tissas1's review
3.0
This was pretty much just okay. It is essentially just reading all the rules and laws of the dystopian society that the Delirium Trilogy is set in. It was a little dull for me, but if you're a big Delirium fan this might be of interest to you; plus, you can't beat the price (FREE!)
jessgordon155's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
erinlynn1989's review
3.0
Interesting but Dull
I was really excited when I heard that Lauren Oliver was writing a companion novella to her Delirium trilogy. I thought it would be fun to dive back into that world and see things through the eyes of the government.
It reads like it should, as a handbook. While it's interesting to see what is expected of people in the post-deliria world, it reads as a bit stuffy and dull. I know that if it were a real handbook meant to govern my life. I would make the same choice as Lena and leave.
I was really excited when I heard that Lauren Oliver was writing a companion novella to her Delirium trilogy. I thought it would be fun to dive back into that world and see things through the eyes of the government.
It reads like it should, as a handbook. While it's interesting to see what is expected of people in the post-deliria world, it reads as a bit stuffy and dull. I know that if it were a real handbook meant to govern my life. I would make the same choice as Lena and leave.
carrot_xo's review
5.0
A nice companion to the world of delirium. My favourite section is this:
{Here follows a small sampling of updated proverbs, insights, and lines of fine verse, prepared for approved use in our peaceful times.
Sanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and enjoying consistent results.
—Albert Einstein
The true sign of intelligence is knowledge, not imagination.
—Albert Einstein
Love is composed of a single disease inhabiting two bodies.
—Aristotle
The deliria that does not kill us makes us weaker; more susceptible to future deliria.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and be grateful.
—Mark Twain
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one indicated safer by a sign
And that has made all the difference.
—Robert Frost
Think different and you risk an all-too-common devastating fate.
—Steve Jobs
Follow your handbook.
—Joseph Campbell
It is better to have never loved
Than to have loved before the cure.
—Lord Alfred Tennyson
Updated Proverbs and New Translations:
The pen and the sword are as mighty as what motivates them. If it is amor deliria nervosa, both are weapons of mighty danger.
Better to have lost one’s love, than never to have known contentment.
If you’re not working for the cure, you’re part of the disease.
Delirium loves company.
Idle minds are deliria’s playthings.
Two is controversy, three’s allowed.
Distance makes the heart grow stronger.
Always judge a book by its cover.
Men plan. God applauds.
An I needs an eye, or the world goes blind.
The road to hell is paved with small flirtations.
When one door closes, another one opens. Close both; a storm is afoot.}
Wow. I laughed so much at this! But a nice addition though.
{Here follows a small sampling of updated proverbs, insights, and lines of fine verse, prepared for approved use in our peaceful times.
Sanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and enjoying consistent results.
—Albert Einstein
The true sign of intelligence is knowledge, not imagination.
—Albert Einstein
Love is composed of a single disease inhabiting two bodies.
—Aristotle
The deliria that does not kill us makes us weaker; more susceptible to future deliria.
—Friedrich Nietzsche
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and be grateful.
—Mark Twain
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one indicated safer by a sign
And that has made all the difference.
—Robert Frost
Think different and you risk an all-too-common devastating fate.
—Steve Jobs
Follow your handbook.
—Joseph Campbell
It is better to have never loved
Than to have loved before the cure.
—Lord Alfred Tennyson
Updated Proverbs and New Translations:
The pen and the sword are as mighty as what motivates them. If it is amor deliria nervosa, both are weapons of mighty danger.
Better to have lost one’s love, than never to have known contentment.
If you’re not working for the cure, you’re part of the disease.
Delirium loves company.
Idle minds are deliria’s playthings.
Two is controversy, three’s allowed.
Distance makes the heart grow stronger.
Always judge a book by its cover.
Men plan. God applauds.
An I needs an eye, or the world goes blind.
The road to hell is paved with small flirtations.
When one door closes, another one opens. Close both; a storm is afoot.}
Wow. I laughed so much at this! But a nice addition though.
gabiscosta's review
5.0
Don't mind me, just making a list with my favorite quotes in here:
"Spotless hands, spotless hearts; disease roots only in darkness."
"We keep this book
in the hand of our heart;
may it grow heavy there."
"shh.
The worst is over now."
"This is, in fact, a secondary definition of deliria: A disease so insidious one always dies from its dominance. It kills you both when you have it, and when you don't."
"As the old saying goes: Idle thoughts are deliria's playthings."
"Pain has value. Pain lends meaning to life. There can be no happiness without pain."
"A home should have no more than a dozen books on the shelves at any time, or else literacy begins to look like a desire to escape."
"Spotless hands, spotless hearts; disease roots only in darkness."
"We keep this book
in the hand of our heart;
may it grow heavy there."
"shh.
The worst is over now."
"This is, in fact, a secondary definition of deliria: A disease so insidious one always dies from its dominance. It kills you both when you have it, and when you don't."
"As the old saying goes: Idle thoughts are deliria's playthings."
"Pain has value. Pain lends meaning to life. There can be no happiness without pain."
"A home should have no more than a dozen books on the shelves at any time, or else literacy begins to look like a desire to escape."
allisonhollingsworth's review
4.0
This is soooo creepy! So glad this isn't real life! Now I miss The Delirium series!