tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776748688874027021.post4126883206053707210..comments2023-10-28T07:15:15.624-04:00Comments on Catching Books: Requiem (Delirium # 3) by Lauren Oliver ReviewSarah@Catching Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112069128645526979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776748688874027021.post-88579135059926072262013-03-28T14:28:43.471-04:002013-03-28T14:28:43.471-04:00I feel torn about this series! I'm normally a ...I feel torn about this series! I'm normally a very objective person, but I'm trying to figure out if I really didn't enjoy the series or since just finishing the GREAT Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare, it just doesn't live up to my romantic expectations at the moment! I'm trying to judge it on it's own merit, but I also judge based on other similar books like Divergent/Insurgent, and the Hunger Games. I never really got attached to the characters the way I loved Katniss & Peeta or Tris & Tobias together. Delirium was pretty slow to me until the end and I almost didn't feel the need to buy Pandemonium because I just didn't care all that much about Alex getting left behind. But I wanted to give the series a chance, and I just finished another series, so I was looking for another good series to get into, but I feel like I kept reading just because I was bored and had nothing else to do! The cliffhangers in the first two books seemed a little too predictable and chopped off. BAM Alex might be dead, BAM Alex is back. (read: "Please buy my next book!", I want to buy a book to really follow the characters & plot, not just find out if he's actually dead)<br />Overall it was a decent story, it kept me fairly interested in what was happening with the "resistance", but in the end I didn't feel satisfied with the wrap-up. What happened to Hana/Fred? What is happening in the rest of the country? Why is Alex and Lena's relationship so two dimensional? I never really felt the chemistry & tension between them the way I felt it with the others I mentioned above. What did they really see in one another and why are they sooooo deep in love that she just drops Julian the minute Alex says he loves her again? <br />Again, I'm comparing the love triangle to others like Twilight and The Infernal Devices and this one just fizzles out. There is no real resolution to her personal story or the bigger story, just a vague "happily ever after" I guess. <br />In summary, I felt like a "Cured" while reading this book. Never really feeling that spark to care too much for the characters or their relationships, just going through the motions of reading it just to read it. <br /><br />I think they can make a decent t.v. series out of it, similar to Revolution which I enjoy, so we'll see how it goes!TexsMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610612473033203067noreply@blogger.com