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Requiem (Delirium #3)
by
Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
They have tried to squeeze us out, to stamp us into the past.
But we are still here.
And there are more of us every day.
Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center of the fight.
After rescuing Julian from a death sentence,...more
But we are still here.
And there are more of us every day.
Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has been transformed. The nascent rebellion that was under way in Pandemonium has ignited into an all-out revolution in Requiem, and Lena is at the center of the fight.
After rescuing Julian from a death sentence,...more
Hardcover, 391 pages
Published
March 5th 2013
by HarperCollins Children's Books
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~EDIT #2~ BLURB THINGY: "After rescuing Julian from a death sentence, Lena and her friends fled to the Wilds. But the Wilds are no longer a safe haven—pockets of rebellion have opened throughout the country, and the government cannot deny the existence of Invalids. Regulators now infiltrate the borderlands to stamp out the rebels, and as Lena navigates the increasingly dangerous terrain, her best friend, Hana, lives a safe, loveless life in Portland as the fiancée of the young mayor. Requiem is...more
Mar 12, 2013
Kenzie
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Shelves:
2013-aww-yisssss,
fuggin-love-triangle,
read-in-2-days-or-less,
i-want-to-feed-it-to-a-bear,
let-down,
did-not-see-that-coming,
4-in-the-morning-and-beyond,
stop-making-out-get-on-with-plot,
boring-as-balls,
high-expectations-got-disappointed,
annoying-characters,
i-should-get-an-award-for-finishing,
i-am-so-confused,
main-character-sucks,
love-interest-sucks
That was awful. Completely awful. Holy hell. What happened?
Summary of Requiem: Lena leads Julian on to make Alex jealous. That's it. That's the whole book.
Lena... what happened to you? You were bland in Delirium, had this AMAZING character growth in Pandemonium, and here? You were petty and whiny and annoying. Criminy. She asked to leave behind a burned, injured, defenseless girl who had just lost her home and family all because she was jealous that Alex talked to her. Way to be a shitty person,...more
Warning: There might be MINOR spoilers so yea, be warned :)
AFTER READING:
When Alex and Lena were doing this...
I look like this.
and then this..
I CAN'T FREAKING CONTAIN MY STUPID TANGLED EMOTIONS!!!
okay I'm calm. I.am.calm.
Julian-Lena-Alex:
Although Julian somewhat grew on me in Requiem, my heart still belongs to Alex. Frankly, Alex din't do a lot in this book. He is not as active as Julian who, though struggling, managed to adapt well in the Wilds. His natural leadership skills are amazing and he...more
AFTER READING:
When Alex and Lena were doing this...
I look like this.
and then this..
I CAN'T FREAKING CONTAIN MY STUPID TANGLED EMOTIONS!!!
okay I'm calm. I.am.calm.
Julian-Lena-Alex:
Although Julian somewhat grew on me in Requiem, my heart still belongs to Alex. Frankly, Alex din't do a lot in this book. He is not as active as Julian who, though struggling, managed to adapt well in the Wilds. His natural leadership skills are amazing and he...more
Holy shit! Delirium, by Lauren Oliver, is to become a TV Show!
The Delirium, Lauren Oliver, TV Show has it's Lena!! Lena has been cast, guys!
Click here to read 86 juicy pages of Requiem,plus an exclusive short story about ALEX!!!* (DYYING INSIDE!!)
Delirium TV Show Casting: Alex and Hana have been cast... for better or worse?
...there is another book right?
The DELIRIUM series cannot end this way, so vague and unfinished.
Disappointed doesn't begin to cover how I feel.
The beginning was slow, and the...more
The Delirium, Lauren Oliver, TV Show has it's Lena!! Lena has been cast, guys!
Click here to read 86 juicy pages of Requiem,
Delirium TV Show Casting: Alex and Hana have been cast... for better or worse?
...there is another book right?
The DELIRIUM series cannot end this way, so vague and unfinished.
Disappointed doesn't begin to cover how I feel.
