Delirium

Ugh maybe I would've felt different about this if I'd read this when it came out but, ten years later... I'm just annoyed at the characters, at the plot, at the dialog.
The plot feels so dated and honestly, rather stupid and contrived. What society is going to scientifically alter it's population just to remove their ability to feel love? It's ridiculous, it's not like not feeling love would keep them from uprisings and that removing all poetry/classic romantic literature (except Romeo and Juliet conveniently) would do anything of value. The characters are insipid and predicable most of the time, and I just didn't want to be in Lena PoV after awhile. I understand Alex and Lena are suppose to be in ‘young love' but it's too cringy and too dramatic to be romantic. The ‘we've got to runaway together and then we'll be happy' cliché is so overdone.

At first, I was disappointed in this book. It seems as if every dystopian novel has the exact same plot, but eventually this one managed to stand out on its own. By the end, I was completely emotionally invested - bawling my eyes out while driving to work, no less.

I'm definitely looking forward to the rest of the trilogy to find out if Lena and Alex are united and if they manage to make a difference in the world.