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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
dark
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This story was filled with so much reflection on trauma, so many highs and lows, it was almost hard to wrap my head around. Shay and Mina are so inextricably bound together it’s hard to imagine them being apart, and it’s easy to see why neither of them wants to be without the other, even if that in itself is a struggle for Mina. As secrets come to light and Mina adjusts to returning to school, the action again heats up as the book races to its conclusion. It was an ending I didn’t see coming...
I need a cigarette and a three week nap after this and also thanks I’ll never be able to listen to that song again
I was both excited and terrified of starting this book. Part one left me emotionally drained. I’ve read a lot of dark books but Torment is in a whole different category. I don’t think any other book has caused so many different emotions to rise. Book two was no different. Actually probably a bit more intense. I thought I’d be better prepared this time but nope, this book took all my feelings, put them in a shaker and then spilled them all over the floor. But no matter how much my heart was pounding, my head was spinning, and my hands were shaking, I could not put it down.
This book sucks you in from the start. From the very beginning there is madness. While the last book was told in both past and present this one is all present time. One surprising thing that I actually like about this book is that it is only told in Mina’s perspective. I love duo POV. Getting inside the male character’s head and seeing their inner thoughts is one of the best parts of a book for me. But this book just fits with just seeing things through Mina’s eyes. It brings you closer to her character to the point you are experiencing the same things as her. I wasn’t Team Shay or Team Keenan, I was 100% Team Mina. That poor girl has been put through the ringer and it only gets worse as the story continues. Watching her lose herself and start to question everything in her head was saddening. Shay’s character messed with my head so much. The amount of times I went back and forth with how I felt about him gave me whiplash. Just like Mina, I was being lured into this idea of hope that things could change. The book is mostly Mina and Shay. But again it works since this is their story and you are so enticed by them you sorta forget the other characters.
The fact that I didn’t know exactly what was going on and was left in the dark should’ve frustrated me, but it just added to the story. It kept me on edge of what was going to happen. Even at 80% I was wondering how it would all end. There is such a thin line between the good guys and the bad guys in this book. Dylan writes in a way that makes you question yourself for liking certain characters and wanting them to get their happy ending. The ending was not like anything I’ve read before. After my feelings being all over the place the whole book I honestly didn’t even know what I wanted the outcome to be. I think Dylan did an excellent job with how she left the characters fates. It may be bittersweet to some, but I don’t think there was any other way she could have ended it that made sense. The epilogue has me very curious as to what is to come. In the end these books, while mentally exhausting, are unique and worth all the therapist sessions I will now have to attend.
This book sucks you in from the start. From the very beginning there is madness. While the last book was told in both past and present this one is all present time. One surprising thing that I actually like about this book is that it is only told in Mina’s perspective. I love duo POV. Getting inside the male character’s head and seeing their inner thoughts is one of the best parts of a book for me. But this book just fits with just seeing things through Mina’s eyes. It brings you closer to her character to the point you are experiencing the same things as her. I wasn’t Team Shay or Team Keenan, I was 100% Team Mina. That poor girl has been put through the ringer and it only gets worse as the story continues. Watching her lose herself and start to question everything in her head was saddening. Shay’s character messed with my head so much. The amount of times I went back and forth with how I felt about him gave me whiplash. Just like Mina, I was being lured into this idea of hope that things could change. The book is mostly Mina and Shay. But again it works since this is their story and you are so enticed by them you sorta forget the other characters.
The fact that I didn’t know exactly what was going on and was left in the dark should’ve frustrated me, but it just added to the story. It kept me on edge of what was going to happen. Even at 80% I was wondering how it would all end. There is such a thin line between the good guys and the bad guys in this book. Dylan writes in a way that makes you question yourself for liking certain characters and wanting them to get their happy ending. The ending was not like anything I’ve read before. After my feelings being all over the place the whole book I honestly didn’t even know what I wanted the outcome to be. I think Dylan did an excellent job with how she left the characters fates. It may be bittersweet to some, but I don’t think there was any other way she could have ended it that made sense. The epilogue has me very curious as to what is to come. In the end these books, while mentally exhausting, are unique and worth all the therapist sessions I will now have to attend.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Car accident
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s hard to find the words to explain how devastated I am after reading this book and I don’t think that I’ll ever find the perfect words to explain just how much I hurt. As soon as Torment Part Two showed up on my kindle I knew that I couldn’t sleep without reading it and I found myself absolutely devouring it. It took me a long time to read it because I couldn’t make out any of the words through my tears that wouldn’t stop falling. There is one part that hurt the most and it wasn’t even the ending. It’s a part that no one seems to mention like it’s somehow insignificant but to me it meant absolutely everything and maybe one day I’ll be able to forgive Dylan for this unnecessary betrayal.
