author: Lauren Oliver
series: Delirium #1.5
published: 28 February 2012
publisher: HarperCollins
genre(s): dystopian, romance
pages: 62
source: bought
format: eBook
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the blurb
The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.
But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and glimpses the safe, comfortable life she’ll have with him once they marry. As the date for her cure draws ever closer, Hana desperately misses Lena, wonders how it feels to truly be in love, and is simultaneously terrified of rebelling and of falling into line.
In this digital story that will appeal to fans of Delirium and welcome new admirers to its world, readers will come to understand scenes from Delirium through Hana's perspective. Hana is a touching and revealing look at a life-changing and tumultuous summer.
my review
I really enjoyed this novella! There are a lot of moments in this novella that weren’t in Delirium and others that were, but we get to see them in a totally different light in Hana.
Hana becomes much more of a three-dimensional character in this book. We see much more than the fun-loving, rebellious girl that we met in the first book. I thought she was a bit superficial in the first book so it was nice to see that wasn’t necessarily so. Even when she acts in ways that are not necessarily positive, it shows her passion, the same passion that is excised with the “cure.”
Although this novella is considered #1.5 in the series, I read it after the last book in the trilogy and I think that that is best. Otherwise, it could ruin a bit of the surprise of Requiem.
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reading challenges:
- 2014 Dystopia Reading Challenge
- 2014 Ebook Challenge
- 2014 Everything YA Reading Challenge
- 2014 Mount TBR Reading Challenge
- 2014 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge
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