Amor-Trilogie 2: Pandemonium

Geschrieben von Annina Braunmiller-Jest und Lauren Oliver

Erzählt von Annina Braunmiller-Jest

Die Lena von früher gibt es nicht mehr - die glaubte, was man ihr sagte, und sich gegen die Liebe heilen lassen wollte. Ihr altes Ich hat Lena zurückgelassen auf der anderen Seite des Zauns, über den sie mit Alex geflohen ist. Hier, in der Wildnis, schließt sie sich dem Widerstand an. Ein Auftrag führt sie erneut in die Stadt. Und tief in ihrem Innern gibt sie die Hoffnung nicht auf, dass Alex doch noch am Leben ist. Annina Braunmiller liest mit Spannung und Melancholie.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Silberfisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25. Okt. 2012
• ISBN: 9783844906844

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[becky_mckenna-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this book! I was heartbroken for Lena. She's escaped to the Wilds, but things didn't go as expected. Now she's forced to learn a completely new lifestyle without Alex by her side. I really liked that she's becoming more independent. Lena is making much better decisions in this challenging new world and while she's grieving for a life and family left behind, she's finding that she has more strength than she ever realized. When she meets Raven and the others, she finds a new family and slowly begins to heal. My only complaint was her relationship with Julian. It seemed too soon for Lena. When she's thinking about Alex while kissing another, it's not love. She just wasn't ready.

Loved all the twists and surprises and the action kept me glued to my Nook! The ending wasn't completely unexpected, but I really like where the series is going. I can't wait to read the next book!

[liveshipvivacia · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Amazing, just like the first one. I was a little disoriented with the "now" and "then" chapters back and forth- it took me a while to get used to it and I'm still not certain there wasn't another way. Still...the emotions were poignant and strong- I felt so bad for Lena, as usual, and I wanted what made her happy.

And OMG. The end. I need the next book now. Rawr.

[wanderlustlover_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I remember this book was so hard, and so gritty, like dirt and sand in your teeth, after getting punched into the ground. And how hard it was to stand back up, to move forward, making a new life in a new world, with a new family, having to earn every single inch of who you could be from the tatters of who you were. Having no choice at all, while being ripped apart.

This book was like a shot in the heart, perfectly placed after what happened in book one, and then, of then, those last pages happened, and I'm *dying* for the next book in this series, too.

[librarycin · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

3.5 starsThis is the 2nd book in a dystopian series where people are given a surgery to turn off any remnant of love; this is called “the cure”. After the first book, Lena has escaped into the wild, but has “lost” her boyfriend Alex (he died) along the way. Meanwhile, back in the “regular” world , there is a teenaged boy with a health issue that has prevented him from getting the cure: Julian. Julian has become a spokesperson for the cure. When Lena is sent to follow Julian, they are both kidnapped. I liked this and am happy to continue the series. I listened to the audio and it was done well, kept my attention for the most part. It was a bit confusing at first, though, as the narration went back and forth in time between “Then” and “Now”, and with listening to the audio, it’s not easy to back up to see where we were. I knew, based on what was happening what was going on (I wasn’t confused there) and we were in one or the other, but in all honesty, it took me a while to figure out which parts had happened first, as I kept missing if we were “then” or “now”. I liked where this book went, but there is a surprise cliffhanger ending.

[completely_melanie · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I think I would give this a 3.5. I liked the first book more than this one and I totally predicted the ending from the very beginning. I do still intend to read the next one though.

[larissabookgirl_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Leaving Alex behind was the hardest thing she ever had to do. She was not sure how she could go on without him and indeed she almost doesn't, more then willing to join him in death when her first few days in the wilds leave her starved, exhausted and on the very brink of death. However it is Raven who finds her, Raven who saves her, and Raven who gives her a new life.She is starting again, in a new school within the protected boundaries of the city, only this time she is starting as someone else, the procedural mark on her neck to prove it. She is the new cured version of herself and she is on a mission. With the demonstration in the city rumoured to be hijacked by invalids, scavengers, Lena is forced to fight to protect all that she believes in.Pandemonium and chaos ensue as lives are ripped apart. Hardships are born to those on both sides of the fence and despite best intentions, someone is going to get hurt. A story that flips from one side of the fence to the other, a telling of what is happening now, and what went on then. An absorbing and exciting follow-up to Delirium.

