Despite only a faint backstory of how this future United States got this way, the book still sets up a good debate about why a society would make everyone 'safe' from strong emotion. The threat of death hovers over Lena and Alex if the couple is found out, plus batons are used on victims and there's some shooting. citizen endures to remove their ability to be infected by Amor Deliria Nervosa, or love. The Delirium trilogy was a great series that I would strongly recommend to fans of other dystopian literature, like the Hunger Games series or Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, or anyone who is looking for some easy reads that they won’t want to put down. The main character remembers the suicide of her mother more than a decade earlier to avoid the 'procedure' - essentially brain surgery every U.S. The amount of violence is pretty typical for the genre.

The love connection at its core is idealized and stays pretty innocent: Lena and Alex kiss and he takes off her shirt. For Pandemonium, Kampf, which means fight, and for Requiem, Freiheit, which means freedom. Parents need to know that a forbidden romance dominates this dystopian fantasy. For Delirium, the word is Liebe, which means love. Now an active member of the resistance, Lena has transformed. Lena recalls a time when she and Hana got drunk one bored afternoon and watched the room spin, plus drinking and smoking at underground parties.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. This exciting finale to Lauren Olivers New York Times bestselling Delirium trilogy is a riveting blend of nonstop action and forbidden romance in a dystopian United States.