Delirium (Delirium, #1) in Once Upon a Twilight blog

Dec 23, 2011 Christy (TheReaderBee) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-dystopia, ya-series, read-in-2012, young-adult-fiction, favorites

Imagine living in a world where Love is a disease called Deliria. Imagine having a procedure that will cure before the Deliria take control of you. Imagine not being able to love, at all. That is the world that Lauren Oliver has created in her fascinating book, Delirium.

In the beginning of the book we meet Lena, who is a very headstrong young lady. Life definitely has not been easy for Lena. She has believed all her life that love is something to be terrified of, and that it can kill you if you ...more

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May 02, 2011 Kaitlyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I think I can pretty much say that I adore Lauren Oliver’s writing. First, Before I Fall and now Delirium. I need to read the sequel like yesterday. To me, Oliver has a very poetic style of writing. I don’t know if that’s the right word, but it flows so well and it is somewhat elegant. Plus, both of her books that I have read were emotionally heavy. They sat with me for a very long time.

I also enjoy that Oliver really tries to have all of her characters have flaws. It can get kind of tiring read ...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Len rated it it was amazing

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The society in Delirium have taken the song, "Crazy little thing called Love" quite literally, and they have named it a disease to be eradicated. Now called, Deliria, everyone in the society is to undergo the treatment so you'll never have to be inflicted with the disease. And afterwards, everything will be fine - no pain, promised happiness, and controlled life.

Lena lost her mother to deliria and spent her life abiding the rules and looking forward to a life as promised by th ...more

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Jan 09, 2011 Christin (Portrait of a Book) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, btc-review, dystopian, 100in2011

Alright, regulators, come and lock me up: I LOVED this book. Once again, this is a book where all the hype is definitely well-deserved.

Lena dreams of the day when she will be able to be cured from the amor deliria nervosa, when she will hopefully, finally be free of the whispers surrounding her family and her mother's death. She has prepared endlessly for her evaluation, hoping that she will receive a good score and therefore a good pairing. But something happens on the day of her evaluation tha ...more

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Jun 24, 2011 Florentine rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult

lena tinggal di portland, US, disuatu dunia dimana "love is desease" .. "love" membawa bencana, membuat orang menderita dll.. setiap anak yang beranjak dewasa harus mengikuti prosedur pemerintah, dan tepat diumur 17, harus di cured, yang berarti no feeling. pada saat itu juga, akan ditentukan siapa nanti dia akan menikah. semua diatur oleh pemerintah dengan dasar untuk perdamaian.. no pain!!

Lena yang awalnya tetap berteguh kalo "cured" adalah kebaikan and "love" is desease, bertemu dengan Alex ( ...more

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Jan 07, 2011 Kimberly rated it it was amazing

During evaluations Hana: Lena's best friend expresses some unusual symptoms that concern Lena but given the circumstances she overlooks the odd behavior. During a disturbance that halts the evaluations Lena notices a boy who seems to intrigue her. Out on a run a few days later Lena meets the mysterious boy again, this time she learns that his name is Alex, a cured 19 year old part time security guard trying to put his self through college and that she too has peaked his interest, so much so tha During evaluations Hana: Lena's best friend expresses some unusual symptoms that concern Lena but given the circumstances she overlooks the odd behavior. During a disturbance that halts the evaluations Lena notices a boy who seems to intrigue her. Out on a run a few days later Lena meets the mysterious boy again, this time she learns that his name is Alex, a cured 19 year old part time security guard trying to put his self through college and that she too has peaked his interest, so much so that he nonchalantly invites her to meet him at sunset. Over come with these new emotions Lena lies to her aunt and rushes off to meet Alex who has stood her up.
Putting the boy behind her Lena moves forward counting down the days till she becomes cured.
Having finally graduated from school another summer is now in full swing this will prove to be the most unforgettable summer ever. Hana begins acting out, doing things that are against the law. When Hana decides to go out after curfew on the fourth of July Lena takes it upon herself to do the same so that she may talk some sense into her friend, it is at this gathering that Lena meets Alex yet again, this is the night that will trigger a chain of events for Lena.
Lena soon learns that Alex has lied to her so she puts some much needed distance between them, she spends time focusing on her work family and her new evaluations. When the results come in she knows the life path that has been chosen for her. Just seven weeks till she is CURED!!! less than two months till she is safe from danger.
A chance encounter changes Lena's perspective on life and the rules she has grown to survive under. Will she become just another statistic or will she succumb to the deliria. A question that can only be answered by loosing yourself in this book.
I have only recently stepped out of my reading comfort zone and started exploring other forms of characterization this will easily be listed as one of my top 10 non paranormal reads. I say non paranormal because to me the idea of this book is something I can imagine being real, people in the world being treated like puppets at the hands of a controlling government. ...more

