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Delirium by Lauren Oliver

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


This week we had to think about what dystopian or post-acopalyptic books make us think about.These books really make you think what if? I also in some of them think how did the author come up with this, because some of it seems way out there. I read DELIRIUM by Lauren Oliver and it was good and suspenseful but also kind of out there. I loved Lauren Oliver's other book but this one not so much. The society has found a cure for the "disease" love and has a surgery to fix it. Well somethings happen during the interview for the main character to see if she is ready to have the surgery and there is a delay. I don't want to give away the ending it just didn't end like I thought or wanted it to.

I thought to myself who thinks of love as a disease? I understand where they are coming from in the novel because they talk about how love can lead to people going crazy and killing themselves or others but there is no way to really stop love. Without love what are we really fighting for? We have love for many different things and it normally is something we fight to keep or have. Romeo and Juliet are mentioned a lot in this novel and it all makes sense why in the end. This novel was just a little over the top for me.



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Matched by Ally Condie

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I think the reason these dystopian books are so popular is because it gives us a look into a world that might happen. I think it can be a means of exploring a new world. I agree with the quote and I do think when we read books like these that we think oh my gosh could this really happen.
I read MATCHED by Ally Condie this week and loved it. The second book in the trilogy comes out today and I can't wait to read it! It is a story about a society where they don't have any say in anything. Their food is chosen for them, their clothes, their job, and they are matched with their future mate. Cassia is part of an experiment that she doesn't know about and she has always followed all the rules until now. She becomes a rebel and starts to think for herself and wonder why the society gets to make all the decisions for them.
I loved this novel. I know that if I was in a society like this I would be like Cassia and rebel and wondering why they get to make all the decisions and why we can't make them for ourselves. I think that maybe why these books are appealing to teens also. I don't think we will ever have to deal with societies like this but it is interesting to think "what if?".



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