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Lauren Oliver's riveting, original digital story set in the world of her New York Times bestseller Delirium.
The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.
But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and glimpses the safe, comfortable life she’ll have with him once they marry. As the date for her cure draws ever closer, Hana desperately misses Lena, wonders how it feels to truly be in love, and is simultaneously terrified of rebelling and of falling into line.
In this digital story that will appeal to fans of Delirium and welcome new admirers to its world, readers will come to understand scenes from Delirium through Hana's perspective. Hana is a touching and revealing look at a life-changing and tumultuous summer.
Lauren Oliver is the author of the New York Times bestseller Before I Fall, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. Her thrilling second novel, Delirium, debuted on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first book in a trilogy. Oliver is also the author of a luminous novel for younger readers, Liesl & Po. A graduate of the University of Chicago and the MFA program at New York University, Lauren is now a full-time writer and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Posted March 3, 2012
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Wonderful Book I enjoyed reading. kept me entertained all the way through.
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 5, 2012
This was a great, quick read to go along with Delirium and Pandemonium. It really got you into Hana's head and helped you understand her character. Do I agree with all her choices? Of course not, but I can see how the pain of being used and jealousy led her to think she did the right thing. It may have made my respect for her character lessen, but I definitely do not hate her character. I just think she has been through things that have hurt her, is a confused teenage girl who just had trouble differentiating between right amd wrong, and who was having trouble adjusting to change in her life. She acted as many teenage girls would under conflicting pressures from society's standards and personal morals. I hope there will be another novella about what happened to Hana during the events of Pandemonium. I have my assumptions, but I would enjoy another look from Hana's perspective.
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 28, 2012
If you want to hate Hana forever the buy this book. I am still in shock from the last line.
6 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 28, 2012
Reading this deffinatly changed my opinion of Hana. I did not expect that to come from her in the end. It made me not like anymore.
5 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 28, 2012
I thought I liked Hana but boy did this one prove me wrong! I am in shock!
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 4, 2012
It was interesting to finally see things from Hana's point of giew. I loved her character in delirium. After reading this though it shows you never know what someone is thinking. Hana is a lost selfish little girl. What her jealously led to inthe end is still so shocking. At least it answers why she didnt leave with Lena and Alex.
4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 2, 2012
It was interesting to see the story from Hana's POV. This read was a good addition to the series, short but not so sweet in the end. Prepare to be stunned with the reveal of a small detail of Lauran Oliver's first book of the series, Delirium. Oliver's, or should i say Hana's, little secret that is presented in the end of this short story is; relevant, very exciting and yet heartbreaking. Ahhh i can't believe it, i never would have guessed. Jealousy is a deadly thing.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 17, 2012
Im confused!
2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 9, 2012
This is such a good little read, but by the end of the book i was so shocked i had to shove my pillow to my mouth to muffle my screaming! ;)
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 9, 2012
Wow. Just wow. I was not expecting this!
SPOILER ALERT!
This was an amazing story. I had really already expected hana to go to all of those parties but still! She was wild.
When lena starts dating alex i understand hanas jealousy but she could have any boy she wanted really. She has a match and its not like she wanted to catch the deliria and run away. She just wanted a normal life and to be happy.
Atleast she had a good match because lena didnt.
But at the end when i read those three words "im sorry lena" all i could think was NOOOOOOO! I still cant believe that hana would turn lena in. But i dont think it was only jealousy. Hana also wanted lena to have a happy safe CURED life. But still.
Im sorry, Lena.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 3, 2012
Surprising twist but cost waaaay to much for what it is. Disappointed!
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 1, 2012
Okay i really hate her
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Posted March 22, 2012
Wow i am so mad at Hana. I hope the cure doesnt work on her and she goes crazy with regret.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 19, 2012
I hate Hana. Previously before reading the novella, I thought Hana was Lena's loyal, trusting best friend. She betrays Lena. The last line was shocking.
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Posted March 18, 2012
Really, not worth buying. You are essentially paying for 40ish pages of information you basically know if you've read Delirium, and if you haven't read that book then you definitely should not buy Hana. There is no real story of Hana. You don't learn what happens to her after Lena leaves, you really don't learn anything. Basically you are paying for an excerpt from Pandemonium which is already out. Very disappointing.
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Posted March 15, 2012
Hanna is the most selfish person in all the books not Raven or Tack omg what a shock.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 12, 2012
I havent read this book but i know delirieum was good.. although (SPOILER ALERT) alex dies at the end of delirium i liked her book
1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 8, 2012
Can't get over that last line. I wonder if Hana will be in book 3
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Posted March 7, 2012
I can't believe the ending. Hana is so two-faced.
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Posted March 6, 2012
While I enjoyed reading an alternate perspective, and I connected well with Hana in Delirium, I felt that so connected with Lena that it was hard for me to care about what Hana was doing while Lena wasn't around. I am still excited to find out what happens to Hana in the end however! The end is a little perdictable for me, only because if it were my story to tell, that is EXACTLY how it would have unfolded. It makes sense in correlation with Hana's character and her own personal crisis and weaknesses.
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Overview
Lauren Oliver's riveting, original digital story set in the world of her New York Times bestseller Delirium.
The summer before they're supposed to be cured of the ability to love, best friends Lena and Hana begin to drift apart. While Lena shies away from underground music and parties with boys, Hana jumps at her last chance to experience the forbidden. For her, the summer is full of wild music, dancing—and even her first kiss.
But on the surface, Hana must be a model of perfect behavior. She meets her approved match, Fred Hargrove, and ...