Title: Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Year: 2011
Genre: Science Fiction
Age: Middle school and up
Summary: Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love. (summary from Follett Titlewave)
Review: I loved this book so much, I need a cure! Really, though, this book was wonderful. I enjoyed the concept-love as a disease- and the execution. Especially interesting (in how uninteresting they are) are the ‘cured’ characters, adults who have no real emotion. They are just kind of empty presences who shuffle through their days. Lena’s romance and friendships are wonderfully written. The love story particularly grows realistically throughout the book. The plot twists nicely in places, zigging when you think it will zag. The ending is heart-stopping and gives the sequel (out next year) a lot of room to move.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants big, starcrossed romance with a twist
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