Delirium Series: Difference between revisions

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Rachel used to be this, before the procedure.

* [[Crap Saccharine World]]/[[Crapsack World]]: Much is made about how curing people of the ability to love has increased social stability, but over the course of the book, many things are exposed that are wrong with the society that Lena lives in.

* [[Culture Police]]: Dancing, poetry, certain types of music, loud laughter and public displays of affection are all banned.

* [[Cure Your Gays]]: One of the intended effects of the procedure.

* [[Not So Different]]: {{spoiler|After finding out about how Julian was set up to be "infected", captured and killed in order to tarnish the image of his father's "Deliria-Free America" organization, a furious Lena accuses Raven of being just as callous and inhuman as the Cureds.}}

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: When Gracie speaks near the end of the novel, everyone takes notice.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]: In-universe, a(n officially) nonromantic version. Hana and Lena use their Portmanteau Friendship Name, "Halena", to pump each other up before races and exams.

* [[POV Sequel]]: The online-exclusive novella, ''Hana'', retells parts of ''Delirium'' from Hana's perspective. It includes [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|''Hana'' was the one who alerted the authorities to Alex and Lena's relationship}}.

* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]: Lena recognizes her own symptoms straight out of ''the Book of Shh'', but falls in love anyway with the first good-looking, nonrelated boy she has an actual conversation with. Somewhat justified since her strictly gender-segregated upbringing has left her completely unprepared for dealing with boys, and Alex ''is'' quite the catch.

* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Not that Lena seeks him at first, but Alex is really very sweet {{spoiler|for an Invalid}}.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Everyone over eighteen as a result of the cure.

* [[Theme Tune]]: Written and performed by a David J. DeSmyter.

** And {{spoiler|Averted}} in the sequel, where {{spoiler|Alex shows up alive at the end. Really, who ''didn't'' see that coming}}?

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: The reasoning for curing every citizen of the ability to love as soon as they turn eighteen and sometimes even before that. This is deconstructed over the course of the novel as more social flaws are exposed.

* [[Wild Teen Party]]: They're illegal, but they happen anyway.

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Lena's monologue at the end mostly subverts this, as she's ''not'' really anyone special and admits it, but somehow manages to play it straight at the same time.