REVIEW: DELIRIUM

MAIN INFORMATION:
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publishing House: Hodder
Pages: 406
Price: £ 6.99 (paperback)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
"I was born in Queens and raised in Westchester, New York, in a small town very similar to the one depicted in Before I Fall. My parents are both literature professors, and from a very early age, my sister and I were encouraged to make up stories, draw, paint, dance around in costumes, and essentially spend much of our time living imaginatively. Our house was old and full of art and towers and towers of books, and that’s still the kind of house I like best.
I started writing as a way of extending my love of reading; when I read a book I loved, I would continue to write sequels for it (I was inadvertently a fan fic writer, before “fan fiction” was even a term!). Later on, I began working on my own stories, and keeping company with a lot of imaginary friends.
I pursued literature and philosophy at the University of Chicago, and then moved back to New York to attend NYU’s MFA program in creative writing. I simultaneously began working at Penguin Books, in a young adult division called Razorbill, and while there, I started work on Before I Fall. I left in 2009 to pursue writing full-time, and now I happily work in my pajamas every day.
I have a variety of interests apart from writing, including reading, cooking, traveling, dancing, running, and making up weird songs. Some of my favorite things are: being cozy; fires; autumn; fuzzy slippers; very high heels; great wine; dark chocolate; ketchup; pasta. Things I hate: practical shoes, liars, and bananas. I divide my time between Brooklyn, upstate New York, and various hotel rooms."

BACK COVER:
"They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy.
But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love."

PERSONAL OPINION:
I did enjoy this book and I can´t wait to read the second part.
First, I love the way Lauren Oliver writes. She has a really particular writing that makes you think that you are reading a Pulitzer winner novel instead of a young adult one.
The story is pretty original too and makes you think about how life is and how the world works.
It contains a lot of beautiful quotes and a lot of reflexive ones.
I also loved the main characters. Alex and Lena were really cute and I would love to have a person like Alex in my life: a person that you can learn a lot of things from, a person that  supports you, loves you and shows you the world.
This book has more than 400 pages, but it seemed like it had only 100 for me because it´s really addictive and easy to read.
This is a very good reading; it contains love, friendship, action...It talks about family, manipulation, decisions...
 It´s really well written and I think you should read it because I´m sure you are going to love it at least the half I do. What are you waiting for?

FAVOURITE QUOTES:
"The mos dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well."

"Every choice is limited."

"You can´t be really happy unless you´re unhappy sometimes."

"Most things, even the greatest movements on earth, have their beginnings in something small."

"Only him. Only me. Only us."

"Somehow, the pain only makes it better, more intense, more worth it."

"Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side."

"Life free or die."

"Stupid, stupid: to be so careless with our time, to believe that we had so much of it left."

"I can´t. I want to be with you. I need to be with you."

"Hate isn´t the most dangerous thing. Indifference is."

"I guess that´s just part of loving people: you have to give things up."