Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Title & Author:
Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
Publisher:
HarperTeen
Publication Date:
February 28, 2012
Pages:
375
Source:
ARCI’m pushing aside the memory of my nightmare,
pushing aside thoughts of Alex,
pushing aside thoughts of Hana and my old school,
push,
push,
push,
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.- Goodreads
Do you guys remember how Delirium ended? Pretty freaking crazy, right? Definitely let me in shock and tears and with feelings of Noooooooooooooo!
So luckily, Pandemonium sort of picks up right after that, except it switches back and forth between Then (the end of Delirium) and Now (what present-day Lena is doing). And this is super interesting because it sets us up with two different storylines that sort of converge into present day and explain everything. Well, explain as much as Lauren Oliver wants us to know.
It’s too hard for me to talk about the characters for several reasons. First off, I loved them all. I loved Lena and the new characters introduced – every single freaking one. The other reason is because I don’t want to spoil anything! So let me just say, I love them all.
The storyline is just as intense and riveting as Delirium, although there was one moment towards the end that had me going “whaaaaaat are you serious” in an…interesting way. It was just weird. But really, Pandemonium is a tale of survival and revenge and, of course, love.
And guys, THE ENDING THE ENDING THE ENDING. Seriously Lauren Oliver, you had to do it AGAIN? These endings are killing me! My reaction to the ending was to gasp, reread, gasp, reread and then feaofjeoaifjeawopipejioafjeankxjvnj80wearuweaioj keyboard mash.
If you’re a fan of Delirium, you’re going to love Pandemonium. It’s an epic follow-up to an epic book and I seriously cannot wait until Requiem, which doesn’t come out until freaking February 2013.
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You’ve got me all crazy excited for this book now! So glad that you loved all the characters, it sounds like Pandemonium is a wonderful sequel :)
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OMG the anticipation is killing me, especially after that review! aklsdfjk;lajsdfkajdfklj *keyboard smash*
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Seriously? Oh Lauren Oliver… you’re killing me Smalls! I don’t know if my heart can take another ending like Delirium’s, but I’m still crazy excited about reading this. It’s not even funny!
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I’ve been looking forward to this but I’m definitely not looking forward to another cliffhanger-ending!!
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Eeeeee why haven’t I read this yet?@?!
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Cliffhanger ending or no I am reading this book the day it comes out! I am so excited and very jealous right now!
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Hehe I think I reread the last page at least 3 times. I LOVED this so much…but THAT ENDING!! Ahhh!
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Twitter: ARoomWithBooks
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I’m so so so glad to hear Pandemonium lives up to the awesomeness that is Delirium! I read Hana when it was free after Valentine’s Day and it had an excerpt for Pandemonium. I am seriously dying over here! I hope it doesn’t take my library too long to get it in, because I might die from anxiety before then :P
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Twitter: ReadingWifeJac
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I re-read the ending numerous times too! Seriously, I am still thinking about Pandemonium 2 weeks after I read it…I can’t get it out of my mind!
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Thank you for linking to my review :) I found it soo hard not to mention anything in Pandemonium… so I did. I hopefully haven’t spoiled anything though!
GOT TO HAVE REQUIEM NOW!
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