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* ExtravertedNerd: Brian Scharff, although he does have a brief sympathetic moment. He's skinny, unattractive, a MommasBoy and allergic to practically everything.


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* SicklyNeuroticGeek: Brian Scharff, although he does have a brief sympathetic moment. He's skinny, unattractive, a MommasBoy and allergic to practically everything.
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* CuffsOffRubWrists: [[DistressedDamsel Lena]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext after having broken the nylon cords]] [[ChainedToABed tying her to her bed]].
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This is a series of YoungAdult {{Dystopia}}n novels by Lauren Oliver, author of ''Literature/BeforeIFall''. The first book was published in January 2011, and the sequel, ''Pandemonium'', was released on February 28, 2012. The third and final book, ''Requiem'', was released in Spring 2013.

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This is a series of YoungAdult {{Dystopia}}n novels by Lauren Oliver, author of ''Literature/BeforeIFall''.Creator/LaurenOliver. The first book was published in January 2011, and the sequel, ''Pandemonium'', was released on February 28, 2012. The third and final book, ''Requiem'', was released in Spring 2013.
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Romantic Two Girl Friendship has been renamed to Pseudo Romantic Friendship. All misuse and ZC Es will be deleted and all other examples will be changed to the correct trope.


* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Lena and Hana, to the point where they come up with a [[PortmanteauCoupleName Portmanteau Friendship Name]], "Halena"
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Then there's the ProtagonistTitle stories, and the ''Book of Ssh''

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Then there's the ProtagonistTitle stories, and the ''Book of Ssh''
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* AbusiveParents: Julian's father in the sequel.
* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Hana's husband Fred.]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Scavengers.

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* %%* AbusiveParents: Julian's father in the sequel.
* %%* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Hana's husband Fred.]]
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* CoolBigSis: Rachel used to be this, before the procedure.
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]CrapsackWorld: 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.

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* %%* CoolBigSis: Rachel used to be this, before the procedure.
* CrapsaccharineWorld[=/=]CrapsackWorld: CrapsaccharineWorld: 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.



* CureYourGays: One of the intended effects of the procedure.

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* %%* CureYourGays: One of the intended effects of the procedure.



* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Eighteenth Birthday]]: Everybody gets the procedure done at age 18.
* DistressedDude: Julian.

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* [[DangerousSixteenthBirthday Dangerous Eighteenth Birthday]]: DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Everybody gets the procedure done at age 18.
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* LoveEpiphany: Milked for all it's worth, naturally.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: The entire population is brainwashed to believe this.

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* %%* LoveMakesYouCrazy: The entire population is brainwashed to believe this.
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Then there's the ProtagonistTitle stories, and the ''Book of Ssh''
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: OneWordTitle style.


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* OneWordTitle: The IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming for each book.
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* NotSoDifferent: [[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.]]

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: [[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.]]
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* InTheBlood: Everyone believes this about the "deliria", which makes Lena's family somewhat unpopular considering what happened to her mother [[spoiler: the alleged suicide who's actually a prisoner]], and her cousin Marcia's husband, a convicted Sympathizer. Lena herself feels this way at first.

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* InTheBlood: ItRunsInTheFamily: Everyone believes this about the "deliria", which makes Lena's family somewhat unpopular considering what happened to her mother [[spoiler: the alleged suicide who's actually a prisoner]], and her cousin Marcia's husband, a convicted Sympathizer. Lena herself feels this way at first.
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: 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.
-->You have to understand. [[NaiveEverygirl I am no one special. I am just a single girl. I am five feet two inches tall and I am in-between in every way]].\\
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[[spoiler:But I have a secret. [[{{Determinator}} You can build walls all the way to the sky and I will find a way to fly above them. You can try to pin me down with a hundred thousand arms, but I will find a way to resist]]. And there are [[LaResistance many of us out there, more than you think]]. [[HopeSpringsEternal People who refuse to stop believing. People who refuse to come to earth. People who love in a world without walls, people who love into hate, into refusal, against hope, and without fear.]]]]

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