She attended the University of Chicago where she studied Literature and Philosophy and then returned to New York where she got an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University and worked at Random House. She is the daughter of two literature professors and was encouraged to be creative in any way possible from an early age. Lauren Oliver was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Westchester, New York. But will Lena be able to brave the wilds and step out of society altogether for the sake of love? Anyone who has ever been in love will sympathize with Lena's plight and root for her relationship with Alex. The end of this book will shock you and keep you wondering until you read the sequel.ĭelirium is a grabbing book with an original concept, and the characters are well-written and convincing. As Lena falls more and more deeply in love, she will be forced to decide whether she wants to continue with life as she knows it and have the procedure or run away for good. However, in a reversal of roles, the good girl, Lena, starts having feelings for an outsider who lives in the wilds, beyond the city boundaries, while Hana continues to conform to the rules. Lena has a best friend, Hana, who is more of a rule-breaker than her.
She's bought into everything the government has told her, and the example of her mother, who fell victim to love, is enough to make her want to run in the opposite direction. Lena Haloway lives in this society, and she is a good little girl who is looking forward to having the cure. After the cure, people emerge like robots and are paired with other cured people with whom they live and have children. Sure, some people are resistant to this, but this doesn't stop the government from making the cure mandatory and force-feeding it to everyone. So this society in the future decides that the best thing will be to somehow get rid of this disease altogether, and it manages to achieve this with the help of an invasive procedure that everyone goes through when they're eighteen. After all, individuals throughout history have done some crazy things in the name of love. People are terrified of catching this disease and what it may lead to. It is set in a future where love is considered a disease classified as amor deliria nervosa.
Delirium is a young adult dystopian novel with a unique premise.
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