I just finished Requiem by Lauren Oliver last night, but I was still so caught up with what I had just finished that I couldn't bring myself to do anything, except watch an episode of Camelot and then go to bed thinking about how everything had just ended.
Don't get me wrong, it was a satisfying ending. But. I know, there's a but. But, there were so many different directions that Lauren Oliver could have taken the ending to this series. There are still some things that are left unresolved and more parts to this story that we'll never get to read because, well, there is no more. Things with Lena, Alex, and Julian are left unresolved, at least, completely. We still don't know whether or not the resistance is working in this last huge overthrow of things. We have no idea if Fred was really killed. Or, even how Hana faired after she fled the house and Fred to escape the bomb hidden somewhere in the house.
Maybe, it's just me, but I really would have liked to know more and I would really have liked to find out whether the resistance made good in their efforts to basically say to the government "fuck you, we choose the freedom to choose, and we're taking this country back". Sure, there's a lot that can be left up to interpretation, but, personally, I would have liked some concrete detail to travel off on.
And, although, it wasn't necessarily the ending I was hoping for, there were other parts to this ending that made it worth while.
I'm really glad that I started to read this trilogy, though. It opened my eyes to the world around me and how casually people throw around the word "love" and how liberally we apply it to every day things. I mean, what would happen if you didn't know that feeling anymore? What would you say instead? Would people even feel "love" anymore? What would a world be like without love, and the fear of being broken because of it? The Delirium Trilogy answers those questions, and that makes me even more grateful that I read the trilogy to begin with.
Lauren Oliver is an author for the generation and I thanks the gods above that her voice has touched so many, myself included.
Too-da-loo
until next time,
The Book Nerd
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