The beginning was slow, and the...more
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Mar 16, 2013
Jessica (Goldenfurpro)
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
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harperteen-books,
challenge-addicted-to-ya,
read-in-2013,
book-series-that-are-over-with,
released-in-2013,
school-year-2012-2013,
sci-fi,
series-books,
dystopian-and-post-apocalyptic,
hall-of-awesome-4-stars-or-more,
pov-multiple,
takes-place-in-the-future,
the-dreaded-love-triangle,
covers-redness
After Reading:
I must say, this is probably my least favorite out of the three books.
It's not horrible (Obviously, since I gave it five stars) but it took forever for the pace to pick up, for it to get interesting.
This book is mostly about the Resistance fighting back (HOORAH!!) but they can't just barge in and fight! They must plan first! Making most of the novel planing, not fighting.
And we all now that planing is that as fun as fighting...
Of course it's not all planning!
Since, very much like...more
I must say, this is probably my least favorite out of the three books.
It's not horrible (Obviously, since I gave it five stars) but it took forever for the pace to pick up, for it to get interesting.
This book is mostly about the Resistance fighting back (HOORAH!!) but they can't just barge in and fight! They must plan first! Making most of the novel planing, not fighting.
And we all now that planing is that as fun as fighting...
Of course it's not all planning!
Since, very much like...more
Jun 27, 2012
Sabrina
marked it as to-read
OMGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!! I really don't know how to express how I feel right now! ALEX!!!!
Just when Alex finally appears in Pandemonium (I've been waiting the whole book for it to happen)... the book finishes!!!NOOO! WTH????!!Lauren really enjoys making us suffer huh? Waiting another year?? NOOOOO ...
.
Spoilers:
Julian is a really sweet kid but he just didn't grow on me as much as Alex did! I'm also disappointed in Lena because she gave up on Alex too quickly...I mean come on I know she thought he was...more
Just when Alex finally appears in Pandemonium (I've been waiting the whole book for it to happen)... the book finishes!!!NOOO! WTH????!!Lauren really enjoys making us suffer huh? Waiting another year?? NOOOOO ...
.Spoilers:
Julian is a really sweet kid but he just didn't grow on me as much as Alex did! I'm also disappointed in Lena because she gave up on Alex too quickly...I mean come on I know she thought he was...more
I have never hated a cliff hanger so much in my life.
ALEX. ALEX. ALEX. ALEX. GAHHHH. ALEX.
I'M FREAKING OUT SO BAD RIGHT NOW. I THINK I FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MAAAAAARCH.
Blah. Lena better choose Alex or I will personally find a way into the book and murder her.
I mean, yeah sure, Julian's okay, I guess, if you like THAT kind of guy. But Alex. DHAFDOSIUFJEASFDJHIE. HE ALMOST DIED FOR HER!!! And no. He was so not cured. HE WAS NOT CURED. Yeah, I would look all stony and shit if t...more
ALEX. ALEX. ALEX. ALEX. GAHHHH. ALEX.
I'M FREAKING OUT SO BAD RIGHT NOW. I THINK I FORGOT HOW TO BREATHE. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL MAAAAAARCH.
Blah. Lena better choose Alex or I will personally find a way into the book and murder her.
I mean, yeah sure, Julian's okay, I guess, if you like THAT kind of guy. But Alex. DHAFDOSIUFJEASFDJHIE. HE ALMOST DIED FOR HER!!! And no. He was so not cured. HE WAS NOT CURED. Yeah, I would look all stony and shit if t...more
5 Predictions:
1) Tack is possibly Julians brother. Julian stated that everyone was afraid of his brother and same thing with Tack. Julians brothers favorite book was Great Expectations and so is Tacks.
2) Alex was cured
3) Julian dies
4) Raven or Lena's mother dies
5) Lena goes back to Portland
After reading it.