[joy_bush-147339 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

book 2 syndrome, screw this book. lena alex 4 ever.

[beth_german-590755 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I have read both Delirium and Pandemonium within the last week and am greatly anticipating Requiem in the spring of 2013! I didn't think that the second book could be any better than the first but I enjoyed it even more. Lauren Oliver is a very talented author and I look forward to reading more from her. Highly recommend the Delirium series and Before I Fall!

[faith_murri · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Better than the first in a lot of ways, and a little bit worse in others.

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.
I originally rated this 5 stars after finishing it, but upon reflection, it really was more of a 4 star read for me.

But it was still awesome!

Grief is like sinking, like being buried. I am in water the tawny color of kicked-up dirt. Every breath is full of choking. There is nothing to hold on to, no sides, no way to claw myself up. There is nothing to do but let go.

Let go. Feel the weight all around you, feel the squeezing of your lungs, the slow, low pressure. Let yourself go deeper. There is nothing but bottom. There is nothing but the taste of metal, and the echoes of old things, and days that look like darkness.
Honestly, this felt like a different series a little bit. Part of that was definitely the lack of chapter epigraphs (which I briefly mourned) and definitely the fact that the only character shared throughout was the Lena herself (and she made a bit point about that) and definitely the fact that the chapters alternated between past and present - "now" and "then".

This installment actually made me cry a lot. It was intense and hard-hitting with more tangible stakes and consequences. Raven was an excellent addition and the Invalid band she travels with were great, though Tack deserved a little more page time to really earn his place at the end.

While Alex in the first book was a bit of a stalker and Julian in this book was a voyeur, I actually genuinely liked him. He was sweet and complex, and I'm also just absolute trash for the trope when two people have to sleep in close quarters together when they aren't (yet) in a relationship. I don't know why, but it just sustains me like no other.

That said, I did not like the pacing or how the very ending was handled. It was a little bit of a deus ex machina and didn't feel entirely earned. Some elements of the entire novel felt a little too Divergent-ish.

This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same time turn you to rot.

[treehorse-1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Seriously? Do we really have to do the love triangle thing here? I thought this was supposed to be about growth, not angsty teen lurrrrrrrrve.

[ltl1red · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Book has a strange story but one that intrigues and keeps you interested. It's based in Portland, Oregon where at age 18 everyone gets the cure. It is believed that Love is a disease and is bad so at age 18 the cure is given which takes away all the feeling from a person. It's a police and if you break the rules you are executed or put somewhere you'll never get out of.

Boys and Girls under 18 do not mix or talk to each other. Once you are tested before you take the cure you are assigned a pair- your marriage partner. The main character Anna is almost at the age to take the cure but just as it's getting close her whole world explodes. Pandemonium follows our history but in a version where Love is a disease. It's an interesting view of our society with a different set of rules.

[cindywho-1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I was right to switch to reading from audiobook - the teen angst, predictable as it is, slides by much more easily. I enjoyed the double storylines, one for Lena's introduction to the wilds and the second her first mission for the resistance. I've got the 3rd book in hand thanks to my generous YA distopia loving co-worker.

