Pandemonium question

I was a bit disappointed about the ending.
I knew Alex would come book, nearly every book has a love-triangle right now and it was obvious that this one would have one too, but his behaviour at the end was awkward.
He surely went through horrible things and it was hard to escape and so on, but...really?!
Lena thought he was dead and it is natural that she did. Everybody would. She had to move on and she did. She found hope and strength again and then he suddenly arrives, without any warning or message and expects what?!
A welcome with cake and flowers and candles?
And his last words were kinda not neccessary and mean. Lena did not deserve that.
Right now I am just asking myself how it will go on
in Requiem....

Okay this may sound bad, and don't get me wrong, I loved Alex and was really sad when he died, but come on, can't she move on? She already did, she fell in love with someone else. I kind of wish Alex stayed dead. Damn.

It actually reminded me of Twilight. I was kinda expecting that Alex is still alive and he was the Portland guy they found on the Wilds. I'm anticipating the third book since if I were in Lena's case it would be hard to choose especially after promising to Julian.

It was ok, kind of expecting it to be like that but then i realised thet we need to now what happened to Alex and i kind of like it because there are not that many love triangles in wich you fall in love with the 2 guys, so i think Requiem will be interesting

I kinda wanted her relationship with Julian to go on cause he refuesed the cure for her, plus, its gonna be soooo awkward with her being with Alex while Julian stands in the background, or vice-versa?

I was so happy so happy Alex was alive. In fact when I read Delirium and the whole book loved him and thought the author killed him off I was so mad at her. But when I read the last page I was trembling with joy and I wasn't mad at her anymore. I love Alex and sometimes wish he was real.
But I was mad at Lena for getting together with Julian then and thought of the love triangle again. Why another love triangle.
Joy for living Alex sadness for love triangle

Well i always had a feeling in me that alex would have to be alive, because we all knew t was going to be a love triangle. His last words in pandemonium were harsh. I mean he went through alot and then coming back to the wilds (we all knew he came back for lena) and seeing his soul mate with another well thats harsh. I would do the same haha, but alex WAS alex and in delirium he always wanted lena to be happy even without him, it seemed. It killed me when he said "dont trust her". WTH!!!!!!!! She was trying to move on, and she did. But alex surrprised me. Really miss the old alex, and i know he'll be harsh on lena in reqium. UGH the ending. I need to get reqium.

The ending had me stunned. Not Alex coming back but his reaction. For some reason, maybe because he was painted as so perfect I expected him to be more understanding, even though his anger is also not entirely shocking considering what he has been through. If anything, this takes him from the "too good to be true realm" to more fleshed out and realistic.

Edit - that being said it did feel a bit awkward and I wasn't sure entirely what I thought of his reaction at first. Upon mouling it over, I do agree with another poster that it was unnecesarily mean. I think he has the right to be confused, considering what he must have gone through, but she did think he was dead. It wasn't like she told him she loved him then left him for another guy. She tried to move on, that isn't a betrayal. To say "don't believe her" when she was professing her love to Julian was just unnecesarily snarky and not a fair accusation at all. He has the right to be angry, but not at HER. She wasn't the one to torture him, or whatever it is that happened which we will find out in the next book. I had a hard time calling him selfish because of his previous actions but the ending really came off like it. Also, at the end of DElirium I got the impression that he already knew he would be captured and was sacrificing himself for her. So what did he intend her life to be like after he was gone?

I really believed Alex was alive, and as I was nearing the end of the book, with the number of pages remaining becoming less and less, I was losing hope that he'd materialise. But then, at the very last moment, mercifully, he did.

I did expect, however, that Julian would either be executed or be administered the cure before Lena could rescue him. That would have been so heart-wrenching, but perhaps beautiful for the reader--as others have pointed out, the whole predictable rescue and love triangle clichés can become tiresome.

So, whilst I was sooo pleased to see Alex is back, I'm a bit irritated by Julian still being around. He doesn't seem very masculine to me--a bit of a pansy! I hope hope hope Lena makes the right choice in the next book: Alex. Quite simply, they belong together.

I loved the ending. I was so happy to see Alex back. I would have rather he been brought in the story earlier. I was frustrated to go through a full book without Alex. But I am glad that Alex is pissed, because it makes for some frustrating drama to happen.

I loved the ending. I was convinced Alex was dead and also that Julian was going to turn on her, but this outcome was better. I am also very glad that she made him mad. He didn't walk in and be understanding, he walked in and made a vicious remark and i like his anger. I am very excited for the third book.

I had a feeling the ending was going to be what it was and was really pleased. I can only hope that the next story goes the way that i want since I really don't prefer julien.

Great read though...didn't take me even a day to get through it.

I had a feeling throughout the book that Alex was still alive, so it wasn't a massive shock, more of a 'I knew it, I knew it!' kind of moment. However, I thought it was a good ending; it definitely makes me excited for the next book to come out. I can understand how you can tire of love triangles, but it'll be interesting to see who Lena will pick, because Alex and Julian are completely different. Although, you have to keep in mind that Julian does suffer from brain tumours, so fate may pick for her...

Oh God, that just makes me sad thinking about it. I think the next book will be emotionally damaging!

i actually loved the ending because i was starting to feel like wheres alex and then he comes in like a boss. hahaha:)but yeah i think she just gave up on the idea of him (which she had every right to do)and stopped looking for answers. Yeah team alex man! :)i always like it if a character ends up with their first love. oh and the love triangle thing is a little annoying

I could see the ending before I even got through the first couple of chapters. It wasn't surprising at all but I still want to know what happens next.

i actually loved it, i can't wait for the second book. i feel that this love triangle would be different than any others because the same way the chapters kept changing from then to now, i feel like lena is different now and then. she was young and naive when she fell in love with alex and now she is someone totally different so i can't wait to see how it plays out with this new lena. will she still be in love with him?