![]() ![]() Now is the time after the incident when the invalids where again bombed by the cured. Then was when Lena first came into the woods after her escape from the Zombieland. The story is told in alternating settings: the then and the now. ![]() I feel like “oh I think this will happen next” but then it turns out the other way. What I love about this book is that it is unpredictable. I have to digest every event that unfolds for me to fully appreciate the story. That’s what happened to me with this book. There are some delicacies where you have to fully chew the food for you to appreciate the flavor. Second, I feel like I have to pause now and then for every chapter I finish so that the details of the story will sink in to my memory. One of the reasons was I found the pacing slow but I totally understand why the author wrote it this way. It took me a couple of days to finish this one. This series keeps getting better and better. Pandemonium is a solid sequel that’s full of suspenseful and heart-wrenching twists, with an epic ending that will guarantee that readers will be desperate to pick up the third and final book, Requiem.In this 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. Although in most cases it can hold its own – it’s a wonderfully dramatic, moving story – there were two particular events that felt like they were included purely as a set-up for the third book, even though could have been addressed now, and I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed the book more than Delirium. Pandemonium suffers slightly from ‘middle book syndrome’. I have to be honest and say that there was one main problem that I had with the book. I also welcomed the inclusion of Julian, who I judged right from the start but it turned out I underestimated him, and the comfort he provides Lena. It’s common for there to be talk of wanting to take down those in charge and change the laws in YA dystopian novels, but in Pandemonium there is action and the group certainly get stuff done. I liked that there is a stronger sense of resistance in this novel. ![]() Pandemonium is grittier and more horrifying than Delirium was because Lena is no longer naive. ![]() Lena becomes a strong character who can not only get herself out of a dangerous situation, but does it with style. I enjoyed discovering more about her personality as she becomes more self-aware and adept. We’re introduced to a (mostly) friendly bunch of Invalids – Raven, Hunter, Sarah, Blue, Tack and others, and we hear astonishing, poignant stories of how they ended up living together. We follow Lena through two years of her life as she discovers the truth about Invalids and struggles to survive without the comforts of abundant food, water and warmth. Pandemonium is less dystopian romance and more traditional dystopia/survival story. It is here where Lena meets Julian and is forced to choose between grieving for Alex forever or moving on with her life. She is once again left to her own devices when a government meeting is intercepted and she’s captured by an antagonist group of Invalids – Scavengers. The present is two years on and Lena is in New York City and a covert member of the resistance. We find out how Lena was saved by Raven and a group of Invalids in Rochester. In the past, the story continues directly after the escape. In Pandemonium, Lena’s narrative switches between “now” and “then”. Review: Pandemonium is the second book in the Delirium trilogy, so I advise you not to keep reading this review if you’ve not read the first book.Īt the end of Delirium, Lena manages to escape to the Wilds leaving Alex behind, presumably dead. ![]()
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