![]() ![]() But the best part of the world building is that it is so grounded in our own reality that you can imagine this coming to pass. There is a dream like quality, overlaid with grittiness. This outcome affects everything.īesides her amazing characterization, Oliver’s world building is phenomenal. But his meeting Lena changes him and ultimately Julian turns Lena’s mission towards a different outcome. A boy raised in the Cities, he is a true believer of the “cure”. The other new character that makes an impact is Julian. She is Lena’s mother in a way, and is integral to the story. A character who invokes hatred and love, she helps Lena in too many ways for her not to be important. Raven, the leader of the group, is one of the strongest in terms of development. While there is freedom, there is still a sense of entrapment, as they never know when the next attack is going to come. Living in the Wilds, the new people Lena finds are hard without room for excuses, laziness or error. One of the things Lauren Oliver does exceptionally well is craft living, breathing characters. Through this journey, Lena becomes part of the Resistance, learning more about her past and her future. ![]() In the Wilds Lena is reborn and comes to rely on herself more than ever. Lena, having escaped Portland and the government forcing her to “cure” herself from love, is struggling to survive in a dangerous, harsh, and alien world of The Wilds without Alex, the boy she loves, to give her strength. Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver picks up right where the first book in the series, Delirium, left off.
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