For my Book Review, I decided to read Delirium by Lauren Oliver. While reading this book, I encountered complex dilemmas that the characters faced. I had to evaluate many different ideas that I had never even thought about. The author did a great job of going out of the box during the writing of this book. She payed a lot of attention to making all of the little details right and making sure that every detail fit into the story perfectly. Before I Fall, Replica, and Vanishing Girls are just some of Lauren Oliver's other great books. Lauren was born in Queens and raised in Westchester, New York. Some of the activities she personally enjoys, such as cooking, running, and traveling, show up in …show more content…
It is at its all time high with crime rates being the lowest they've ever been. That is because there is no love. To the government, love is a disease and a crime, but thankfully there is a cure. Once people turn 18 years old, they get "cured" with a surgery that prohibits them from having emotions. On the day of Lena's evaluation, or the day where she gets a score that determines her whole future, the invalids (or the illegal, uncured people) pull a prank of setting cows loose in the laboratory. It is bound to get Lena another chance to prove herself worthy for a good score from the evaluators. When she is leaving, she sees a boy laughing in the balcony of her evaluation room. She can not stop thinking about this …show more content…
She is scared out of her mind! She later realizes that it is her favorite place in the whole world. Lena and Alex read forbidden poetry in his little trailer home and gaze up at the stars. Lena then remembers her reality. She is supposed to be at home resting. There's only a few weeks until her procedure and then she'll have to live the rest of her life with Brian Scharff. (Her future husband). Alex and Lena come up with a plan to escape into the wilds forever together, but their plans get delayed. They find out that Lena's real mother has escaped from the crypts and they get caught engaging in unlawful flirtation. Lena is taken by the regulators and confined to her home. The date if her cure is moved up, so she is nervous that Alex won't come to save her in