Torment

Originaalpealkiri: Torment (Langenud #2)

Autor: Lauren Kate

Välja antud: 14. juuni 2011

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Hell on earth.

That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel.
It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.

At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. He’s hiding something—something dangerous.
What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?

Hea põhjus, miks peaksin kõik oma reviewd võimalikult kiiresti pärast raamatu lugemist kirjutama: ma ei mäleta hiljem eriti midagi, eriti arvestades seda, kui palju raamatuid ma loen. Hmh, ma tean, et ma ei olnud selle raamatuga kohe kuidagi rahul, kõik oli kuidagi puudulik: armastusliinid polnud päris paigas ning oli üks väga nõme armukolmnurk, mis minu arvates oli täiesti absurdselt naljakas; peakangelanna on lõputu viriseja, kes hõljub pilvedes ja ei mõtle kunagi ratsionaalselt, salapära, tee raamatu kulminatsioonini – kõigest jäi vajaka. Aga see polnud ju täielik katastroof? Või oli?

Mulle meeldivad Daniel, Cam ja Arriane. Isegi Luce meeldib. Vähemalt mõnikord. Selles raamatus (ja ka kolmandas) sai Luce’ist väga tüütu tegelane – kõik, mida Daniel tema heaks teha püüdis, kõik, mida ta palus Luce’il teha, et teda kaitsta – Lucinda tegi kõik risti-vastupidi ja käitus nagu ärahellitatud laps. Ta tahab kõigest väest olla otsustajate seas, kuid ta ei suuda ühtegi mõistlikku otsust teha. Ta tahab, et teda koheldakse kui täiskasvanut, kui ta seda ilmselgelt ei ole.

Sarja teises osas oli Luce sunnitud alustama õpinguid teises koolis, samal ajal kui Daniel püüdis kõiki päästa. Luce oli olukorra pärast endast väljas. Ainus, mis kogu selle situatsiooni juures hea oli, oli teiste inglite kohalolu Lucinda koolis ja tema kõrval, seega ei pidanud tüdruk katsumusi üksi läbima. Lahe oli, et ta sai õppida erinevaid aineid, mis talle ellujäämiseks kasulikud on. Luce avastas Announcerid (ma ei kujuta ette, kuidas seda eestikeelses versioonis tõlgitakse, seega jätan praegu ingliskeelse variandi) ja otsis ka ise vastuseid, kuid kui minult küsida, siis kaevas ta vaid iseendale auku, kuhu hiljem kenasti sisse potsatada.

Daniel oli sunnitud Camiga koostööd tegema ja Luce’ist eemale hoidma, kuid ta ei suutnud kooli territooriumilt täielikult eemale hoida, et Lucindat näha ja tüdrukuga rääkida. Olukord jättis ukse valla teisele poisile – Miles’ile. Kogu selle sasipuntra ajal leidis Luce ennast kahtlemas tema ja Danieli saatuses ning tundus, et kõik läheb iga hetkega aina hullemaks.

See polnud kõige kohutavam raamat sarjas, kuid polnud ka nii hea kui esimene – peamiselt just Luce’i lapsiku käitumise pärast. Olid ka mõned ühelauselised huumorikillud, mis mind valjult naerma panid ning teos polnud iseenesest ka igav, võib-olla lihtsalt liiga lapselik minu maitse jaoks.

Hinne: 2/5.

Katkendeid:

“People like me. I’m a Nephilim. N-E-P-H-I-L-I-M. That means anything with angel in its DNA. Mortals, immortals, transeternals. We try not to discriminate.“

“Shouldn’t the singular be, you know, nephil, like cherub from cherubium and seraph from seraphim?“

“Seriously? Would you want to be called a nephil?“

“I don’t want you to be anyone other than who you are.“

“Make those Announcers your bitches. You know you want to.“

“Save it. You can put it on the fist sandwich I’m about to serve you.“

He had failed her. He had failed.