I missed the romance and passion. It lacked feelings besides for conversations between Lena and her mother. The first two are by far on another level compared to this book, at least emotiona...more
1) Tack is possibly Julians brother. Julian stated that everyone was afraid of his brother and same thing with Tack. Julians brothers favorite book was Great Expectations and so is Tacks.
2) Alex was cured
3) Julian dies
4) Raven or Lena's mother dies
5) Lena goes back to Portland
After reading it.
I missed the romance and passion. It lacked feelings besides for conversations between Lena and her mother. The first two are by far on another level compared to this book, at least emotiona...more
Better than Pandemonium... but sadly not as good as Delirium. Excellent writing voice as always, and I understand why the ending would be somewhat inconclusive, even if it's a bit annoying.
Feb 21, 2013
Stacia ~ Mistress of Mediocrity
rated it
1 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
People who need to see how the trilogy ends
Recommended to Stacia ~ Mistress of Mediocrity by:
Buddy Read with Amanda, Joan and Rebecca
Shelves:
young-adult
For as much as I bitched about Mockingjay's epilogue, I kind of think that this book could have used one.
This will be the review of can't really say jack.
After all, how do I even talk about this book without spoilers? Warning : there are spoilers for book 2 in the comments section, so don't go there unless you've at least read up through book 2.
I can probably at least say that fans of the trilogy will want to read Requiem so they can finish out the story.
I just expected more than this and truly...more
Well, I really want this book.
Really badly. Really badly. Really badly. I don't even know how to express how much I want this book.
I want to know what happens.
And as morbid as this is, I kind of hope Julian dies, so that Lena's choice is so much easier.
Um.
Yeah.
Just, um, forget about that last part.
UPDATE: What's up with the old ladies up there? They aren't fierce or anything. Why'd I put them there??? NOW GIMME THIS BOOK ALREADY. I'VE WAITED LIKE A YEAR. JUST COME ON...GRRR GIMMEEE IT'S ALREAD...more
Really badly. Really badly. Really badly. I don't even know how to express how much I want this book.
I want to know what happens.
And as morbid as this is, I kind of hope Julian dies, so that Lena's choice is so much easier.
Um.
Yeah.
Just, um, forget about that last part.
UPDATE: What's up with the old ladies up there? They aren't fierce or anything. Why'd I put them there??? NOW GIMME THIS BOOK ALREADY. I'VE WAITED LIKE A YEAR. JUST COME ON...GRRR GIMMEEE IT'S ALREAD...more
May 23, 2012
Snickerdoodle
marked it as to-read
Minor spoiler alert.
PEOPLE.
Egads, it annoys me so much that I even use the word "egads". I've never used it before. Did I use it right?
Stop. Freaking. Rating. Books. You. Haven't. Read.
And that will be all.
EDIT: I want Lena and Alex to have a big fight and Julian to run away and die in the Wilds and Lena and Alex to get back together for good and Raven to do something karate-related and completely take out the anti-love government and everyone but Julian to live happily ever after. And for Hunte...more
PEOPLE.
Egads, it annoys me so much that I even use the word "egads". I've never used it before. Did I use it right?
Stop. Freaking. Rating. Books. You. Haven't. Read.
And that will be all.
EDIT: I want Lena and Alex to have a big fight and Julian to run away and die in the Wilds and Lena and Alex to get back together for good and Raven to do something karate-related and completely take out the anti-love government and everyone but Julian to live happily ever after. And for Hunte...more
I don't know, I don't know what to do with my life right now, all I know is that right now I can't rate/review this book. I just can't.
Two days after:
Okay, okay I'm cool. I'm cool. I think I can do this.
And as painful as it is, I'm gonna give this book 2.5 stars.
Well, this book was a major disappointment, it got nothing solved! I kinda wish this book was a joke and that this was like Part 1 of 2 of the final book as the movies are made now.
You know when you wait for like a big ending getting...more
Two days after:
Okay, okay I'm cool. I'm cool. I think I can do this.
And as painful as it is, I'm gonna give this book 2.5 stars.
