Delirium: The Complete Collection

✍ Scribed by Lauren Oliver

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 227 KB
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Amazon.com Review

Before I Fall, throws readers into a tightly controlled society where options dont exist, and shows not only the lengths one will go for a chance at freedom, but also the true meaning of sacrifice. --_Jessica Schein_

Amazon Exclusive: Lauren Olivers Delirium Playlist
(Click on the song name to listen to a sample)

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This song sounds so passionate and desperate, and I think its one of those magical songs that sounds like it was written with my characters in mind (if only!).

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Taylor Swift always perfectly captures the feeling of isolation, of not fitting in. She nails it in this song.

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The title is perfect and the sound is great for energizing me at the start of a writing session. And seriously, Delirium could have had this as a sub-title!

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I love listening to Tegan and Sara and their moodybut somehow optimisticsongs. The title couldnt be more a propos, obviously.

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This song is all about trying to be strong and self-sufficientto deny the interdependence of people. I definitely think the characters in Delirium are trying to be rocks, and often not succeeding.

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She asks over and over, Will you feel anything at all? Enough said.

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I listened to it the first time just because of the title . . . and lo and behold! Its also just a great song. On a side note: The cover art is fabulous and also Delirium-esque.

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This is one of those anthems that pushes you forwarda good post break-up song but also a good song for remembering youre in control of your own destiny.

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I picture this song playing during some of the quieter, more intimate scenes in Delirium. It kind of brings to mind the idea of a secret space, be it physical or just internal.

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Full disclosure: This song is often on repeat on my iPod. Great song for fighting back, pushing through, and being an individual.

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Blues Traveler is so underratedits ridiculous. And this is my favorite of their unknown songs. The time is now and you dont have long So true, man. So true!

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Even Ani knows the power of the color grey!

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James is a young musician I know from NYC. When I hear this song, I imagine him as Alex, playing a song to Lenamaybe while they're in the Wilds! His sound is so stripped-down and also so honest.

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Nothing like some old school romancethey knew how to do it back in the day. This reminds me of a song Lenas mom would have liked.

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Theres something scary about this song. Its so foreboding and passionateand I love it.

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I think I might be in love with Mr. W. His voice is downright haunting and this is a perfect walking-around-NYC-with-my-headphones-on-and-thinking-about-the-meaning-of-life song. Trust me.

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From

Olivers follow-up to her smash debut, Before I Fall (2010), is another deft blend of realism and fantasy. The hook is irresistible: its the near future, a time when love has long since been identified as a disease called amor deliria nervosa, and 17-year-old Lena is 95 days away from the operation that everyone gets to cure themselves. Can you feel the swoon coming? Enter Alex, a rakish daredevil who, as it turns out, is one of the Invalidsa tribe of uncured who live on the lam in the surrounding wilderness. With the clock ticking down to her surgery, Lena is drawn into Alexs world, one of passion and freedom, while her emotionally castrated family members hope to turn her into yet another complacent zombie. Olivers masterstroke is making a strong case for love as disease: the anxiety, depression, insomnia, and impulsive behavior of the smitten do smack of infirmity. The story bogs down as it revels in romanceAlex is standard-issue perfectionbut the book never loses its A Clockwork Orangestyle bite regarding safety versus choice. Grades 9-12. --Daniel Kraus