Pandemonium is a 2012 dystopian young adult novel written by Lauren Oliver and the second novel in her Delirium trilogy. [1] The book was first published on February 28, 2012 through HarperTeen and follows the series' protagonist as she explores the Wilds outside the walled community she was raised in. [2] The book was preceded by a novella entitled Hana and was succeeded by Requiem, the final book in the series. It’s not toomuch of a spoiler to tell you that the author’s dramatic suicide attempts thankfully failed, which is why he’s here to share his remarkable tale with us today. This is a fascinating book for any lover of indie music and those wanting an insight into the machinations of the unforgiving, cut-throat music industry. It is also a salutary reminder of the fragility of the human condition, even when everything looks good from the outside. Most of all, it is a most entertaining and, ironically, life-affirming read written with Williams’ trademark wit, gentle humour and, let’s be honest, silliness. Even the diary entries from his darkest hours are littered with quips; ‘The flying A & R man, lying dying in A&E. How poetic’ and, after 14 hours unsuccessfully attempting to take his own life; ‘In short, I think I have lost the will to die.’

But......there were a few things I personally didn't like about this book. I think the whole new love interest/love triangle cat is already out of the bag since it is mentioned in the description but all I'm going to say is pull out your Team Alex flags because I'm sorry to say it is definitely going to get ugly in Requiem. I was also really disappointed with it. The reason I loved Delirium so much was the fact that it was such a beautiful love story about sacrifices being made to be together and in Pandemonium I just feel like Lauren Oliver took a big ole crap on it. I'm just really sad with the story going the love triangle route. I am also really upset with a few details to it. They are in the spoiler button since they are a bit more spoilery so read at your own risk. Better than book 1, I'll give it that. I was more interested in the plot in this book, I enjoyed the new characters from the Wilds and watching Lena overcome her demons and generally become much stronger. Ladies and gentlemen, I would just like you to know that I am screaming. That's what this book made me feel like. I finished it, and these were my thoughts: To be fair, I wasn't expecting much from this novel. It was written in 2011, when dystopian books were at the height of popularity, and I guarantee if I had read this when I was a young teen, I would have devoured it. The intermediate books were compiled into one book, Delirium Stories subtitled Hana, Annabel, and Raven, released the same date. Alex, also between the first and second books, was released with the first edition of the final book in the trilogy, Requiem.The water is an enormous mirror, tipped with and pink and gold from the sky. In that single, blazing moment as I came around the bend, the sun – curved over the dip of the horizon like a solid gold archway – lets out its final winking rays of light, shattering the darkness of the water, turning everything white for a fraction of a second, and then falls away, sinking, dragging the pink and the red and the purple out of the sky with it, all the colour bleeding away instantly and leaving only dark. I fell in love with Delirium as hard as Lena fell for Alex, and when the ending hit, my heart tore into two directions. One, I wanted to jump inside the book and throw Alex over the fence; second, I practically cried and pushed Lena into the woods. It was tragic like Romeo and Juliet, and I can't wait for Pandemonium. Alex wants to show Lena that her mother is actually alive. He brings her to the Crypts, where people who do not obey the rules stay, to show her that her mother is still alive. When they find her mother's room, they find it empty, with a life-size hole in the wall where the letter 'O' is in the word LOVE. They refer to the religions of "the old world" or the "before time" AKA religions that we know now. They supposedly have a new one for the post cure world, reliant on the Book of Sshh. I've said this before with other books, if you are going to make your own religion, then make it. Don't just borrow loads of shit from other religions and claim it's a new one. Might as well not bother. El libro está narrado en primera persona por Lena en capítulos alternados en dos períodos de tiempo diferentes: uno donde nos dejó el primer libro, cuando logra atravesar las vallas y es rescatada por un grupo de inválidos de la Tierra Salvaje y otro, seis meses después, cuando se une a la Resistencia y participa en su primera misión. En ambas, lo que siempre me invadió fue una sensación de tristeza, por la crudeza con que se describe la supervivencia en la inhóspita Tierra Salvaje, así como cuando se es parte de uno de los bandos de una guerra.