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Jan 19, 2011 Tevya rated it it was amazing

*Note: I knew nothing about this book when I began reading it and I strongly believe that I had the best reading experience because of that. I experienced everything with full shock value, and that kept my mind reeling. So, if you know nothing about Delirium, stop now. Do not read this review. Do not read any reviews or summaries of the book. Simply go out and buy this book as soon as it hits the book store shelf, and dive in. Trust me, you will not be disappointed! This is a definite MUST READ, *Note: I knew nothing about this book when I began reading it and I strongly believe that I had the best reading experience because of that. I experienced everything with full shock value, and that kept my mind reeling. So, if you know nothing about Delirium, stop now. Do not read this review. Do not read any reviews or summaries of the book. Simply go out and buy this book as soon as it hits the book store shelf, and dive in. Trust me, you will not be disappointed! This is a definite MUST READ, but while there are no spoilers in this review, the experience is so much richer if you go in blind. Then come back to me…and let’s talk about it! Yes, you will most surely want to talk when you finish this book. It will be a burning desire to share your thoughts. I’ll be here, and I can’t wait to hear what you think of Delirium!

If you’re still reading, then I assume that you already know what Delirium is about or you have already read it…or you are just too stubborn to take my advice. So here we go….

From John Lennon, “Imagine there's no countries/ It isn't hard to do/ Nothing to kill or die for/ And no religion too/ Imagine all the people/ Living life in peace...” Now, imagine that in order to attain this state of world peace that John Lennon imagined…we had to develop, and embrace, a cure for love. Would it be worth the trade? This is the world that Lauren Oliver presents us with in Delirium. We are presented with a world of peace. Scientists have developed a cure for the most deadly of diseases, the disease that causes violence, and war; the disease that makes people unhappy and eventually kills us all….love. In this world, the government protects the people by segregating boys and girls as much as possible until they are able to receive the cure at the age of 18. Teens must take tests in order to determine their future careers, and are put through a rigorous interview process in order to lay out a path for the rest of their lives, including a suitable match and a family plan. The government has even re-worked modern religion and science together into a new religion that details the horrors of the disease and why such government care is needed. This is a peaceful world. Everyone is happy. The instances of the cure not working are rare, and the government’s efforts to protect the people are appreciated and accepted, and even praised… in most cases.

This is the world that Lena is born into. When we meet Lena, she is looking forward to the cure. She doesn’t question the teachings of the Book of Shhh, and she is anxious to get through her interviews and receive her list of potential matches and her life’s plan. But on the day of her interview, she stumbles. She slips in her rehearsed answers. Luckily, chaos breaks out disrupting the interview process and Lena is granted another chance. Unfortunately for Lena, that second chance also opens her up to a world that she never knew existed. She meets Alex and things start to change. She discovers that the world she has grown up in, the world she believes in, may not be the world that she wants to remain in. What happens to the people who fall in love, the people that the cure does not work for? Is this world worth the loss of love? Once Lena has experienced love, will she be willing to accept the cure and lose Alex forever?

Lauren Oliver does such a beautiful job of creating this world that as a reader, I was drawn in immediately. I was shocked and appalled by the writings of the Book of Shhh and the utter control of the government. The hopeless romantic in me balked at the idea of a world void of love. And yet I could not turn away from Lena. Lena is such a believable character. She is easy to identify with, and impossible to forget. I became Lena while I was reading. I felt everything she was feeling. I fell for Alex just as hard as Lena did, and the thought of Lena going in for her cure broke my heart. I could not get enough of this story. I was completely and totally wrapped up in this world emotionally, and the twist at the end left me reeling. The last book (series, actually) I read that I could not get out of my mind like this were The Hunger Games books. These characters stayed with me, my mind refusing to leave the story. Like The Hunger Games, I had to question so many things about life, and love, and loss. The need to talk to someone about what I read was immense. I literally could not step away from Delirium. I cannot wait for this book to be released so I can finally discuss it in depth! Although Delirium is the first book in a trilogy (which is a huge plus for me as I am sort of a series addict), it is definitely strong enough to stand alone. Delirium is, without a doubt, a 5 star “Couldn’t put it down!” book for me. ...more

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Mar 08, 2011 Ange (Our Epic TBR List) Schmelzer rated it really liked it

Lena lives in a possible future world of exactly zero love. The entire nation has already done away with the disease of amor deliria nervosa a generation before and now the cure is the standard at 18. An entire existence of people without emtions and in exactly 95 days Lena will be safe from the infection; she can't wait! "The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well.-Proverbs 42, The Book of Shhh."

How can a book be so blah and then EXPLODE into action in the last 1/3 ...more

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