Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

Torment by Lauren Kate

  • Started on: 2012-03-19
  • Finished on: 2012-03-22
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

After reading Fallen a couple of days ago I dove right into its sequel, Torment. And I liked it better than the first one.
Luce now knows about her and Daniel’s story and about Angels. But the story has just started and now Daniel has dropped her off at a new school and left her there. This school is different though, in California and filled with perfect kids. In the eighteen days that Luce and Daniel have to be apart she learns a great deal. About the supernatural world of Angels, Demons, Announcers and other beings. About her past. And about her relationship with Daniel, which isn’t exactly equal or healthy. In the end she has to decide what to do, by herself, for herself.
Because this book dove more into the mythology of Angels and Demons and everything around them, I liked the book a whole lot more. It is still fluff, and reads like a schoolgirl fantasy, with all the perfect kids, guys liking Luce, Luce’s natural talents and things like that, but it’s fun. I actually want to read part three to see where this is going, because the story does end in a cliffhanger. Three out of four stars.

  • Started on: 2012-03-19
  • Finished on: 2012-03-22
  • Read in: English
  • Rating: ***–
  • Genre(s): Fantasy

After reading Fallen a couple of days ago I dove right into its sequel, Torment. And I liked it better than the first one.
Luce now knows about her and Daniel’s story and about Angels. But the story has just started and now Daniel has dropped her off at a new school and left her there. This school is different though, in California and filled with perfect kids. In the eighteen days that Luce and Daniel have to be apart she learns a great deal. About the supernatural world of Angels, Demons, Announcers and other beings. About her past. And about her relationship with Daniel, which isn’t exactly equal or healthy. In the end she has to decide what to do, by herself, for herself.
Because this book dove more into the mythology of Angels and Demons and everything around them, I liked the book a whole lot more. It is still fluff, and reads like a schoolgirl fantasy, with all the perfect kids, guys liking Luce, Luce’s natural talents and things like that, but it’s fun. I actually want to read part three to see where this is going, because the story does end in a cliffhanger. Three out of four stars.