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Slated #2
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Kylas Gedächtnis wurde gelöscht,
ihre Persönlichkeit ausradiert,
ihre Erinnerungen sind für immer verloren.
Denkt sie.
Doch als Kyla im Wald von dem aufdringlichen Wayne Best angegriffen wird, setzt schlagartig ihr Erinnerungsvermögen wieder ein . Trotzdem stellen sich der 16-Jährigen weiterhin jede Menge rätselhafter Fragen: Wer ist das Mädchen mit den zertrümmerten Fingern, die in ihren Albträumen auftaucht? Und welche Rolle hat sie bei Free UK, einer terroristischen Gruppe im Untergrund, gespielt?
Als ein mysteriöser Mann namens Hatten in Kylas Leben tritt, besteht für sie endlich die Möglichkeit, mehr über ihre Vergangenheit und das System der Lorder herauszufinden. Doch Hatten verfolgt als Anhänger von Free UK seine eigenen Ziele und Kyla wird immer mehr zum Spielball zwischen Lordern und Terroristen.
ihre Persönlichkeit ausradiert,
ihre Erinnerungen sind für immer verloren.
Denkt sie.
Doch als Kyla im Wald von dem aufdringlichen Wayne Best angegriffen wird, setzt schlagartig ihr Erinnerungsvermögen wieder ein . Trotzdem stellen sich der 16-Jährigen weiterhin jede Menge rätselhafter Fragen: Wer ist das Mädchen mit den zertrümmerten Fingern, die in ihren Albträumen auftaucht? Und welche Rolle hat sie bei Free UK, einer terroristischen Gruppe im Untergrund, gespielt?
Als ein mysteriöser Mann namens Hatten in Kylas Leben tritt, besteht für sie endlich die Möglichkeit, mehr über ihre Vergangenheit und das System der Lorder herauszufinden. Doch Hatten verfolgt als Anhänger von Free UK seine eigenen Ziele und Kyla wird immer mehr zum Spielball zwischen Lordern und Terroristen.
400 pages, Hardcover
First published April 4, 2013
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About the author
Teri Terry
23 books2,181 followersTeri has lived in France, Canada, Australia and England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring three degrees, a selection of passports and a silly name along the way. Past careers have included scientist, lawyer, optometrist, and, in England, various jobs in schools, libraries and an audiobook charity. The footpaths and canal ways of the Buckinghamshire Chilterns where she now lives inspired much of the setting of Slated. She hates broccoli, likes cats, and has finally worked out what she wants to do when she grows up.
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July 4, 2017
5 Words: Control, revenge, punishment, memories, strength.
This book is not just as good as the first book, it's better! This series is going from strength to strength.
There was a hint in the first book about the whole Slated process, and how it wasn't just criminals but also people who elected to be Slated, and I'm a little disappointed that it wasn't followed up in this book. Fingers crossed for the next?
This book started to delve deeper into the the characters and open up your eyes to who they truly were.
It had an excellent, fast pace and I loved how I was slowly realising the truth about Kyla even as it slowly dawned on her.
I totally get the hype about this series, so now I'm humming and hawing about reading the next. Because then the series will be over. And if it follows on being even better than the previous books the I'm sure it'll leave me Shattered.
This book is not just as good as the first book, it's better! This series is going from strength to strength.
There was a hint in the first book about the whole Slated process, and how it wasn't just criminals but also people who elected to be Slated, and I'm a little disappointed that it wasn't followed up in this book. Fingers crossed for the next?
This book started to delve deeper into the the characters and open up your eyes to who they truly were.
It had an excellent, fast pace and I loved how I was slowly realising the truth about Kyla even as it slowly dawned on her.
I totally get the hype about this series, so now I'm humming and hawing about reading the next. Because then the series will be over. And if it follows on being even better than the previous books the I'm sure it'll leave me Shattered.
May 2, 2013
Fractured doesn’t suffer from the dreaded middle book syndrome, not in the least. If anything, the stakes are higher, the plot more complicated and the characters better developed. It is a tense read, a thrill ride from start to finish. There were times when I was genuinely afraid for Kyla, even though the rational part of me insisted that nothing too terrible could happen to her.
