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Delirium (Delirium, #1)

Lauren Oliver

Start date: February 14, 2011

Finish date: March 5, 2011

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Jun 04, 2012 Lani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I made the mistake of picking this up at about 10.30 last night, about 60% read, and then couldnt put it down until i
finished, well after midnight. The minute i finished i jumped on goodreads and updated my status with "OMFG, nooooooooooooo!
you cant end a book like that! Thankgod i didnt read this book before the sequel came out". Yep. The ending was that good
and that shocking.

In Delirium, we follow the story of Lena, a 17 year old girl. She lives in a world where people fear love and believe ...more

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Mar 08, 2012 Holly Hood rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed this book. The writing for me was kind of slow and filled with lots of details, but it was a good story even so. I loved the ending and I would read the second one for sure to find out what happened.
I think the idea of a different time where people are being vaccinated so they don't fall in love is genius. And this story keeps you reading because you want to see if love can win out.
I think this book did what it needed to do for me, its just a writing style that for me takes some gettin ...more

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Jul 03, 2014 Violeta Nedkova rated it liked it · review of another edition

Interesting concept but a lot of teen inner monologue. Had to skim.

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Jan 01, 2012 Everly Anders rated it liked it

I really liked the concept but it just took to long to get there. There was way to much explanation and I knew where it was going right away so I just wanted to rush forward. I felt like the book could have been half as long.

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