[winterdragon-1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The second book in the Delirium series and just as rewarding as the first. The book delves into the resistance which Lena ends up joining after she escapes into the Wilds; without Alex and severely injured. This book Lauren Oliver goes back and forth, titled Then and Now. The Then chapters starting with Lena first escaping into the Wilds and the Now chapters starting with Lena at a rally to stop the Deliria and she's there for the resistance. In this book we meet Julian the son of the head of the organization 'Deliria Free Association'. Lena is also still mourning the loss of Alex who was shot while they were trying to get into the Wilds at the end of Delirium. Lena and Julian get captured, later finding out they were captured by the resistance, and during their captivity Lena starts to fall in love with him. With Pandemonium we are introduced into the world with love and, along with Lena, see that the Wilds are not as amazing as we thought. With the Wilds, the world without love, comes the ability to choose, to have free will. Lena learns that "love is the deadliest of all deadly things. It kills you when you have it. And when you don't." Maybe love is deadly but it doesn't mean it's not worth fighting for. Pandemonium explores two different worlds one without love and one with, and in those worlds we see different kinds of people and how they go about to achieve what they think is right.

4/5

[edensteffey · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

i loved this book! I couldnt put it down. I was happy Lena found someone she could fall in love withand felt bad about what happened at the very end.

[mhanover10 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

This is such a great book backed with lots of action and emotion. Most middle books of a trilogy just brings the reader along to the next point with not much happening. This book did not feel like a middle book. Yes, it brought the story along, but it really felt like an extension to book one. Lena is now in the wilds and is with a group where she works closely with Raven and Tack while she grieves for Alex who she saw on the ground in a pool of blood. Lena does a lot of things by emotion but also because she feels it's the right thing to do. Fantastic trilogy that I will be sad when it's done. Definitely worth the read! Great as an audiobook. I found myself sitting in my car not wanting to stop listening.

[lisarector · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I knew it. I knew how the book would end, and I am dying to read the third. This was so good. I loved reading how events and life unfolded for Lena. OH my gosh, you have to read it to know. I loved it. Probably more than the first one.

[karconner · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

This one took a while to get my interest. I felt the firts half of the book was slow.But, one it reached the midpoint, it moved very quickly. I am not sure I like the twist thrown in at the end, but am curious to see how that turns out in the next one.

[mtlkch-1 · Bewertung: 2 von 5 Sternen]

I didn't think this was nearly as good as the first one. Now I don't really care whether I read the next book because I no longer care about the characters. I couldn't relate to any of the new characters, and Lena just got on my nerves.

[composingcomposer · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

This book was good but incredibly frustrating. An author should not lightly kill off a main character's love interest, should not lightly introduce a new love interest and should be very careful of having the first love interest show up alive in the end of the book. It bothered me that Lena gave Alex up for dead so quickly. But it was a good follow up to the first book, all in all.

[myntop · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

The twists and turns in this sequel to Delirium will keep the reader on their toes. It was a little confusing at first because you think the author has left out a great deal of information, but it all works itself out so keep reading! This book, if possible, was even more emotional than the first. I found I didn't want to put it down and couldn't wait to get back to it when I did have to step away. There is a cliffhanger, so if you hate that make sure you have the next book handy. I can't say I wasn't hoping for something of this nature to happen at the end, but I was shocked none the less. Great for fans of the first book, the author herself or the dystopian genre.

[raeadav · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Well, Oliver did it again. Another amazing story. I am so upset that we have to wait until 2013 for the next book. Oh, geez, what will happen?

[bookishthings · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I enjoyed this book more than I did Delirium. I think it's because of Lena's inner turmoil. I also loved how the chapters went back and forth from her time in the wilds to her time now. Each time something in the present happened, she was able to relate to something she encountered with her makeshift family in the wilds.

The characters in the sequel are a little more harsh. But I think that's because not all of them came from cookie cutter families. Julian reminded me so much of Lena while she was still in Portland. The difference in him though is that he did break rules before. He just didn't get caught. The story of Julian's brother and Blue had me almost in tears. So emotional.

There were a few things that bothered me. Although it's the same narrator in both books, she pronounced Hanna's name different. It's a little thing, but it was enough to bug me. I also had the ending predicted by the middle of the book.

Even with all that, I'm anxious to see what happens in Requiem.

[ddbrown201 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Great dystopian series! Action, romance, fast paced story.