Most of the anxiety I experienced was caused by Nico, an important person from Kyla’s past. Even when she didn’t know who or what she was, due to being slated, she knew he was no ordinary teacher. His presence brought forth some very strong emotions, but she didn’t quite know what to make of him. As her memories started returning in Fractured, her feelings toward him became even more complicated. For the most part, he was kind and supportive, and Kyla kept getting this urge to please him, to gain his approval. But even when he was smiling at her, there was a feeling of wrongness she couldn’t shake. As the story progressed and her past with Nico came to light, I as a reader understood that what Kyla was experiencing was some form of Stockholm syndrome, but her confusion and constant changes were done excellently. The nuances of their relationship, the creepy undertones, were impossible to ignore.
Thanks to Nico and his many forms of tough love, Kyla is actually three different persons in Fractured: Kyla, the slated girl; Rain, a Free UK fighter under Nico’s command; and Lucy, the little girl who was taken and broken by Nico, only to be rebuilt into a terrorist. Handling an MC with a multiple personality disorder of sorts on top of Stockholm syndrome would probably prove challenging for most authors, but Terry dealt with it beautifully. I was (although it seems a bit rude to admit it) more than a little surprised.
Ben was mostly absent in Fractured, but he was always present in Kyla’s mind and a great many of her actions were in some way motivated by her desire to protect him and reunite with him. He was, in his absence, perhaps more important to the story than he would have been had he actually been there. Through him, Terry showed that a feeling as strong as love can work against any kind of conditioning.
Some old secondary characters were given more important roles, and some exciting new ones were introduced. Tori, Ben’s supposedly re-slated old girlfriend played an essential part and caused some emotional conflicts, and then there was Katran, another Free UK fighter and Rain’s (Kyla’s) greatest rival for Nico’s affection and approval.
All in all, I thought Terry did an outstanding job with this sequel and I simply can’t wait for the final installment in the Slated trilogy.
Most of the anxiety I experienced was caused by Nico, an important person from Kyla’s past. Even when she didn’t know who or what she was, due to being slated, she knew he was no ordinary teacher. His presence brought forth some very strong emotions, but she didn’t quite know what to make of him. As her memories started returning in Fractured, her feelings toward him became even more complicated. For the most part, he was kind and supportive, and Kyla kept getting this urge to please him, to gain his approval. But even when he was smiling at her, there was a feeling of wrongness she couldn’t shake. As the story progressed and her past with Nico came to light, I as a reader understood that what Kyla was experiencing was some form of Stockholm syndrome, but her confusion and constant changes were done excellently. The nuances of their relationship, the creepy undertones, were impossible to ignore.
Thanks to Nico and his many forms of tough love, Kyla is actually three different persons in Fractured: Kyla, the slated girl; Rain, a Free UK fighter under Nico’s command; and Lucy, the little girl who was taken and broken by Nico, only to be rebuilt into a terrorist. Handling an MC with a multiple personality disorder of sorts on top of Stockholm syndrome would probably prove challenging for most authors, but Terry dealt with it beautifully. I was (although it seems a bit rude to admit it) more than a little surprised.
Ben was mostly absent in Fractured, but he was always present in Kyla’s mind and a great many of her actions were in some way motivated by her desire to protect him and reunite with him. He was, in his absence, perhaps more important to the story than he would have been had he actually been there. Through him, Terry showed that a feeling as strong as love can work against any kind of conditioning.
Some old secondary characters were given more important roles, and some exciting new ones were introduced. Tori, Ben’s supposedly re-slated old girlfriend played an essential part and caused some emotional conflicts, and then there was Katran, another Free UK fighter and Rain’s (Kyla’s) greatest rival for Nico’s affection and approval.
All in all, I thought Terry did an outstanding job with this sequel and I simply can’t wait for the final installment in the Slated trilogy.
February 14, 2019
Kitap güzeldi fakat Kyla nin iç çatışması yordu beni.yazar bunu şaşırtmak için yapmış aklımızı karıştırmak istemiş bence ama sonuç ilk tahmininiz gerçek çıkacak, benim öyle oldu.Kyla ayrıca yapacağını bildiğimiz gün gibi ortada olanı gereksizce inkar ederek kızdırdı beni...sonuç ilki kadar beğenmesem de güzel kitaptı...
