February 29, 2012

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

*Warning, there are a few spoilers in this review, I apologize, but it's just one of those books where you can't explain how you're feeling without spoilers, if you know what I mean.* 
Well, didn't know what to expect after Delirium, but if definitely wasn't that. And that ending? Where did that come from? (view spoiler)I was just getting used to the fact that Alex was dead and Lena now belongs with Julian, and BAM! Alex is alive and he's in the same place as the pair. Uh, oh. Heads are gonna roll.

The writing, again, was amazing. Lauren Oliver never ceases to amaze me. I liked how the book flipped between how Lena got out of Portland and into her new life, and her new life in New York.

(view spoiler)P.S. I totally saw that bit with her mom coming. I mean, really, who wouldn't? It was so obvious!

All in all, this was an amazing book. READ IT!!!
After falling in love, Lena and Alex flee their oppressive society where love is outlawed and everyone must receive the "cure" - an operation that makes them immune to the delirium of love - but Lena alone manages to find her way to a community of resistance fighters. Although she is bereft without the boy she loves, her struggles seem to be leading her toward a new love.