Well, this book was a major disappointment, it got nothing solved! I kinda wish this book was a joke and that this was like Part 1 of 2 of the final book as the movies are made now.
You know when you wait for like a big ending getting...more
Apr 27, 2012
Ayesha
marked it as to-read
I actually really want Lena to end up with Alex. They had such chemistry. Julian would have been an okay replacement if Alex really _was_ dead, but since Alex is ALIVEEEEEE I'm hoping Lena gets on her knees and begs him to take her back. But oh my gosh, the ending of Pandemonium was awkward. I felt so bad for Alex... I mean, it's kind of like, "I freaking sacrificed my life for you, and you go and hook up with the first guy you're alone with? Tsk tsk." Ohhhh this is definitely going to be awkwar...more
After two cliffhangers and several months of waiting, the conclusion to Lauren Oliver’s Delirium trilogy could not have been more coveted. While, for the most part, it is a fairly satisfying final book, there is far too much left unresolved for it to truly be fulfilling.
Oliver is a talented writer. She has always had a quiet and impressive way with words, and that much remains true in Requiem. We now have two stories running in parallel, one from Lena’s perspective and one from Hana’s. This sli...more
Oliver is a talented writer. She has always had a quiet and impressive way with words, and that much remains true in Requiem. We now have two stories running in parallel, one from Lena’s perspective and one from Hana’s. This sli...more
************pandemonium spoiler alert ***************
This is literally the first book I read where I'm actually conflicted by the "love triangle". Normally I'm all for the main guy who's supposed to win the girl, the obvious answer but there's no obvious answer here! I love Alex, Delirium Is one of my favorite books and I was upset for days after reading the end. But she thought he was dead, she had no way of knowing. And she didn't even mean to fall in love with Julian, you can't control who yo...more
This is literally the first book I read where I'm actually conflicted by the "love triangle". Normally I'm all for the main guy who's supposed to win the girl, the obvious answer but there's no obvious answer here! I love Alex, Delirium Is one of my favorite books and I was upset for days after reading the end. But she thought he was dead, she had no way of knowing. And she didn't even mean to fall in love with Julian, you can't control who yo...more
When I finished Pandemonium . . .
OMFG I HATE LOVE TRIANGLES, someone please tell me why they exist!!! D:<
In the end when Alex came back I was just like
NOOO I like Julian with Lena . . . I feel like the only one though : (
I never really liked Alex that much, I don't really know why :p.
I like Julian though. & then when I really thought he died I was like Lena is finally happy again! But then Alex came back xO. She finally moves on - and she's happy!!!- and then BAM he's back NOOOOO.
N...more
OMFG I HATE LOVE TRIANGLES, someone please tell me why they exist!!! D:<
In the end when Alex came back I was just like
NOOO I like Julian with Lena . . . I feel like the only one though : (
I never really liked Alex that much, I don't really know why :p.
I like Julian though. & then when I really thought he died I was like Lena is finally happy again! But then Alex came back xO. She finally moves on - and she's happy!!!- and then BAM he's back NOOOOO.
N...more
3.5 stars
Well..
I'm going to start pleading my case here.
First of all, I have to admit that I find this a genuinely authentic theme for a dystopian trilogy. Some readers may consider it obscenely absurd. Idiotic. Daft. Pick one.
Not me.
It's actually very clever.
Can you honestly guarantee that with the rate things are going, something like this would be impossible to occur?
I mean, hear this humanity.
If dividing mankind into pre-determined factions to avoid social inconsistencies and emotional fal...more
Well..
I'm going to start pleading my case here.
First of all, I have to admit that I find this a genuinely authentic theme for a dystopian trilogy. Some readers may consider it obscenely absurd. Idiotic. Daft. Pick one.
Not me.
It's actually very clever.
Can you honestly guarantee that with the rate things are going, something like this would be impossible to occur?
I mean, hear this humanity.
