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Torment: Part Two
by Dylan Page
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.