March 3, 2017
3,5 Sterne. Für mich leider eine etwas enttäuschende Fortsetzung .
December 16, 2013
Actual rating - 2.5
Fractured was a disappointment.
Although the first installment, Slated, had a slow pace, i really enjoyed it.
This installment, was slower, and a lot less enjoyable.
The time i started enjoying it, the book ended.
Having to read 400 pages before a book gets interesting, is not great.
Not only was it slow, but it was very jumpy too.
I've read a few books like that this week, so it got annoying, very fast.
Overall, Jumpy, Slow, Disappointing.
Fractured was a disappointment.
Although the first installment, Slated, had a slow pace, i really enjoyed it.
This installment, was slower, and a lot less enjoyable.
The time i started enjoying it, the book ended.
Having to read 400 pages before a book gets interesting, is not great.
Not only was it slow, but it was very jumpy too.
I've read a few books like that this week, so it got annoying, very fast.
Overall, Jumpy, Slow, Disappointing.
December 22, 2015
"With what I did yesterday, I should be dead: zapped by the chip they put in my brain when I was Slated."
A sequel that packs just as much punch as its predecessor, Fractured does not disappoint!
Fractured picks up where Slated left off. As wisps of Kyla's memories start coming back to her she struggles with her identity; between who she is now, who she was before being Slated, and her younger self.
One of the many things that grabbed me about Fractured was Terry's simplistic yet engaging writing style:
"Rain has many uses.
Holly and beech trees like those around me need it to live and grow.
It washes away tracks, obscures footprints. Makes trails harder to follow, and that is a good thing today.
But most of all, it washes blood from my skin, my clothes."
Terry also has a way with characters, and as much as I want to discuss these complex, multi-layered characters that are not at all what they first appear to be I won't. I think it's best to go into this book unknowing, trying to figure these characters out for yourself and maybe being surprised by what you find, like I was. I will, however, mention Nico, a dark and charismatic character who we were introduced to at the end of book one. I admit to being drawn in by this mysterious young man from Kyla's past, I was hoping he would get more page time in the sequel and he certainty did. Nico is the kind of character who can change in an instant, one minute he'll be smiling, comforting Kyla and the next he's stone-cold, getting straight down to business. It was so much fun unraveling this him, and finding out just what his true motives were.
There wasn't much action in the first book, so I thought there would some be in the sequel. And to a certain extent there was, especially towards the end, but there wasn't quite as much as I initially thought there would be. And you know what? I was surprised to find that I didn't care, this is a thriller that doesn't need action to be engrossing. I found myself flying through Fractured, excited when revelations came to light, heart broken when *insert spoiler here*, shocked when *insert spoiler here*, and hopeful when *you get the picture*!
I can't wait to read the third and final book in the trilogy, hurry up Spring 2014!
This review also appears on my blog, The Page Turner.
A sequel that packs just as much punch as its predecessor, Fractured does not disappoint!
Fractured picks up where Slated left off. As wisps of Kyla's memories start coming back to her she struggles with her identity; between who she is now, who she was before being Slated, and her younger self.
One of the many things that grabbed me about Fractured was Terry's simplistic yet engaging writing style:
"Rain has many uses.
Holly and beech trees like those around me need it to live and grow.
It washes away tracks, obscures footprints. Makes trails harder to follow, and that is a good thing today.
But most of all, it washes blood from my skin, my clothes."
Terry also has a way with characters, and as much as I want to discuss these complex, multi-layered characters that are not at all what they first appear to be I won't. I think it's best to go into this book unknowing, trying to figure these characters out for yourself and maybe being surprised by what you find, like I was. I will, however, mention Nico, a dark and charismatic character who we were introduced to at the end of book one. I admit to being drawn in by this mysterious young man from Kyla's past, I was hoping he would get more page time in the sequel and he certainty did. Nico is the kind of character who can change in an instant, one minute he'll be smiling, comforting Kyla and the next he's stone-cold, getting straight down to business. It was so much fun unraveling this him, and finding out just what his true motives were.
There wasn't much action in the first book, so I thought there would some be in the sequel. And to a certain extent there was, especially towards the end, but there wasn't quite as much as I initially thought there would be. And you know what? I was surprised to find that I didn't care, this is a thriller that doesn't need action to be engrossing. I found myself flying through Fractured, excited when revelations came to light, heart broken when *insert spoiler here*, shocked when *insert spoiler here*, and hopeful when *you get the picture*!