If dividing mankind into pre-determined factions to avoid social inconsistencies and emotional fal...more
May 05, 2013
Nadia
added it
Okay, so while going on a wild goose hunt to see what the final book will be about, here are some quotes from Lauren Oliver herself that I have stumbled across, they are comprised from many different sources on the World Wide Web ;). Take what you may from the following...
Q: Have there been fans rooting for Julian and Lena?
I have, there’s a Team Julian. I think in young adult books, it’s always the first love that’s hard to beat but you know the truth is, in real life people almost always never...more
Q: Have there been fans rooting for Julian and Lena?
I have, there’s a Team Julian. I think in young adult books, it’s always the first love that’s hard to beat but you know the truth is, in real life people almost always never...more
A year?!?! Really?!?! After how the last book ended they really expect me to wait a year to find out what happens! I think I might die :(
3/5/13
Ok. Wait WTF?! That wasn't the end was it? That was probably the stupidest ending of a book ever! It was more like the start to a spin-off series or a lame ass cliff hanger for book 4. I'm so so so disappointed in Lauren Oliver. This is one of my favorite series and she just ruined it! Nothing, absolutely nothing was resolved. Love triangle? Still going s...more
3/5/13
Ok. Wait WTF?! That wasn't the end was it? That was probably the stupidest ending of a book ever! It was more like the start to a spin-off series or a lame ass cliff hanger for book 4. I'm so so so disappointed in Lauren Oliver. This is one of my favorite series and she just ruined it! Nothing, absolutely nothing was resolved. Love triangle? Still going s...more
Nov 22, 2011
Kilikina
marked it as to-read
ASDFJHLKWROIJGFNASDLIJFWOEFNOWAFNALSD I swear if Lena does not end up with Alex I will....I don't even know......
Don’t you just love it when you get to the end of a series, close that back cover, sigh contentedly, think of stars and sunshine, regret that you no longer get to spend time in that world with those characters, but feel enclosed in a shining bubble of contentment and happiness for that wonderful ending, hugging the book with joy?
Well, if that is what you’re hoping for with this book, you are in for one whopping disappointment, my friend.
Nothing and I mean a sum total of not a single thing, is a...more
Well, if that is what you’re hoping for with this book, you are in for one whopping disappointment, my friend.
Nothing and I mean a sum total of not a single thing, is a...more
I'm so angry right now, I don't even know what to say.
I can understand if an author doesn't want to tie up every loose end in a pretty bow in the last book of a series. I may not like it, but I can understand it. What I can't understand is how you can write 4oo pages of the same (boring and kind of useless) thing over and over again, and than end a series -not just one book, an entire series!- with a couple of pages of "yeah, go out and be the change you want to see in the world" crap.
I loved...more
I can understand if an author doesn't want to tie up every loose end in a pretty bow in the last book of a series. I may not like it, but I can understand it. What I can't understand is how you can write 4oo pages of the same (boring and kind of useless) thing over and over again, and than end a series -not just one book, an entire series!- with a couple of pages of "yeah, go out and be the change you want to see in the world" crap.
I loved...more
Mar 05, 2013
Shelby Petrie
is currently reading it
Spoiler alert: I have a few things to say about pandemonium: 1.) Lena couldent get the hint that Alex was still alive? I mean COME ON, the regulators didn't "kill" him in front of her so why should she assume he's dead? 2.) I HATE Julian, the number one reason: he's not Alex. I kept repeating that throughout the whole book. I knew Alex wasn't dead, that's too simple. 3.) I find Lena stupid enough to think they'd kill someone like Alex. He's part of the resistance, of course they're going to keep...more
Spoiler alert!!!!!
Did anyone else wonder about the ring of numbers around Alex's deliria remover scar? I think it said something like that when she was describing him. Omg Omg Omg.... My mind is going crazy thinking about things that might happen in the third book!! What will the new Alex be like? I mean, it's pretty obvious they did something to him, with the ring of numbers and the hard cold eyes and the 'don't believe her'. It sounded like he was gonna warn Julian away from her or something...more
Did anyone else wonder about the ring of numbers around Alex's deliria remover scar? I think it said something like that when she was describing him. Omg Omg Omg.... My mind is going crazy thinking about things that might happen in the third book!! What will the new Alex be like? I mean, it's pretty obvious they did something to him, with the ring of numbers and the hard cold eyes and the 'don't believe her'. It sounded like he was gonna warn Julian away from her or something...more
Okay, I will admit, I did not like Alex by the end of Pandamonium. And by the time that Requiem came out I eyed him like: "You better watch yourself mister."