Dylan has done such a beautiful job at creating this world and the characters that live in it. She has managed to take me on an emotional roller coaster ride that has made me feel things that I have never felt before and never want to feel again. Many authors before her have broken my heart but Dylan has managed to eviscerate me…
I recieved an advanced copy for free, and this is my honest opinion.
Dylan has done such a beautiful job at creating this world and the characters that live in it. She has managed to take me on an emotional roller coaster ride that has made me feel things that I have never felt before and never want to feel again. Many authors before her have broken my heart but Dylan has managed to eviscerate me…
I recieved an advanced copy for free, and this is my honest opinion.
I hate to do this. I was already put off by the epilogue but nothing put me off more than the author's final notes of "justification." It's so rude to tell your readers, “Sometimes there is no happily ever after. And sometimes a happily ever after is something less grand and fantastical than we expected. But that’s okay. It’s just… life” in the context that YOU did.
AFTER trying to justify some unfinished ass ending. Like you're trying to clear it all up in this note. The fact that you thought to make this note tells you that you know you fucked it all up.
I saw this duet on TikTok and immediately binged it. I started book 1 07/29 midnight 1:00am, stayed up until 7:30am finishing book 1 and half of book 2. I was CONSUMED. I was on this roller coaster ride I didn't see myself wanting to get off. What was going to be a 4-5 star review instantly turned in a 2 star review with that note. I'm so pissed that I gave all this time and energy into this duet and you ruined it all like the last 10 pages. That's fucking nuts.
I feel that Shay's "redemption" ruined him not helped. So she's traumatized by that night the entire story, finds out the truth and she's just, "let's run away, I love you Shay." & You think his action redeemed him? Girl, you turned this psycho, scary, unhinged ass man into a little bitch at the end. What I got was he was scared. Not selfless. All throughout the book he brags about carving people up. & He's scared of people we don't get any more information or action about? So you can make this man carve up HER mom without a second thought, but now he's panicked and running scared? Not one moment she gets any reprieve from his paranoia of her leaving, and all in 5 pages he lets her go. It doesn't make sense. His chapter broke my fucking heart, I'll give you that. Sure, I wanted her with Keenan, but I didn't want that for Shay. I loved Shay. I did. & You took that love away in the end.
Don't even get me started on how absolutely wrong you did Keenan. Talking about, "I am sure Keenan fans are hating my guts right now for not having him in the story as much as the first one, if not, more. But this was never a love triangle story.” Be so fucking forreal. Never a love triangle but he's literally brought up the entire second book? & The heavy presence in the first? & You got some nerve making that man pick up the pieces you decided to break. & You sealed the deal with making Mina 17, traumatized, and pregnant apparently. I can't get over how much I'm seething. I could write a book about it actually. So I'm gonna go. Thanks for nothing.
AFTER trying to justify some unfinished ass ending. Like you're trying to clear it all up in this note. The fact that you thought to make this note tells you that you know you fucked it all up.
I saw this duet on TikTok and immediately binged it. I started book 1 07/29 midnight 1:00am, stayed up until 7:30am finishing book 1 and half of book 2. I was CONSUMED. I was on this roller coaster ride I didn't see myself wanting to get off. What was going to be a 4-5 star review instantly turned in a 2 star review with that note. I'm so pissed that I gave all this time and energy into this duet and you ruined it all like the last 10 pages. That's fucking nuts.
I feel that Shay's "redemption" ruined him not helped. So she's traumatized by that night the entire story, finds out the truth and she's just, "let's run away, I love you Shay." & You think his action redeemed him? Girl, you turned this psycho, scary, unhinged ass man into a little bitch at the end. What I got was he was scared. Not selfless. All throughout the book he brags about carving people up. & He's scared of people we don't get any more information or action about? So you can make this man carve up HER mom without a second thought, but now he's panicked and running scared? Not one moment she gets any reprieve from his paranoia of her leaving, and all in 5 pages he lets her go. It doesn't make sense. His chapter broke my fucking heart, I'll give you that. Sure, I wanted her with Keenan, but I didn't want that for Shay. I loved Shay. I did. & You took that love away in the end.
Don't even get me started on how absolutely wrong you did Keenan. Talking about, "I am sure Keenan fans are hating my guts right now for not having him in the story as much as the first one, if not, more. But this was never a love triangle story.” Be so fucking forreal. Never a love triangle but he's literally brought up the entire second book? & The heavy presence in the first? & You got some nerve making that man pick up the pieces you decided to break. & You sealed the deal with making Mina 17, traumatized, and pregnant apparently. I can't get over how much I'm seething. I could write a book about it actually. So I'm gonna go. Thanks for nothing.