Before I Fall By Lauren Oliver

Cover Rating: 2/5
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Synposis: What if you had only one day to live? What would you do? Who would you kiss? And how far would you go to save your own life? Samantha Kingston has it all: the world’s most crush-worthy boyfriend, three amazing best friends, and first pick of everything at Thomas Jefferson High—from the best table in the cafeteria to the choicest parking spot. Friday, February 12, should be just another day in her charmed life. Instead, it turns out to be her last. Then she gets a second chance. Seven chances, in fact. Reliving her last day during one miraculous week, she will untangle the mystery surrounding her death—and discover the true value of everything she is in danger of losing.

I don't know why I bought this book, I think it was because I'd just finished Thirteen Reasons Why and was in the mood for a weepy book - It was why I read My Sisters Keeper - but unlike those I didn't find this particularly sad. I felt bad because well your supposed to cry when someone dies but Sam died so many times in this book it just got kind of old. I do love the idea though; living your last day over and over until you realize what it is that you have to do. I wasn't keen on Sam the main character but by the end I liked her a little more. Not many authors can pull off teenagers too well (P.C. Cast can't) but I think Lauren Oliver got it right. Okay well I know not all teenagers act like some of these did but a lot actually do. Sam and her gang of mean girls, well there's always them but these ones took it to the limit. The sad thing that this book showed is they don't always know they're doing it, A lot of the time they do but no all of the time.

I didn't like many characters in this book, Lindsey (the head mean girl) just annoyed me, Ally was okay and I liked Elody slightly. The one character I did like was Kent, he was sweet and weird - without being creepy. One of the best combinations. Sam's boyfriend on the other hand - ugh I just wanted to punch him and I'm not a violent person. The book progressed quite slowly and was quite repetitive which is why it didn't get a higher rating, it fell slightly short of my expectations but it was really well written. I would recommend this to people who like a sad-ish book that's not depressing. I would give it 3.5/5 stars.


My Favorite Quote: 
“Here's one of the things I learned that morning: if you cross a line and nothing happens, the line loses meaning. It's like that old riddle about a tree falling in a forest, and whether it makes a sound if there's no one around to hear it. 
You keep drawing a line farther and farther away, crossing it every time. That's how people end up stepping off the edge of the earth. You'd be surprised at how easy it is to bust out of orbit, to spin out to a place where no one can touch you. To lose yourself--to get lost. 
Or maybe you wouldn't be surprised. Maybe some of you already know.To those people, I can only say: I'm sorry.” 


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Delirium By Lauren Oliver

I've been wanting to read this book for ages because as you must know by now, I'm going through a kind of Dystopia phase. Delirium is set in a world where everyone believed love was a disease that would eventually kill you. That is why at the age of eighteen everyone was given a cure. No one wanted to go back to the Dark Days when love ruled nearly every action you made. 

Uncured girls and boys are separated and if you make the slightest indication you're in love then there are consequences. This never bothered Lena before, she was counting the days until her cure. She hated the feeling of the infection running through her veins. She wanted to have her procedure and the sooner the better. Only, things start to change when Lena meets Alex. She begins to doubt the government that she's always believed in and she uncovers lies that could break her forever. She can't fall in love though, she just can't but there's a problem with that. She has no choice in the matter. Lena falls in love.

"Before scientists found the cure, people thought love was a good thing. They didn’t understand that once love -- the deliria -- blooms in your blood, there is no escaping its hold. Things are different now. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government demands that all citizens receive the cure upon turning eighteen. Lena Holoway has always looked forward to the day when she’ll be cured. A life without love is a life without pain: safe, measured, predictable, and happy. 

But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena does the unthinkable: She falls in love."

The one thing that pulled me in this book was the concept, it was amazing. Love is a disease; amor deliria nervosa  meaning the deadliest of all deadly things. I thought it was very interesting. Delirium is a little slow at the start but it soon speeds up and gets a lot more exciting. I can't say I loved Lena but I didn't hate her and that's saying something. I felt the same way for her best friend Hana. One character I did love was Alex, he was an awesome character. He believed in love even when Lena was disgusted by it. Alex was defiant and sweet, no one owned him like the government owned everyone else. The book teaches that love does bring pain but without pain you can't have happiness and I think that's a great message. One thing I HATED about this book was the ending but I can't tell you any more about that. I really looking forward to reading the second book Pandemonium. I would give this book 4.5/5 stars.

My Favorite Quote:
“Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge; a razor. It draws up through the center of your life, cutting everything in two. Before and after. The rest of the world falls away on either side.” 


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