But after finishing this I am happy with him. He has redeemed himself. Especailly "She deserved an angel, and I wanted to be that for her."
It was all that I needed from Alex. And now I can rest in peace that he cared. That he cared plenty.
Thanks Lauren for another beauty!
Merged review:
EDIT (after finished reading):
OH MY FREAKING GOD. THANK...more
But after finishing this I am happy with him. He has redeemed himself. Especailly "She deserved an angel, and I wanted to be that for her."
It was all that I needed from Alex. And now I can rest in peace that he cared. That he cared plenty.
Thanks Lauren for another beauty!
Merged review:
EDIT (after finished reading):
OH MY FREAKING GOD. THANK...more
re·qui·em - (n) A mass for the dead.
What am I supposed to make of the title? I didn't even know what I was getting myself into while reading this book. I didn't know what to think with Pandemonium's major cliffhanger. I actually didn't reread the books before starting this - but a year has been a long time. I should have reread it, but I still got the whole effect. This book was good, but not the best of them all. Can't believe the trilogy has come to an end with this.
With the cliffhanger from...more
What am I supposed to make of the title? I didn't even know what I was getting myself into while reading this book. I didn't know what to think with Pandemonium's major cliffhanger. I actually didn't reread the books before starting this - but a year has been a long time. I should have reread it, but I still got the whole effect. This book was good, but not the best of them all. Can't believe the trilogy has come to an end with this.
With the cliffhanger from...more
This book was so amazing. I could die.... I have a copy up for grabs on my blog! http://www.lindsaycummingsblog.blogsp...
I'm a bit disappointed in this book. It's not what I expected. 2 stars.
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Lauren Oliver comes from a family of writers and so has always (mistakenly) believed that spending hours in front of the computer every day, mulling over the difference between “chortling” and “chuckling,” is normal. She has always been an avid reader.
She attended the University of Chicago, where she continued to be as impractical as possible by majoring in philosophy and literature. After colleg...more
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She attended the University of Chicago, where she continued to be as impractical as possible by majoring in philosophy and literature. After colleg...more
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“And you can't love, not fully, unless you are loved in return.”
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“Take down the walls.
That is, after all, the whole point.
You do not know what will happen if you take down the walls; you cannot see through to the other side, don't know whether it will bring freedom or ruin, resolution or chaos. It might be paradise or destruction.
Take down the walls.
Otherwise you must live closely, in fear, building barricades against the unknown, saying prayers against the darkness, speaking verse of terror and tightness.
Otherwise you may never know hell; but you will not find heaven, either. You will not know fresh air and flying.
All of you, wherever you are: in your spiny cities, or your one bump towns. Find it, the hard stuff, the links of metal and chink, the fragments of stone filling you stomach.
And pull, and pull, and pull.
I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever.
Take down the walls.”
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That is, after all, the whole point.
You do not know what will happen if you take down the walls; you cannot see through to the other side, don't know whether it will bring freedom or ruin, resolution or chaos. It might be paradise or destruction.
Take down the walls.
Otherwise you must live closely, in fear, building barricades against the unknown, saying prayers against the darkness, speaking verse of terror and tightness.
Otherwise you may never know hell; but you will not find heaven, either. You will not know fresh air and flying.
All of you, wherever you are: in your spiny cities, or your one bump towns. Find it, the hard stuff, the links of metal and chink, the fragments of stone filling you stomach.
And pull, and pull, and pull.
I will make a pact with you: I will do it if you will do it, always and forever.
Take down the walls.”
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