For the entire review experience: Read the first two posts for Delirium, Initial Impressions, and First 100 Pages Review
Book: Delirium by Lauren Oliver - 2011My copy of delirium is the special edition, which contains a Q+A from the author, and an excerpt from the sequel.
Final Review: I would definitely say I enjoyed Delirium. Many of the things I would like to say in this review though, I can't, for fear of spoiling the book, therefore I have them jotted down in notes meant for when I do my initial impressions of the sequel. Delirium was a fun take on the saturation of romance and distopian literature in the YA market. In Delirium, love is the enemy, a disease meant to be cured. The book starts slow, not to say it is a slow read, just that it takes awhile for the book to take off into the main story. Oliver's writing however, is wonderful. She could probably write stereo installation instructions and it would be an easy and enjoyable read about nothing. The book flows, and even slow readers will have an easy time reading this book quickly.
I was incredibly taken on the idea of 'love is a disease' amor deliria nervosa as it is called by the characters in the book. As I stated in my first two posts this was what initially drew me into the book. Our main character, and narrator for the story Lena; starts out excited and ready for the cure. Part-way into the book though, she meets a guy, and of course, falls in love. I was originally rolling my eyes because I knew it was going to happen, but it wasn't the worst 'OMG true love at first sight' scenario that I was expecting. The romance seemed more a plot point, to get Lena to where she needs to be for the second book. I'm not going to lie, this book could have possibly been cut in half and still carried as much as it did, but as it flowed so well it wasn't too much of a problem.
As I said before, there is a lot I want to say, but I'm worried about spoiling it. The book was well written and interesting. Overall a good start to what I hope will be an exciting adventure starting in the next book. Pick it up, it's worth a read, and I am incredibly excited about the sequel coming out. I have incredibly high hopes for the next one, and the preview for Pandemonium (coming out March next year) will contain all the spoilers and things I wanted to talk about during this review. I REFUSE TO SPOIL AWESOME THINGS YOU NEED TO READ!
Overall: I'd give Delirium an 8/10, solid start to hopefully an interesting series.
I give my anticipation for book 2, Pandemonium a 10/10.
Go read it too!
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