Per­haps the biggest improve­ment was Lena her­self. No more whiny, annoy­ing, inse­cure lit­tle girl. This Lena has been through the fire, got burnt and is fight­ing to sur­vive. What I love is that Lena has grown, become capa­ble, assertive, intel­li­gent and shrewd. There were parts of this book in which I was phys­i­cally cheer­ing her on. Yes it is,” she informed me. “In fact, it’s very funny. And I guarantee you, if I’d lost my bathing suit in there, you’d be laughing.” here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)More importantly, Oliver's writing was flawless. She vividly described each scene, allowing readers to visualise each event as it occurred. Through her writing, Oliver also evokes a vast array of emotions from her readers. When Lena is enraged, readers are fuming. When she breaks down, crying hysterically, readers are right there, sobbing along with her. Her feelings of love, betrayal, and loss transcend all boundaries, lodging themselves in the hearts of readers around the world. In the second timeline, which is set approximately a year after the events of "Delirium," it is revealed that Lena has been captured and is in New York. In this new life, she adopts a false identity and joins a group of Invalids, those who live outside of government control and fight for their freedom. Lena is assigned to carry out a dangerous mission: to assassinate the leader of Deliria-Free America, an anti-deliria organization that promotes compliance with government rules and the eradication of emotions. Maybe you’re thinking “But Alex is so much better than Julian.” Hold your tongue my friend. Let me explain to you why Julian is loveable as well. First, his character wasn’t flat like Alex’s in Delirium. Alex was a whole being, and Julian was just starting to find pieces of himself. I saw how he was changing throughout the book. I delight in how he was towards Lena, how he was distant at first, but at the same time obviously curious. He had a lot to learn and I liked that, through him, Lena was able to share with him her knowledge. It was now Lena’s turn to save someone from her old world. I saw a bigger and better Lena at times that Julian had to rely on her. My feminist side is very glad with the idea that Julian is the one in need of rescuing. With him, Lena was almost invincible, not because of Julian, but because she just was. On the other hand, Lena is not the epitome of perfection - no properly characterized protagonist should be. She struggles to move on from her past, particularly her mother's suicide. Her mother gave up her life for the ones she loved, and Lena is more than willing to do the same. But she continues to visualize her mother leaping from a cliff and slowly falling into the tumultuous waters below (a rather frequently mentioned event throughout the book). Additionally, Lena compares herself to a princess who is waiting for her prince to save her. Yes, she outright states this comparison and is not ashamed to do so. Unfortunately, the concept of a damsel in distress does not appeal to the majority of teens in this day and age, myself included. They would prefer to read about a strong, independent, female protagonist who does not rely on others to come to her rescue. I think we've all outgrown Disney movies at this point. I want to discuss the new characters in this book and there are a lot of them, so I just chose the two very important ones.

Another thing I did not pay enough attention to before (because I was eagerly rushing trough the story) is the small fragments of society – the quotation of official documents, rules and regulations, children’s songs, and poetry, which help the reader to mentally construct and imagine the world that Lauren Oliver has created. Even though the story mostly focuses on Lena and Alex’s relationship and the things they discover about each other, we’re constantly aware that they live in a restrictive and severely controlled society.I didn’t reply to that, because it was probably true. Instead, I said, “Could you two turn away so I can get my towel?” Un final que probablemente todos los lectores esperábamos, pero que llega en el peor momento. Ya he comenzado la entrega final, porque no quiero que me pase lo mismo de olvidar cómo me hizo sentir esta novela, y para ver cómo la autora soluciona lo que ha desencadenado y saber si por fin se alejará un poco de sus personajes y abordará el sistema detrás de esta distopía. My Thoughts: DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW IF YOU HAVEN'T READ DELIRIUM. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????