Worth it?

requiem is the final installment in Lauren Oliver's Delirium Trilogy.  This is the one about the society where love is a disease and everyone gets cured when they turn 18.  If you would like to read it and haven't read the first two books yet you need to stop now because I'm about to drop a pretty substantial spoiler.

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Ok here it is.  Alex isn't dead.  Yup, we last saw him collapsed on the ground bleeding out of the chest-he had to be dead, no way he could survive a gunshot wound like that.  Well, he did.  And now he's walking into the wilds only to see Lena (the person he loved and thought loved him back) kissing someone else.

Lena moved on.  All of book two was Lena moving on.  She grieved, she was heartbroken over losing Alex but she moved on.  She was falling for Julian.  But is she really over Alex?  Or worse, is Alex over her?  Is Alex her great love or just her first love?  Love is wonderful, but it can be hard and complicated and confusing.  Was it worth it?  Running away, living in the wilds.  Is it worth it?

Meanwhile back in zombie land we get to see what happened to Lena's former best friend Hana.  I really liked the Hana character in book one so I was thrilled to see her back and even get several scenes from her perspective.

Hana has been cured and between her beauty and her families history (they're rich) she has secured an elite match.  Perhaps the best match.  She is set to marry the mayor.  It should be perfect.  But is it?  Was the cure worth it?  Sacrificing her best friend, getting rid of extreme emotions, fitting into this 'perfect' world.  Was it worth it?

Fighting for something better...that's kids stuff.