I just recently began a new novel and I am completely addicted to it. It's called Delirium by Lauren Oliver. I am just 50 pages in, but I'll give you a brief synopsis of what I've read so far before I elaborate more into connections. The novel is set in the future and the main character, Lena Haloway lives in Portland, Oregon. She lives in a time where love for anybody, including her family, is forbidden and where love is considered to be a disease by the name of deliria nervosa. Everybody has to go through a procedure that prevents them from ever falling in love. Before that, though, they have to have an evaluation that determines who they will marry in their future, but not love.
While I have been reading, I've noticed a connection to Divergent by Veronica Roth. The main connection is that the main characters in both novels seem to have similar personalities and thoughts. Another minor connection that I found in both novels was that both contain some sort of evaluation to open the novel. Lastly, they are both dystopian novels.
I also noticed a connection to Matched by Ally Condie. Once again, Lena and Cassia, the protagonists in both novels, seem to have similar personalities and thoughts. The main connection, though, is that both novels have an evaluation to match one up with their future partner so that they'll have a good future. Matched is dystopian as well.
Finally, I have come to realize a popular trend in recent young adult/teen novels. Most recent novels are dystopian and take place in societies where there are bizarre restrictions and tests to determine one's future. Also, in many of these books, the world is at war. Delirium, Divergent, and Matched are just a few novels that exhibit at least one of these characteristics. I enjoy these novels, but I believe that there should be a variety in young adult books and not just one genre.
What do you think of the common trend in recent novels? Do you enjoy it or get bored of it?
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This is so true! I think another book that is kind of like this is the Hunger Games. Although these books all follow the same trend, there are differences in the plot that make each series intresting but I would also like to see other types of sotries.
ReplyDeleteIf you ask me, this new trend is really starting to get on my nerves. The teenage girl, who usually falls in love, is an individual amongst the controlling society she lives in, which she brings down. The only two of these that I've actually read were Hunger Games and Matched, and I only really liked the Hunger Games.
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