#PANDEMONIUM LAUREN OLIVER BOOK REVIEW SERIES#

Their affects are essentially neutralized. In Delirium, all citizens upon turning age 18 submit to a “cure” by the government lest they fall victim to the “disease” of passion. I was hung up on the idea that it was absurd to outlaw “love” without seeing the larger picture of love as just one aspect of passion, which would impact society’s ability to control its citizens.ĭelirium is the story told by Lena Haloway, age 17, of what happened when she met a boy, Alex. I would even go so far as to say I didn’t understand Delirium correctly the first time I read it. Or perhaps I should say, after reading a gazillion other dystopias in the interim, I appreciated it much better.

Since Pandemonium (book two) is a sequel to Delirium (book one), I reread the latter before starting on Pandemonium, and I have to say, I liked it much better the second time. There are few sexual/romantic references.Note: There are necessarily spoilers for Delirium in this review, but no significant disclosures for Pandemonium

Rated: Moderate, for two uses of strong language, other mild and moderate language, and some violence. Oliver won’t be able to write the next book fast enough for fans of this thrilling series. Pandemonium is even more action-packed than Delirium, and it ends on some big cliffhangers. What will happen when the two very different young people are freed? But after days of being held prisoner with only Julian as company, Lena is surprised - and confused - to find herself attracted to someone other than Alex. But the danger isn’t behind her she is kidnapped by the reckless Scavengers, along with a young man whose father is the head of DFA. Throughout the book, Lena’s story alternates between that time that she first landed in the Wilds and the present, after she’s been given a new identity and placed in New York City, where she is tasked with attending the meetings of the “Deliria-Free America” group and finding out what they’re doing. She becomes a part of the resistance, after trying to regain her health and adjust to survival in the harsh settlements of the Wilds. In Pandemonium, Lena has to start afresh, even as her heart breaks over Alex.

#PANDEMONIUM LAUREN OLIVER BOOK REVIEW SERIES#

At the end of Delirium, the first book in Lauren Oliver’s compelling dystopian series about a near future in which love is a disease and can be cured with a routine (and mandatory) brain surgery, Lena finds herself in the Wilds, an outcast from society like Alex, who “infected” her with the “deliria.” Worst of all, she has to leave Alex behind, and it is certain he is now dead.

Pandemonium lauren oliver book review