I can't wait to read the third and final book in the trilogy, hurry up Spring 2014!
This review also appears on my blog, The Page Turner.
February 27, 2018
And after one and a half year I can finally finish this series!!!
There was so much action in this one, I really enjoyed it! First it was somehow strange because there wasn't a pause between the end of the first and the start of the second (I love it when series are like this! :) I couldn't put it away, I like Kyla and I have my fingers crossed for Ben and her Mum :)
There was so much action in this one, I really enjoyed it! First it was somehow strange because there wasn't a pause between the end of the first and the start of the second (I love it when series are like this! :) I couldn't put it away, I like Kyla and I have my fingers crossed for Ben and her Mum :)
February 10, 2017
Gosto quando um livro é um grande criminoso...
Quando é culpado por me tirar horas de sono, culpado por me fazer chegar ao trabalho cheio de sono, culpado por me fazer querer ficar mais um minuto na cama
Fracturada é o segundo volume da trilogia Slated, começa mesmo após os últimos acontecimentos do primeiro livro. Kyla, uma menina que se sente perdida e anda à procura do seu lugar no mundo, enfrenta uma nova etapa na sua vida. Cheia de recordações, recordações essas todas desfragmentadas, aos pedaços, como um puzzle ainda por montar. Confusa, perdida sem saber a quem confiar.
Neste livro, mais escuro, mais enigmático é revelado mais um pouco do sistema que envolve este mundo distópico. É respondido os vários porquês; o porquê de kyla ser uma rapariga diferente, o porquê do seu Reinicio ter dado errado, o porquê de ela ser uma rapariga diferente. Mostrando, assim, que as respostas a esses porquês fazem parte de um plano ainda mais importante e ambicioso do que eu esperava, tornando a própria Kyla numa peça de xadrez, num jogo ainda mais perigoso.
Num mundo muito bem ambientado, detalhado e cuidado, com uma sociedade e personagens fortes, é nos apresentado um novo leque de personagens e um aprofundamento de tantas outras já existentes, tornando assim a historia muito mais envolvente.
Como é um livro mais para um publico jovem, acho que o subestimei, e fiquei surpreendido com o rumo e o destino das personagens, mostrando que a narrativa é cheia de detalhes e nada é em vão como eu esperava que fosse.
Por isso culpo-o por todas as horas de sono que me roubou, por me ter feito beber café para ver se acordava, por ser um verdadeiro e grandessíssimo ...
criminoso.
Quando é culpado por me tirar horas de sono, culpado por me fazer chegar ao trabalho cheio de sono, culpado por me fazer querer ficar mais um minuto na cama
Fracturada é o segundo volume da trilogia Slated, começa mesmo após os últimos acontecimentos do primeiro livro. Kyla, uma menina que se sente perdida e anda à procura do seu lugar no mundo, enfrenta uma nova etapa na sua vida. Cheia de recordações, recordações essas todas desfragmentadas, aos pedaços, como um puzzle ainda por montar. Confusa, perdida sem saber a quem confiar.
Neste livro, mais escuro, mais enigmático é revelado mais um pouco do sistema que envolve este mundo distópico. É respondido os vários porquês; o porquê de kyla ser uma rapariga diferente, o porquê do seu Reinicio ter dado errado, o porquê de ela ser uma rapariga diferente. Mostrando, assim, que as respostas a esses porquês fazem parte de um plano ainda mais importante e ambicioso do que eu esperava, tornando a própria Kyla numa peça de xadrez, num jogo ainda mais perigoso.
Num mundo muito bem ambientado, detalhado e cuidado, com uma sociedade e personagens fortes, é nos apresentado um novo leque de personagens e um aprofundamento de tantas outras já existentes, tornando assim a historia muito mais envolvente.
Como é um livro mais para um publico jovem, acho que o subestimei, e fiquei surpreendido com o rumo e o destino das personagens, mostrando que a narrativa é cheia de detalhes e nada é em vão como eu esperava que fosse.
Por isso culpo-o por todas as horas de sono que me roubou, por me ter feito beber café para ver se acordava, por ser um verdadeiro e grandessíssimo ...
criminoso.