Lugemisjärjekord:

1. “Langenud“
2. “Torment“
3. “Passion“
4. “Rapture“

Torment

Original Title: Torment

Author: Lauren Kate
Release Date: September 28th 2010
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
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Hell on earth.
That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel.
It took them an eternity to find one another, but now he has told her he must go away. Just long enough to hunt down the Outcasts—immortals who want to kill Luce. Daniel hides Luce at Shoreline, a school on the rocky California coast with unusually gifted students: Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans.
At Shoreline, Luce learns what the Shadows are, and how she can use them as windows to her previous lives. Yet the more Luce learns, the more she suspects that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. He’s hiding something—something dangerous.
What if Daniel’s version of the past isn’t actually true? What if Luce is really meant to be with someone else?

Okay, here’s a good reason why I should write my reviews as soon as possible: I don’t remember much about the book afterwards. Hell, I know I wasn’t that impressed with this book and it lacked a bit of everything for me: the romance wasn’t quite there; there was a stupid love triangle (which in my opinion was just hilarious); the protagonist was a whiny little thing with her head in the clouds and she did not think clearly about anything; the action, mystery, build-up – everything was lacking. But it wasn’t a complete disaster, was it?

I like Daniel, I like Cam and I like Arriane. I even like Luce. Well, sometimes. In this book (and for god’s sake, in the third one) she became extremely annoying – everything Daniel was trying to protect her from, everything he asked her to do in order for her to be safe – she threw everything out of the window and acted like a child. She wants to be included in the decision making process, but she cannot make any good decisions on her own. She want’s to be treated like an adult while she’s clearly not. She’s all over the place.

In this book, Luce was forced to go and take up classes in another school while Daniel was out in the world trying to protect her and find out a way to save everyone. She was really upset about that. What was good about this whole situation was that there were other Nephilim and angels with her so she didn’t have to be alone. What’s more, she got the chance to study things she actually needs in order to stay alive in this whole mess. Luce discovered the Announcers and, therefore, did some research on her own by which she was just digging her own grave, if you ask me.

Daniel was forced to team up with Cam and he was forced to stay out of Luce’s way. He couldn’t resist sneaking in to the school territory to see and speak to her, but mostly he stayed away. That left the door open for another guy – Miles – who was starting to have feelings for Luce. During this whole mess, Luce found herself having doubts about her relationship with Daniel and their destiny to be together. It felt like everything was about to come crashing down.

It wasn’t the worst book in this series, but it wasn’t that great compared to the first one, mainly because of Luce and her irrational behavior. There were some one-liners that cracked me up and it wasn’t that boring, I guess it was just a bit too childish for my taste.

Excerpts:

“People like me. I’m a Nephilim. N-E-P-H-I-L-I-M. That means anything with angel in its DNA. Mortals, immortals, transeternals. We try not to discriminate.“

“Shouldn’t the singular be, you know, nephil, like cherub from cherubium and seraph from seraphim?“

“Seriously? Would you want to be called a nephil?“

“I don’t want you to be anyone other than who you are.“

“Make those Announcers your bitches. You know you want to.“

“Save it. You can put it on the fist sandwich I’m about to serve you.“

He had failed her. He had failed.

Rating: 2/5.

Reading order:

1. “Fallen“
2. “Torment“
3. “Passion“
4. “Rapture“

Book trailer.

Fallen

Such a cool cover

There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Hush Hush saga was my first experience with angels. It was okay. I found this series “Fallen“ by Lauren Kate and it’s cover caught my eye. The description was pretty lame, but bearable. So I took it and read it. “Hush Hush“ was better, in my opinion, than “Fallen“ and although the beginning was promising, the next two totally ruined it for me.

Here we go. Luce (cool name, better than Nora anyway) – I liked her in some ways, but at times she was so clueless. Daniel – a good soul, nice, inviting. At least in some books there’s a good guy who catches the eye of the heroine and who is not the bad boy and repulsive. However, Daniel’s still mysterious and is not the traditional object of attraction. Cam – I liked him. Towards the end too. I’m not going to spoil it, I’ll speak about it in some other review about the series. There were some pretty cool characteres in this novel.

