Summary: Set in a dystopian future, American society is basically the same with one major difference. At the age of 18, every citizen is required to undergo a procedure to have love removed. Yes, America has been "cured" of the disease Love so everyone can live a pain free life. And up until one day, this future of being free of pain and disease sounded like perfection to Lena, just an average girl living in Portland. This future sounded perfect until the day that Lena fell in love--when Lena was infected by a boy, and was slowly becoming infected and irrational. Will Lena choose to take a chance on love and the dangerous symptoms, or will she choose the emotionless, adventure-less, and boring life of the cured?
Review: This book was absolutely fantastic. Lauren Oliver presented this future American society in such a way that I found myself believing that this future could actually be plausible. The way that she uses normal things like products and phrases that we use today, while talking about a crazy procedure to remove love from a person left me stunned and flipping the pages.
Recommendation: Anyone ages 12+. There's no real inappropriate content, but the whole idea of the story can be very hard to wrap your mind around.
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