August 18, 2020
Der zweite Teil ist vom Schreibstil her genau so gut wie der erste Teil und auch Kyla ist genauso faszinierend, der Rest der Geschichte wird allerdings recht verworren, weswegen ich diesen Teil als ein wenig schwacher empfinde als den Vorgänger. Aber es ist immer noch sehr fesselnd und ich freue mich schon auf den dritten Teil, denn der Cliffhanger beantwortet endlich eine meiner drängendsten Fragen und ich bin so gespannt, was dabei herauskommt.
March 4, 2018
Ta seria to jakaś niesamowita hybryda wszystkiego, czym powinna być idealna książka rozrywkowa. Mamy tutaj świetną główną bohaterkę, z którą bez problemu możemy się zżyć, oryginalny koncept i wciągającą intrygę, a to wszystko okraszone płynną, idealnie rozplanowaną akcją. Nic tylko czytać!
April 27, 2013
3.5 stars - I liked the first book enough but wasn't too impressed - mostly because it started out too slow, but the end was pretty exciting so I was eager to find out what was going to happen next.
On one hand, there wasn't as much action as I thought there was going to be, so I wasn't ripping through the pages because I was dying to find out what was going to happen next. Instead, it was more of frustrated curiosity that kept me going - more or less the same thing I felt about the first one: the book kept me guessing because I couldn't tell who was on who's side and who were the good and bad guys. And there was a really good reason for that...
This book had me thinking the whole time... Who in the family was betraying Kyla? Whose side was Dr. Lysander on? Why couldn't I full trust Nico? Why couldn't I find myself trusting Cam? I know that Katran is an important person in the past, but why won't Terry let us experience that? What is Mum going to do? What is Kyla going to choose? And I don't understand why she has the phobia. How was she able to make it so far before?
Does this make the book awesome? By keeping me bouncing back and forth? I mean, I wouldn't exactly say that it's not unpredictable. But at the same time, my constantly analyzing mind is too active for its own good. So yeah, it made me think, which is great. I just wish I wasn't so frustrated during the process. But then again, one can argue that that is another great characteristic to the book.
Either way, I'm torn. I'm heartbroken. I have hope. I'm looking forward to the next book.
On one hand, there wasn't as much action as I thought there was going to be, so I wasn't ripping through the pages because I was dying to find out what was going to happen next. Instead, it was more of frustrated curiosity that kept me going - more or less the same thing I felt about the first one: the book kept me guessing because I couldn't tell who was on who's side and who were the good and bad guys. And there was a really good reason for that...
This book had me thinking the whole time... Who in the family was betraying Kyla? Whose side was Dr. Lysander on? Why couldn't I full trust Nico? Why couldn't I find myself trusting Cam? I know that Katran is an important person in the past, but why won't Terry let us experience that? What is Mum going to do? What is Kyla going to choose? And I don't understand why she has the phobia. How was she able to make it so far before?
Does this make the book awesome? By keeping me bouncing back and forth? I mean, I wouldn't exactly say that it's not unpredictable. But at the same time, my constantly analyzing mind is too active for its own good. So yeah, it made me think, which is great. I just wish I wasn't so frustrated during the process. But then again, one can argue that that is another great characteristic to the book.
Either way, I'm torn. I'm heartbroken. I have hope. I'm looking forward to the next book.
June 20, 2013
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I wasn't originally planning on reading this book; I'd read the first and not enjoyed it much, so I didn't see any reason to start this one. However, I came across it in the library, and as it was there, I thought 'why not?'. You can find my review of Slated here. (Also, don't read this review if you haven't read Slated, because there will be spoilers here.)
Unfortunately, this book was not an improvement on the last. I was just so completely underwhelmed, with this book and the last. The problem is that everything is so lacklustre. Kyla/Rain/Lucy/whoever she's decided to be now doesn't really want to be in Free UK; she's just caught up in it. Almost everything she gets involved in is by accident and she's so passive.
I'm not saying that moderation is a bad thing; her decision to not kill Lorders with Free UK is one that I agree with. But it takes her the entire novel to realise what we know from the very beginning - that she can't be in Free UK. She just lets herself be carried around and influenced by other people, especially Nico, who is very obviously manipulative and a little crazy, right from the very beginning.