The story was quite predictable and there was just like magnet between the two lovebirds and it pulls them together, although, Daniel does not want nothing to do with Luce. The ending was a bit unexpected, but otherwise it was all predictable. But.. Umm.. Okay, the connection between Daniel and Luce was not predictable, I had my guesses, but their story is a bit off the track of the traditional ones. I liked Luce, because she’s a swimmer and I love swimming, plus, the water invited her all the time and it’s the same with me. Also, I like how books smell, Luce liked it too.

The first book was quite okay, but if I’d read the series for the first time (impossible now), I’d not read the second and the third one. I don’t know how the fourth and final one will end, but I’m going to read it, because I’ve already read the previous three, so it’d be all pointless if I’d not read the last one as well.

Book trailer. Rate: 3/5.

Reading order:

1. “Fallen“
2. “Troment“
3. “Passion“
4. “Rapture“ (2012)

Fallen

There’s something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.

Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price’s attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He’s the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move.

Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce–and goes out of his way to make that very clear–she can’t let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.

Hush Hush saaga oli minu esimene kogemus inglitega. Üpriski okei. Sattusin aga Lauren Kate’i raamatu „Fallen“ otsa ja selle kaas kutsus mind end lugema. Tutvustus oli üpriski lame, aga talutav. Võtsingi kätte ja lugesin. Võin käsi südamel väita, et minu jaoks on „Salajane“ parem kui „Fallen“ ja kuigi viimase sarja algus oli paljutõotav, rikkusid järgmised kaks raamatut kõik totaalselt ära.

Here we go. Luce (lahe nimi, etem kui Nora igal juhul) – mingil määral ta meeldis mulle, aga vahel oli ta ikka täielik ohmu. Daniel – hea hing, kena, kutsuv. Vähemalt kuskil raamatus on peakangelanna silmapiiril esimesel kohal hea poiss, mitte jälle paha, eemaletõukav ja salapärane. Kuigi, Daniel on salapärane, ma ei eita, aga ta pole traditsionaalne armastusobjekt. Cam – mulle ta meeldis. Ja meeldis hiljem ka. Ma ei hakka praegu spoilima, mõnes hilisemas reviews räägin. Mõned tähtsamad tegelased olid veel, kelle nimesid ma ei mäleta, aga osa neist olid päris lahedad.

Loo kulg oli ootuspärane ja Luce’i ning Danieli vahel on justkui magnet, mis ei lase neil kauaks teineteisest eemal olla, kuigi Daniel ilmselgelt ei taha Luce’iga mingitki tegemist teha. Lõpp oli tegelikult veidi ootamatu, aga ülejäänu oli etteaimatav. Aga.. Mm.. Hästi, Danieli ja Luce’i vaheline seos ei olnud etteaimatav, midagi arvasin, aga nende lugu on traditsioonilisest veidike erinev. Meeldis, et Luce on ujuja, kuna ma armastan ujumist ja tundus, et vesi kutsus teda pidevalt enda juurde ning minuga on sama lugu. Ja mulle meeldib, kuidas raamatud lõhnavad, Luce’ile meeldis ka.

Esimene raamat oli päris okei, aga kui ma loeks esimest korda (mis nüüd on juba võimatu), siis jätaksin teise ja kolmanda lugemata ning piirduksin vaid esimesega. Ma ei tea veel, kuidas neljas lõppeb, kavatsen selle ka ära lugeda, kui ilmub, sest mõttega ma need kolm juba läbi lugesin ja viimast ei loe, aga arvatavasti ütleb esimese lõpp kõik ära ja neljas lõppeb enam-vähem sarnaselt

Raamatu treiler. Hinne: 3/5.

Lugemisjärjekord:

1. "Fallen"
2. "Troment"
3. "Passion"
4. "Rapture" (2012)