![]() ![]() In both, however, she utilizes stylistic devices that set her apart from other young-adult authors: like the little excerpts at the beginning of each chapter, or her beautiful description of setting. Oliver shows her multifarious authoring abilities as this book was definitely different from Before I Fall. I enjoyed this tale where love is illegal and any display of affection is an illicit act. ![]() Love has infiltrated Lena’s once impenetrable world, and the worst part is that she cannot get enough of it. Then, the unthinkable happens: she becomes infatuated with a boy only a little older than she. ![]() Now she eagerly awaits her own procedure and the promise of normalcy it entails. She saw the destructive effect of love first-hand, bearing witness as it tore her mother apart and took her away. Lena has accepted this fact at a young age. While the surgery is not full proof and something could go wrong, it is better than falling victim to amor deliria nervosa. A powerful story of a dystopian world where love is a disease, and that at the age of eighteen everyone undergoes a procedure to have love removed from their bodies. ![]()
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