The only thing she is vaguely passionate about is Ben, and unfortunately (this is my fault rather than the author's) I can't even remember much about him from the first book. He's pretty absent here, having been taken by the Lorders for cutting off his levo at the end of the first book. But Kyla obsesses about him a lot. At some points I was rooting for her to forget about him and find a new love interest, just because I couldn't remember why she liked him so much.
Speaking of characters, my favourite was Katran, and I thought more could be made of his character. I thought that maybe they'd fall in love or something, but, alas, it wasn't to be. I also like Cam, and was shocked by the twist to do with him.
I didn't like Kyla, mostly for the reasons I've said before. She's too passive, too indecisive and too annoying. I don't feel any sympathy for her at all.
The part that irritated me most about this novel was the writing. The author doesn't use full sentences sometimes, which really irritated me. It wasn't as poorly edited as the last book was, but it still had sentences that could've been written a lot better. Sometimes they didn't make sense, sometimes they were just irritating enough to remind you that you're reading something, and so jar you out of the world. She loved to use short, incomplete sentences, but the technique was used too much.
I also though the pacing was misjudged; the book was far too long for what actually happened (which was basically a whole lot of nothing for most of the book).
Just like the last, this book left me cold. It just didn't have any spark or life to it, nothing to make me think about it or want to read more. It's not by any means a rubbish book, it's just okay.
I wasn't originally planning on reading this book; I'd read the first and not enjoyed it much, so I didn't see any reason to start this one. However, I came across it in the library, and as it was there, I thought 'why not?'. You can find my review of Slated here. (Also, don't read this review if you haven't read Slated, because there will be spoilers here.)
Unfortunately, this book was not an improvement on the last. I was just so completely underwhelmed, with this book and the last. The problem is that everything is so lacklustre. Kyla/Rain/Lucy/whoever she's decided to be now doesn't really want to be in Free UK; she's just caught up in it. Almost everything she gets involved in is by accident and she's so passive.
I'm not saying that moderation is a bad thing; her decision to not kill Lorders with Free UK is one that I agree with. But it takes her the entire novel to realise what we know from the very beginning - that she can't be in Free UK. She just lets herself be carried around and influenced by other people, especially Nico, who is very obviously manipulative and a little crazy, right from the very beginning.
The only thing she is vaguely passionate about is Ben, and unfortunately (this is my fault rather than the author's) I can't even remember much about him from the first book. He's pretty absent here, having been taken by the Lorders for cutting off his levo at the end of the first book. But Kyla obsesses about him a lot. At some points I was rooting for her to forget about him and find a new love interest, just because I couldn't remember why she liked him so much.
Speaking of characters, my favourite was Katran, and I thought more could be made of his character. I thought that maybe they'd fall in love or something, but, alas, it wasn't to be. I also like Cam, and was shocked by the twist to do with him.
I didn't like Kyla, mostly for the reasons I've said before. She's too passive, too indecisive and too annoying. I don't feel any sympathy for her at all.
The part that irritated me most about this novel was the writing. The author doesn't use full sentences sometimes, which really irritated me. It wasn't as poorly edited as the last book was, but it still had sentences that could've been written a lot better. Sometimes they didn't make sense, sometimes they were just irritating enough to remind you that you're reading something, and so jar you out of the world. She loved to use short, incomplete sentences, but the technique was used too much.
I also though the pacing was misjudged; the book was far too long for what actually happened (which was basically a whole lot of nothing for most of the book).
Just like the last, this book left me cold. It just didn't have any spark or life to it, nothing to make me think about it or want to read more. It's not by any means a rubbish book, it's just okay.
April 7, 2013
3.5 Stars
I have been debating a lot what to rate this. There were just so many things going on with this book, it was really hard to pin down.
The first 60% or so of the book was beyond frustrating for me. We get introduced to Nico finally, Free UK, 2 completely new important characters and some other ones. There was a lot to process with this book. Even though Kyla has started to get most of her memories back, she still doesn't know the full story, and that was the frustrating part. There were a lot of dream-flashbacks going on and little tiny pieces here and there of the puzzle but it still didn't make any sense. It only started to come together after the 60% mark. In my opinion it was dragged out just a little too long.
