How could you think this was interesting? We are reading this book and picturing two wobbly blobs of nothing slowly revolve around each other. It's this constant wonder, of how anyone can possibly write such shallow characters with such an unconvincing liking for each other, and yet somehow be invested in the story. How is that functional in any way, shape or form? How is that healthy?īut it's so true of the Luce/Daniel dynamic, though, isn't it? I could write a dissertation on this. Another person's personality is not for sharing, and frankly, you shouldn't want to be one half of a whole.
I paid money for Luce to wonder, "Who was she without ?" Nobody should ever be in a relationship wherein a legitimate concern is who you actually are outside of that relationship. And honestly, if it were fanfiction, I'd probably enjoy it. This isn't so much a book as really sexual bible fanfiction. No author is perfect, but let's be real here. Luce (alone): I am angry at Daniel for doing Y. Look, 90% of Luce and Daniel's conversations go like this:ĭaniel: But I am infatuated with the idea of you. Healthy relationships are not about cheating on your partner just to get a rise out of them, dictating what your partner should look like and being disappointed when they decide to change their appearance, or trying to flatten your partner's personality and individuality to such an extent that they are incapable of being apart from you for eighteen days. Guys, healthy relationships are about mutual understanding, respect and consent.
What's going on here is an emotional mud-wrestle between two completely ill-equipped morons with the collective mental capacity of a sesame seed. Kate has surely attempted to make Luce and Daniel's relationship 'healthy' by having Luce "question her destiny", but that's not really what's going on here, is it? No. At that simple stage, I could see the San Francisco setting and the early descriptions of Shoreline were fine. And I mean good not great, but good enough. The first two or three chapters were good. The writing style is less sticky and doesn't cut itself off. If I'm being honest, I will hold my hands up and say that Torment is a monumental improvement on Fallen.
I wondered, what if I was wrong? What if the first book was just a false start? Maybe I should give Kate another chance? When I picked up this book, it had been about nine months since I read Fallen, and the choking feeling had subsided.
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