[nsmith529 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

To reiterate my mother, "Holy Cliffhanger, Batman." This is pretty much my thought after it finished. I listened to this book on CD and the whole Now and Then parts were a bit confusing. But other than that, which was pretty much just the book on CD part, I loved this book about as much as I loved the first one.Lena starts out in the Now portion of the book being in a school, now in Manhattan in New York. When it starts, I was wondering how she got there and why? It was an interesting way to start out the book. We find out she is on a mission for the resistance, although she is not sure what exactly. She goes to DFA, or the Delirium Free America, meetings and pretends she is a good cured girl. While this is going on, the book also brings us to the Then portion, basically bringing readers up to speed on how she came to be doing this mission and what all happened after the first book ended.There are quite a bit of twists and turns that happens in this book that I didn't see coming. And then of course the cliffhanger at the end, which was surprising to say the least. Now I can't wait to read the next one as soon as I can get it.

[chasidar_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

a little predictable. but still an enjoyable read.

[willowstarserenity · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I just finished reading Pandemonium. It is the sequel to Delirium, written by Lauren Oliver. After fleeing from her old life, Lena finds herself in a new life. She must force all the memories of her old life out so that she can push forward with her new life. Will she be able to put the past in the past or will it keep haunting her?I really enjoyed this book. I may be one of the few here, but I found it and its prequel entertaining. I find that on many levels I can actually connect to Lena’s personality. She’s smart yet cautious. She’s brave yet unsure of herself. I love how witty and suspenseful this book can be. At first, I felt like I was thrown through loops. It kept going from the present to the past. After I figured out why they were doing it, I understood it better though. This is the only real problem I had with the book honestly. Other than that, it was easy to read and understand. The characters were easy to relate to and fun to read about. I fully recommend this book. I especially recommend it to all those readers who love dystopian novels. I’m going to suggest that you own the whole trilogy before you read it though. I won’t go into the details why. I wish I owned the third book so I can dive right into it. I will be getting it soon though.

[staciesnape-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Warning: May contain spoilers This books picks up directly where Delirium left off with Lena on the run. At the end of Delirium she escaped but it came at a price, Alex's life. In order for Lena to be safe he had to sacrifice himself so that should would have enough time to jump over the fence, something that I have to admit I never saw coming.She stumbles upon the people in the 'wilds' and is instantly taken under their wing. She's left fighting her grief of the death of Alex and losing everything she knew and loved.Its set in two section labelled 'now and then'. Then tells the story of how Lena made her way to the wilds, the people who helped her adjust, nurse her back to health and later became her new family. You see from the people of the wilds point of view and the struggles they go through all because they refused to conform. The leader of the people is Raven. A mother figure to them all, someone who is there to comfort you but won't spare your feelings if you've done something wrong or are full of self pity. (I really liked her character)An now. Now is set in New York where Lena is a undercover resistance operative. While on a mission she finds herself draw to a boy named Julian. While tailing him she finds her self captured, locked up in a cell with him for days by a group of people known as the savages. The time was an eye opener for both of them. Mainly Julian, who is learning that maybe everything he was taught, everything he believed in, could have been a lie. While Lena is learning that maybe she could love again.this books is very different from the Deliruim. The characters are more harsh and blunt and the cause more important. Lena not only comes out of her shell a lot more but has grown up. At times it was predictable, but oddly not in a bad way. Lauren Oliver truly does have a gift at story telling.I loved it and I cant wait to read Requiem.

[mirandalg14 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Not quite as good as the first. It seemed that the main character's voice changed between books.

[margaraawr-1 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

What's with Lauren Oliver and she always makes me want to scream at the top of my lungs at every book's ending. srsly?

This book is awesome. so there.

[pamzaragoza · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

*spoiler alert* WOW. Just when i was starting to like Julian for Lena then boom! comes that omg-what-just-happened-whut-oh-no page!! WOW. This book just made me want to go to a bookstore now and grab a copy of Requiem because dammit the ending is OMG!!!!