Book Details
Author: Lauren
Oliver
File Size: 340455 KB
Publisher: HarperCollins
ebooks (February 28, 2012)
Summary:
I’m
pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.
Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying
follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Delirium. This riveting,
brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance,
and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.
Review:
Rating: 4/5
It would be somehow
safe to say that Pandemonium is the
most awaited dystopian YA book this year just as Delirium was the favorite book of the previous year.
For a person who isn’t
into dystopian novels – I caught amor
deliria nervosa. It was one of my favorite books in 2011 and it took me a
lot of patience to wait for Pandemonium.
And I was so glad it didn’t fall into the 1st book syndrome.
Pandemonium starts the moment
Lena was on the other side of the fence, yes right after Delirium ends. She is
on her own and is running for hours to save herself. This book brings us to a different
world, introduces us to new characters and to a stronger and more courageous
Lena whose completely opposite of the old Lena we knew in Delirium. The new
characters are okay, they were almost real people but I miss the old characters
from Delirium.
If the first book is
light and romantic, this one is filled with adventures and action-packed sequence
that will leave you breathless.
The story went back
and forth between the “then” – when Lena was in the wilds and the “now” when
she serves as an undercover for the resistance movement. Perhaps the only
problem in this is the fact that I could not remember when the “then” and “now”
connected.
And then there’s
Julian. Although he’s likable, he’s a walking cliché (he’s the enemy, the
epitome of perfection), and I am still on Team Alex on this.
Pandemonium is worth the wait.
If the death of Alex broke my heart in the end of Delirium, the surprising end
of this book had my heart thumping so hard I could hardly breathe. Yes, every
review you read about how amazing the ending is would make you want to take a
peek – but please don’t. It would ruin the surprise and you will end up bumping
your head on the wall.
Now, if only Requiem
can be released ASAP – it would be a lifesaver.
Favorite
Quotes
“If you’re smart, you care. And if you care, you love.”
“This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same
time turn you to rot.”
“We all need mantras, I guess - stories we tell ourselves to
keep us going.”
“If he were less well trained, and less careful, he would say
hate. But he can’t say it; it is too close to passion, and passion is too close
to love, and love is amor deliria nervosa, the deadliest of all deadly things:
It is the reason for the games of pretend, for the secret selves, for the
spasms in the throat.”
ChuCha™
