to imagine, but Delirium shows the complexities of the idea beautifully. It is a confusing idea to wrap your head around, knowing that it isn’t true, but what if you had been brainwashed your entire life to believe that love is bad and the root of all evil? You’d probably have a tough time challenging it. That is what Lena is faced with.
This is a beautifully written story, which sets the next in the series up nicely, so I am very excited to get my hands on Pandemonium.
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