BookTubeAThon 2013 – 1984 and Delirium
Book Reviews / July 16, 2013

   For my first pair of books I chose to read two dystopian novels, the classic 1984 by George Orwell and the modern YA book by Lauren Oliver Delirium.  1984 was a reread for me to complete the “reread a book” challenge of BookTubeAThon.  I have been hearing good things about Delirium so I thought now was a good time to add it to my TBR. Scene Setting I had forgotten just how effectively Orwell sets his scene in 1984.   From the moment the clock strikes 13 in the first paragraph to the final sentence (this is the only time I ever reread a book’s final words multiple times in the hope that they would change – they didn’t) 1984 is full of danger, menace and despair. This is only broken up by a few interludes of happiness.   Delirium, on the other hand, is the opposite.  Much of the book feels like a light, easygoing teen romance with only a few episodes of real danger and tension.  In 1984 the threat of being captured by the government feels very real and in the protagonist’s eyes inevitable.  In Delirium, the protagonist forgets about her society for whole long stretches….

BookTubeAThon 2013 – 1984 and Delirium
Book Reviews / July 16, 2013

For my first pair of books I chose to read two dystopian novels, the classic 1984 by George Orwell and the modern YA book by Lauren Oliver Delirium.  1984 was a reread for me to complete the “reread a book” challenge of BookTubeAThon.  I have been hearing good things about Delirium so I thought now was a good time to add it to my TBR. Scene Setting I had forgotten just how effectively Orwell sets his scene in 1984.   From the moment the clock strikes 13 in the first paragraph to the final sentence (this is the only time I ever reread a book’s final words multiple times in the hope that they would change – they didn’t) 1984 is full of danger, menace and despair. This is only broken up by a few interludes of happiness.   Delirium, on the other hand, is the opposite.  Much of the book feels like a light, easygoing teen romance with only a few episodes of real danger and tension.  In 1984 the threat of being captured by the government feels very real and in the protagonist’s eyes inevitable.  In Delirium, the protagonist forgets about her society for whole long stretches. The…