PANDEMONIUM LAUREN OLIVER PDF FULL SERIES
That’s why we’re launching a blog series where we’ll be sharing some of our most recent favorite reads. Here at, we’re all about embracing our literary obsessions. Have you just finished a great book, and you want to share your thoughts with the world? Well, this is the place to do it. She had found the subject matter so interesting that she immediately knew she wanted to write two books on it instead of just one. Oliver began writing Pandemonium while she was still working on Delirium. The protagonist, Lena Haloway, eagerly anticipates the procedure after her best friend and her mother both died of the “disease.” However, as she takes part in an obligatory pre-surgery tradition called Hana’s Last Fling-a party to celebrate “curing” a person before they have the surgery-she meets Alex and begins to question everything she has been told about love and what it will mean to live in a world without emotion. The story is set in a dystopian future where love-called amor deliria nervosa-is considered a deadly disease which has been eliminated with a mandatory procedure that everyone must undergo when they turn 18. It was preceded by Delirium and followed by Requiem. I am super excited to read the next book as I cannot predict how the storyline will evolve from here.Pandemonium, published in 2012, is Lauren Oliver’s second novel and her first book in the Delirium trilogy. I was fascinated by Raven, and enjoyed seeing how her relationship with Lena developed. Plenty of new characters are introduced as well, all Invalids living in the Wilds. I found Julian adequate as a love interest (I don't have a particular preference between him and Alex), although as per typical YA books, I do think they fall in love just a little too fast.
Not that there isn't any romance in this book- Lena gets a new romantic interest, and the romance is pulled off quite well. The twists and turns of the plot were unpredictable, exciting and engaging, and kept my attention far better than the romance-centric plot of Delirium. Unlike the previous book, Pandemonium has far more action, especially as Lena herself becomes a much more active character. With the two new settings, the worldbuilding is expanded on, and while I still have many unanswered questions about it, the explanations and details we do get are sufficient enough for me to suspend disbelief and become engrossed in the story. The plot is split between "then" and "now", chronicling Lena's experiences in the Wilds and her time in New York, as an operative of the Resistance. She is no longer the meek girl we first met in Delirium. She has emerged from the hardships and tragedies she endured as a new person, strengthened mentally, emotionally and physically. Lena's time in the Wilds has helped her grow into an incredibly strong, smart, and resourceful young woman, a worthy YA heroine that young girls can look up to. After the lacklustre plotline of Delirium, I was not expecting how awesome Pandemonium would be. I liked where this book went, but there is a surprise cliffhanger ending. I knew, based on what was happening what was going on (I wasn’t confused there) and we were in one or the other, but in all honesty, it took me a while to figure out which parts had happened first, as I kept missing if we were “then” or “now”. It was a bit confusing at first, though, as the narration went back and forth in time between “Then” and “Now”, and with listening to the audio, it’s not easy to back up to see where we were. I listened to the audio and it was done well, kept my attention for the most part. I liked this and am happy to continue the series. When Lena is sent to follow Julian, they are both kidnapped. Julian has become a spokesperson for the cure. Meanwhile, back in the “regular” world, there is a teenaged boy with a health issue that has prevented him from getting the cure: Julian. After the first book, Lena has escaped into the wild, but has “lost” her boyfriend Alex (he died) along the way. This is the 2nd book in a dystopian series where people are given a surgery to turn off any remnant of love this is called “the cure”.
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