Review: Delirium

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 1 of 5 stars



I made it through 6 CDs before I finally gave up on this book. At that point I thought, "I can't take another 4 CDs of this!" and gave myself permission to quit.

This story is so, so, so long. Here's the deal. Society has deemed love a disease and now performs partial lobotomies on every citizen when they become an adult. Before that, they are kept segregated (which means that only heterosexual love is an issue?) and given only obligatory gestures of love at home. Main girl had a mom that had multiple lobotomies but they never took. Can't explain that as removed brain tissue is removed brain tissue but whatever. Said girl has rebellious friend who helps her meet a boy. Of course. Because what else would happen in such a world? Excitement and drama follow. Oh wait...no, they don't. If they do, they happen in the final 4 CDs because the first six can be summed up by the few sentences written above.

Terrible book. And the thought that it's part of a series (let me guess...another dystopian trilogy??) makes me shudder. Three books like this?!



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