First of all: Before I Fall is NOT a prequel to Delirium. If you think that, you will start out the former and quickly become very confused. Not that I did that. Nope. Not at all.
Second of all: I'm reviewing books like this because during the last month of school I rediscovered libraries and went a little nuts but I still had homework to do. These books and the previous two entries are all included in that series of books which I shall refer to as the Accidental Series of Death. Really bummed myself out those last couple weeks. Had a nightmare I was in a horror movie and everything. One guy got hanged. One guy fell into a rabbit hole or something. It was weird. Don't read these books all in a row.
BIF: Good enough for a emotional read. It's about this girl in high school who is popular or something and she dies. The end. Or is it? Nope! She relives her last day 7 times. Interesting concept, interesting read, bummer of an ending.
Rating? Ok to Good.
Read again? I don't think so.
You read? If you were gonna pick one I'd pick Delirium.
Age level? Teen (btw losing virginity was something that was supposed to happen on last day and it comes up a lot)
Delirium: What if love was considered a disease? I know what you're thinking! Do you mean boy/girl love or family love too? Oliver kinda doesn't answer that one. She focuses on the boy/girl because this is a love story but also refers to other kinds of love being evidenced by those the procedure doesn't work on. But I was confused because staying about from boys and not falling in love with boys doesn't mean I'm not gonna love my friends and my siblings... But I guess the totalitarian government didn't care about that so... Interesting concept, interesting read, bummer of an ending but less so because I read the last chapter when I was 3/4 through the book.
Rating? Good enough.
Read again? Posible.
You read? It's an interesting book. So sure.
Age? Teen; similar reasoning to above.
One last thought; Oliver is tricky. I kept wanting to say these are original books but... Groundhog Day. Equilibrium. Nuff said.
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