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Pandemonium (Spoilers!)
If you haven't read it, close this post NOW!
Really, close this post. Trust me, you don't want to be spoiled (I say this as someone who almost always reads spoilers 
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So, how did you like it? I started the book on Saturday afternoon and read sporadically, finishing last night. I actually am the opposite of what I saw on Goodreads, and liked Delirium better. I think I'd give Pandemonium just under 4 stars, but more than 3.5. I liked it, but it was pretty predictable. I knew Alex wasn't dead and I knew Lena would fall for Julian as soon as he was introduced. I also figured that we would see Lena's mom at some point. Last, I just knew that the kidnapping was some kind of setup. It just felt like something Raven and Tack would do. Even with the predictability, I liked the way the story went.
I also think what really makes it good for me is that now I'm really anxious for the third book. I want to see Lena's mom again (she has to come around, right?) and I want to know what happens with Lena and the boys. Love triangle? Will Alex be mad? Will she have to choose, or will the choice be made for her (one of the boys dies)? Will there be a full on revolution (likely)? How will that happen with so many people living like zombies now that they are cured? Any predictions?
Let's also discuss who you like better - Alex or Julian. I never became attached to Julian, so I'm siding with Alex, but will have to see what he is like in the next book. We didn't get to see much of him and I couldn't tell if his line of not believing Lena (about always loving Julian) was said in anger (he wants nothing to do with her) or love (he is going to fight for her).
Re: Pandemonium (Spoilers!)
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Do not read my original post. I saw in Amber's post that you are 70% finished, so what I posted is pretty much what you have left to read. I can't wait to discuss it, though! How are you liking it so far?
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It took me a little while to get into it but once they went to the rally and after that I really started getting into it. I'm at the part where they have exited the subway system and are at the homestead but haven't gone in yet. Not sure if it's a trap yet. I think the "then" part is where they finally made it to the last camp after they were attacked. No clue who lived yet aside from Raven, Lena, the one they had go into the cave and the two guys.
This series hasn't gripped me like HG did but I definitely like it.
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Jo, I'm with you! I liked Delirium better, but Pandemonium was still good! You predicted a lot more about the book than I did though. I didn't anticipate the kidnapping being planned.
I thought the underground community people were interesting. If we lived in this world, would you go through with the procedure or would you be an invalid? Where would you decide to live -- Homesteads or tunnels?
ALSO, on that note... how old were you when you first fall in love? Would you have been like Lena and attempted to escape? Who do you think Lena will end up with ??
Okay, another also. HOW is Lauren Oliver going to wrap this up in one more book? I don't think it will be enough
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I finally finished it! I agree with you Jo that it was very predictable and I predicted everything you did. I wasn't sure when her mom was going to show up but when Lena saw the # on the ladies neck when she was taken back to Raven & Tack's it flitted by in my mind that it was someone that had been locked up. I didn't necessarily make the connection that it was her mom at that time though. Everything else I pretty much knew was coming such as the setup.
I thought it was an OK book. It took me a little bit to get into it but I started liking it when the rally started but then at the end I started not caring for it so much. There was one part when they were in the hospital I think where I rolled my eyes because I was thinking, "Really oh how convenient, like that really would have happened." I can't remember which part it was though!
I wondered what Alex meant when he said "Don't believe her". I was thinking he said it out of anger but why? She didn't want to leave him in Delirium. He let her escape and gave himself up to save her. Maybe he wsa pissed that she "left" him emotionally after she thought he was dead....? I really don't know. I wonder what the heck's going to happen now though. What an awkward position Lena is in.
I prefer Alex to Julian. I really can't say why though. I think maybe it was because I connected with him more in Delirium than I did with Julian in Pandemonium.
Oh I thought it was freaking awesome that her mom is at the top-top!! Woohoo!!
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Pretty much how I felt, too. I knew he wouldn't be dead and I couldn't believe she just accepted it like she did. Especially after what happened with her mom.
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