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Delirium

Delirium Trilogy, Book 1

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Delirium

By: Lauren Oliver
Narrated by: Sarah Drew
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They say that the cure for love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now. Now everything has changed. Now, I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years suffocated by a lie.

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure.

©2011 Lauren Oliver (P)2012 HarperCollins Audio Depression & Mental Health Difficult Situations Dystopian Emotions & Feelings Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Heartfelt

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The reader of this brings the story to life, incredibly expressive.
Fantastic story, intrigue right until the end.

Excellently read

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I very much enjoyed most of this book, but the teen romance parts were almost enough for me to give up. There's quite a lot of "falling into his eyes" and "my skin was on fire whenever he touched me", but I stuck it out through those parts, and the rest of it is intriguing enough for me to download the next in the series. The narrator is excellent - a really wonderful performance.

It grew on me

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Dystopian future? Check. Run down, oppressed people? Check. Mass amounts of overly descriptive romance? Check.

The beginning of the book was great. I liked the premise, it made sense, but then it quickly descends into the well worn formula...

Hunger Games meets Twilight

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I've relisted to this book maybe five times by now. It is beautifully narrated, poetically written, thought provoking, romantic, emotional, and engaging. I adore it!

A must listen!

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compelling, very enjoyable . Would reccommend to any one interested in the world after the Apocalypse

Love Wins Out

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Title says it all. Growing up on Wattpad and tumblr fanfics if does sound like and read like a fanfic. Not a fan of the narrator, quite slowed paced not very interesting. Storyline is decent but nothing gripping. Just about a surgery everyone has to get then becomes blank af. Don’t know if I fully understood the plot but it is very predictable- reminds me of divergent ?

Good storyline if you like Wattpad

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What made the experience of listening to Delirium the most enjoyable?

The very good narration.

What does Sarah Drew bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Well... every narration is an interpretation that changes the way the story and the characters are percieved. I have difficulties reading books on paper or ebooks, so I only listen, which means I've had to get used to any kind of voice and narration, good or bad, as the only means of getting to the story. Consequently, I'm not picky. But I do appreciate good narrations, and Sarah Drew's interpretation seemed to enrich my experience of the book. I loved her narration especially in the third volume of the series, where she's really perfect!

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh, yes :) Roll my eyes a lot, too, for the "romance" parts.

Any additional comments?

Halfway through I almost gave up. I couldn't see what made the two main characters fall in love, the whole thing seemed exasperatingly shallow. Eye-rolling didn't help much... I read a few bad reviews that confirmed my opinion. However, since I don't abandon books easily, I gave it a few more minutes, during which I laughed a few times, and decided it was worth it just for that... I liked it in the end and even more so the next two volumes, especially the third.

Good start

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What did you like best about Delirium? What did you like least?

The best thing was definitely the narrating, Sarah Drew did a brilliant job and even though I wouldn’t rate the story highly I liked listening to this audiobook.What I liked least was that the story felt very young. I think this would be a great read for anyone under the age of 16 but the very obvious love triangle and predictable story was just not for me!

Would you ever listen to anything by Lauren Oliver again?

I wouldn’t read any of her other books but if they are narrated by Sarah Drew then I would give them a go if I wanted a light listen.

What does Sarah Drew bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Great acting, emotion, I could really get into the mind-set of the main character.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Maybe.

Any additional comments?

Overall I liked the narrating but the story let it down.

Great Narration; Young story; Good listen

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This is a YA novel and I am certainly not the intended audience, but I found the story to be an interesting concept. If possible I would give it 3.5 stars.

Give it a try!

Worth a listen

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Gosh all the other reviews were so harsh, this book was absolutely AMAZING!!!!!! I cried sooooo much at the end, Sarah Drew was amazing and I really felt a connection with her. Cannot wait to listen to the next book, this one was amazing! honestly!

amazing

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