They are either killed or locked away in a giant prison called the Crypt. The government spends a lot of time, too, getting rid of Sympathizers, those who secretly don’t really care for the procedure or want to escape. Of course, there are other problems that come along with the cure, like the fact that parents don’t tend to be quite as nurturing and protective of their children because they aren’t capable of loving them, but the government has a lot of regulations about caring for a child and so it generally goes pretty smoothly. There are rumors that some people, called Invalids, still live out in the wilds and don’t believe love is actually a disease, but the government says that they’ve all died off because of the disease and there is no one out there anymore. The Great Sanitation cleared out everyone who hadn’t submitted to the procedure and moved into the cities. But until you are 18, everything is segregated, so the likelihood of contracting the disease is low. They can’t do the procedure before the age of 18 because people tend to have serious side effects, including death. When you reach 18, you have “the procedure” done (part of your brain is zapped out) and you no longer have to worry about contracting the deadly disease. See, love (also known as the delirium) has been declared a disease for which, thank goodness, a cure has been found.
The interior the continent is left barren, after the Great Sanitation. All the cities left in the United States are the coastal cities and each one is completely locked down – no one goes in or out. The story takes place in Portland, which is surrounded by a mega-electric fence. Even when it’s the first book in another trilogy.Īnd then Kelly, who also didn’t swoon for Before I Fall, got a copy of Delirium by Lauren Oliver and really loved it and sent me her copy. Even in a year crowded with dystopian novels. And I cannot resist the siren call of a dystopian novel.
But, on the other hand, it was dystopian novel. Which is why I was leery of reading her second, MUCH-hyped (it was optioned back in JUNE) book, Delirium. The characters were so horrendously unlikeable, the book really dragged in the middle, and the ending fell flat for me. I picked up a copy of it, intrigued by the Groundhog Day-ish premise and read it within a week or two. 8 of 10: Delirium stands out in the world of dystopian trilogies with an intriguing premise and really excellent writing.Īt ALA Midwinter in Boston last January, one of the heavily promoted titles was Lauren Oliver’s debut Before I Fall.
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