Pandemonium

Lauren Oliver

Feb 2012 · Delirium Trilogy Book 2 · Sold by Harper Collins

About this ebook

The second book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose.

In this electrifying follow-up to Delirium, Lena is on a dangerous course that takes her through the unregulated Wilds and into the heart of a growing resistance movement.  This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

Ratings and reviews

Lauren Oliver really had her work cut out for her in this follow-up to Delirium. Not only do we see Lana's character grow immensely and really come into her own, but we also see the introduction of an almost entirely new cast of characters. There are so many things that I would love to go into, but that would be giving away too many potential spoilers, and it would totally ruin the experience for anyone about to read the book. The book is written in Lana's present reality, but it also flashes back to scenes from her past using a "Now" (as a member of the Resistance in NY) and the "Then (as she rediscovers who she really is in the Wilds) format. Lauren Oliver packed a lot of punch in this book, and at times you can almost feel the emotion rolling off of the pages like a thick fog as poor Lana is put to so many tests, emotionally and physically. Let me just say that by the end of the book I was (literally) sitting on the edge of my bed, wide-eyed, and by the last words, I was cursing out loud because the book was over and I cannot believe that Lauren Oliver expects us to sit and wait until February, 2013 for Requiem to come out so we can find out what happens next!!!!

This one was a little harder to get in to just because I was still dealing with the loss of Alex. By the third chapter I was stuck again. The author is so good at her descriptions of how the charachter is feeling i could literally picture a movie in my head as I read it!

No words to describe how amazing this series is. This book is seriously a page turner & impossible to put down. You won't be disappointed, you'll be extremely anticipated for the final book of the series.

About the author

Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President of Production. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year.Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms.Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised by Stephen King as “disturbing, hard to put down” and “not recommended…after dark.” Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and is writing features and TV shows for a number of production companies and studios.Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University.www.laurenoliverbooks.com.