ByMarlida

After I read Hana, I started on Pandemonium the same night. Now this has been my favorite book of the trilogy so far because it’s so much more action filled and it’s got me sitting on the tip of my toes reading. Which is what I really love about reading books. That anxiety and that feeling of being scared to what’s going to happen next.

Pandemonium goes kind of deeper into the wild, who’s there, how does Lena start building her life there? What is she doing? And the thing I love about this book is the way Lauren Oliver actually writes this book in “now” and “then” instead of putting it into chapters.

The “Now” and “Then” building makes me keep reading even though I should have been in bed two hours ago. It’s really exciting, and the way Lena transforms in this book is mandatory for the rest of the series (or at least that’s what I think). The exciting part is also that there are some new characters introduced, characters that are also kind of important for Lena’s life and how it’s going to be, in the “end”.

Now, this book also introduces us to more of the society, the DFA, which is the disease control people who believe in a disease free America. Now, when Lena’s life dramatically transforms in Delirium at the end, this book kind of swoops us over for her new love-interest, who’s kind of a big deal. It also takes us into the world of Delirium, outside Portland and where Lena was brought up, and into this whole new place of people.

★★★★☆ because this book is more what I would like the whole trilogy to be, more exciting and action filled. It shows us that Lauren Oliver can do better, and I think that this books shows exactly who she could be as a writer.

Delirium is one of those rare trilogies that you find kind of randomly through friends or social medias. I had no idea that this trilogy even existed before Goodreads recommended it to me - so I had to check it out. Bought the whole trilogy with its short stories and I started with Annabel, went on with Delirium - and I was hooked.

Delirium is about Lena, who’s going to be cured for the deliria in ninety-five days. She can’t wait for the cure, because she’s constantly scared to catch the deliria.

Just to make everything clear, the deliria is love. When you fall in love with someone, you have the deliria.

First of all, I’m a dystopia fan, and the Delirium trilogy is amazing. The way Lauren Oliver writes, describing everything that happens, the way things smell and look like. I also love the characters, and I seriously fell in love with Lena and Hana. The thing that makes this different from everything I’ve read before is the way the characters develop in directions that I didn’t suspect at all. And when I finished this book I couldn’t help thinking; what about the others? What happens to them? So I’m hoping we get to see them again later.

I think that the Delirium trilogy fits everyone who loves dystopia, but also people who love a good love-story. I’m placing it on my shelf right next to The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner - and I’m definitely going to buy these books so that I can read them whenever I want in the future.

★★★☆☆

I know that I was probably not supposed to read Annabel before Delirium, but I just wanted to start with the short story before starting the trilogy. So, because it's just a short story, there's not much to tell - but I wanted to share what I felt while reading it.

First of all, the language Lauren Oliver uses in this short story is really good, I like the way she uses different comparisons to connect one meaning to another. I also like the way she goes from "now" and "then." It gets more exciting, and obviously it makes me want to read whatever's happening next. I felt like I got to know Annabel before I got to know Lena, the main character in the Delirium trilogy.

I also like the fact that I got to know more about Lena's mother and father for that sake before it all started in Delirium. I also think that because of the fact that I read "Annabel" before starting Delirium, the whole mystery around Lena's mother was kind of "gone" and therefore, maybe a little more boring?

Anyways, I liked it, and I read it in about 50 minutes, so it's a short story.

★★★☆☆