Delirium (Delirium Trilogy 1): Divergent meets The Hunger Games in this classic dystopian trilogy

Name: Delirium (Delirium Trilogy 1): Divergent meets The Hunger Games in this classic dystopian trilogy
Rating: 4.433333396911621 (120 reviews)

Lauren Oliver

Feb 2011 · Delirium Book 1 · Hachette UK

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'I love you. Remember. They cannot take it'
They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now.

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it.

But now love has been declared a dangerous disease.

Everyone who turns eighteen must be immunised with a procedure called the Cure. Lena Haloway is looking forward to being able to live the safe, predictable life the government claims the cure will bring. But meeting Alex, an enigmatic boy from the Wilds, might just make her question everything she's been raised to believe.

The first book in Lauren Oliver's New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution and the power to choose.

TROPES
Forbidden love
Dystopian setting
Arranged marriage
Police state

READERS LOVE THE SERIES ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A beautiful and intense story'
'It surpassed all of my expectations'
'It broke my already-brittle heart'
'I didn't want to put down'
'Then WHAM! The most intense ending of my life!'

'I love you. Remember. They cannot take it' They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now. There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies...

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120 reviews

Linnea Björk Timm

April 29, 2014

I would have LOVED this book at seventeen. At twentyseven, it's still thought provoking and interesting, but it simply doesn't move me the way it would have moved me at seventeen. I don't entirely buy the transformation of the main character, for one; it seems to me far too abrupt and illogical. Parts of the book was fantastic, though, even for a twentyseven year old! :-)

4 people found this review helpful

Rebecca Macmillan

July 28, 2016

An easy-to-read book which includes a similar idea to books like Matched and Knots and Crosses. The book itself is a pleasant read about what our world would like if Love was not only banned but cured.

1 person found this review helpful

Zosia G

September 1, 2013

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I liked how the concept of love being a disease was outlined with truth behind it- it controls you at times. After reading Delirium, I went on to read the next books in the series Pandemonium and Requiem and would recommend it to teens who like to get lost in a parallel world.

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About the author

Lauren Oliver is a screenwriter, media entrepreneur, and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, including Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem in the Delirium trilogy; Before I Fall, which was adapted into a feature film; Panic, which was adapted into an Amazon Prime series for which Lauren wrote every episode and served as executive producer; and the Replica duology. Lauren founded the IP company StoryGiants, helping to package and edit nearly one hundred other novels. She also cofounded Incantor AI, devoted to ethical treatment of IP in artificial intelligence technologies for media and entertainment. Raised in Westchester, New York, Lauren attended the University of Chicago and got her MFA from NYU. She now divides her time between Maryland and Los Angeles.

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