![]() What is this? Helen of Troy and the Trojan War? I also don’t know what’s stopping another country from invading this one. What left me extremely confused was how love was supposed to be blamed for war. Did all the butthurt, divorced, unhappy catladies bond together wreck havoc “If I can’t have it, nobody can!” style?įor a society where love was taboo, the society using the term very loosely and frequently: “I love children”, “I love Examination Day,” etc. More importantly, how did it come to be anyway. Many ideas felt very sketchy and it was the main reason this book didn’t work for me. How Does This Love-less Society Even Function? (World-building): And even after 440 pages, why do I still feel like nothing much happened? I found myself trying to find excuses to get out of reading Delirium, and I’m proud of myself for finally finishing it–after a week. The flowery prose was just a bit too much for me, making me grow tired of this book after the first fifty pages. Delirium was like taking a long stroll in the park, where even the tiniest ant gets a page of description. The imagery–stunning, the similies–lovely, the idea–fascinating, but the pace was just incredibly languid. I should’ve played Rihanna’s “We Found Love” while reading this: “we found love in a hopeless place~” I needed more depth in the world, and the society to make me believe Lena’s world–because right now I think he dystopian society is just background information to build tension for the Lena’s love story. Delirium is really a love story more so than a dystopian novel. However, the story it was just so unbelievably predictable where everything was all rainbows and butterflies…until maybe the last twenty pages or so. I liked the idea of a society where love is a disease it made me contemplate the purpose of this society and if the people are still human if they have no love. However, I know why so many people love this book: the prose is absolutely beautiful. I found it much like The Uglies series with the whole “cure” thing, but with less action and more lovey-dovey stuff. I suspect I went in with high expectations and left with disappointment when the book didn’t deliver. It appears I am in the minority that didn’t fall head over heels for this book. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.īut with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. ![]() ![]() They didn’t understand that once love - the deliria - blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing.
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