Itemize Books In Pursuance Of 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) |
Lauren Oliver
Paperback | Pages: 441 pages Rating: 3.98 | 404588 Users | 25975 Reviews
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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?
Define Of Books Delirium (Delirium #1)
| 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 |
Rating Of Books Delirium (Delirium #1)
Ratings: 3.98 From 404588 Users | 25975 ReviewsRate Of Books Delirium (Delirium #1)
FAR OUT. Did it really have to end like that....? 😢Such a clever idea though!! Really good read but oh my...I need a minute.He who leaps for the sky may fall, it's true. But he may also fly.A girl and a boy in a world where love is a sickness that can be cured.Set in a dystopian Portland, Maine, the novel tells the story of Lena, 17, just before she receives a life-altering operation, that will forever take her feelings away.I know I'm late. Like, really late. So many people have already read this and given an overall very good rating.While I love the idea and creativity behing the story, I had some issues reading
Lets all gather round and pretend that Lauren Oliver is a surgeon. A highly skilled, kick-ass champion of a surgeon.Now, let's assume that Delirium is the patient. And if these statements are true, then the characters are the amoebas that are aggressively attacking the patient and the plot is the brain tumour that will bring it to its tragic end.Because let's be honest, this book was a bad idea.It would be as if I woke up tomorrow and decided it was a terrific stroke of genius to wear my purple
Around page 30(ish) there is a line in the book that I really could not get past and I nearly put the book down because of it. His eyes are literally dancing with light, burning as though on fire. This is what I pictured:I am positive that eyeballs (literally) doing a cha-cha with light bulbs is not is not what Oliver meant to portray. I am also pretty sure, given the context, that this statement was not intended as hyperbole. Now see here, I am normally not a grammar stickler, but this lapse in
Yet another example of why I hate dystopia. Same old, same old.
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
2 / 5Dystopian fiction, particularly the young adult kind, is plummeting downhill at 100 mile-an-hour.
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