Delirium

By: Lauren Oliver
Genre: Teen Fiction
Stars: 2 out 5
Lena has ninety-five days before she is cured of the disease. Ninety-five days until her procedure so she can no longer live in fear of the disease. That disease is love. In a future world, scientists have figured out the cause for war and hate – love. With a procedure that disease can be cured, severing all emotions from a person. You cannot receive it until you are eighteen years of age; Lena is almost there. But during her waiting time, Lena learns what it is like to love after meeting a mysterious boy and learns more about her mother – a sufferer of the disease – which she only ever dreamed of. When the time comes, will Lena choose the procedure she has been welcoming or will she succumb to the deliria nervosa?

This is the sophomore novel I read by Lauren Oliver. I did not care for her first book but a coworker said I would enjoy this one a lot more so I gave it a try. I must admit I do not care for Oliver’s writing style and so it was not enjoyable for me. I finished it though and that was an accomplishment. Oliver focuses too much on the character building and does not explore the world she has placed her characters in this futuristic world. And her character descriptions are too descriptive that the story does not flow as well as it should. Besides it being predictable, it really did have an interesting concept with love being considered a disease. But that is as much as I tolerated.