Even though I understood the reasoning behind the why the Slating worked for Kyla, it was still a little hard to buy, and yet at the same time it's unnerving to read about how this girl can switch back and forth between personalities and there is still another whole 3rd one that she doesn't even know that much about.
Both of her personalities frustrated me for different reasons. There is a lot she doesn't know and she isn't supposed to be trusting any one and yet she isn't suspicious at all about the new guy who moved in right across from her house. I would have found it a little odd. Even Rain did, but Kyla kept ignoring that part of herself during critical points of the story. Then there is Rain herself and her obsession with Nico. I kept thinking of it as a Stockholm Syndrome, it really wasn't healthy at all. But not only do we have to deal with Rain's obsession of Nico, we have to deal with Kyla's obsession with Ben. I never liked Ben. He came across as weak, gullible and whiny. So reading about her thinking about Ben almost every other page was so annoying, specially when she has a perfectly great guy right there! One who is so much better than Ben ever was. This would have been one of those rare times were I would have gladly accepted the love triangle, but for once I didn't get it.
Plot wise it didn't really get going till the 60% mark when things really started to come together, and all of a sudden there so much stuff going on and so many things start making more sense and yet somehow still not enough. Kyla finally starts coming to grips with who she wants to be now instead of all the selfs that she was. She starts making decisions for herself and not what others think she should do. That final showdown was one hell of a shock and that's when everything really started clicking together.
I loved how everything started coming together at the end. Those are really the best parts of a book, especially when it's done well, which in this case it was. The ending gave you enough to get an adequate grasp on what's going on but still left you with plenty of unanswered questions to expect a couple of surprises in the final installment of this trilogy. One that I will be looking forward to.
I have been debating a lot what to rate this. There were just so many things going on with this book, it was really hard to pin down.
The first 60% or so of the book was beyond frustrating for me. We get introduced to Nico finally, Free UK, 2 completely new important characters and some other ones. There was a lot to process with this book. Even though Kyla has started to get most of her memories back, she still doesn't know the full story, and that was the frustrating part. There were a lot of dream-flashbacks going on and little tiny pieces here and there of the puzzle but it still didn't make any sense. It only started to come together after the 60% mark. In my opinion it was dragged out just a little too long.
Even though I understood the reasoning behind the why the Slating worked for Kyla, it was still a little hard to buy, and yet at the same time it's unnerving to read about how this girl can switch back and forth between personalities and there is still another whole 3rd one that she doesn't even know that much about.
Both of her personalities frustrated me for different reasons. There is a lot she doesn't know and she isn't supposed to be trusting any one and yet she isn't suspicious at all about the new guy who moved in right across from her house. I would have found it a little odd. Even Rain did, but Kyla kept ignoring that part of herself during critical points of the story. Then there is Rain herself and her obsession with Nico. I kept thinking of it as a Stockholm Syndrome, it really wasn't healthy at all. But not only do we have to deal with Rain's obsession of Nico, we have to deal with Kyla's obsession with Ben. I never liked Ben. He came across as weak, gullible and whiny. So reading about her thinking about Ben almost every other page was so annoying, specially when she has a perfectly great guy right there! One who is so much better than Ben ever was. This would have been one of those rare times were I would have gladly accepted the love triangle, but for once I didn't get it.
Plot wise it didn't really get going till the 60% mark when things really started to come together, and all of a sudden there so much stuff going on and so many things start making more sense and yet somehow still not enough. Kyla finally starts coming to grips with who she wants to be now instead of all the selfs that she was. She starts making decisions for herself and not what others think she should do. That final showdown was one hell of a shock and that's when everything really started clicking together.
I loved how everything started coming together at the end. Those are really the best parts of a book, especially when it's done well, which in this case it was. The ending gave you enough to get an adequate grasp on what's going on but still left you with plenty of unanswered questions to expect a couple of surprises in the final installment of this trilogy. One that I will be looking forward to.
January 10, 2015
3.5
Leider konnte mich Teil 2 nicht ganz so begeistern wie der erste Band.
Es war immer noch sehr spannend und interessant, aber hat für mich leider nicht das Spannungslevel von Teil 1 erreicht. Ich würde dieses Buch als typischen Zwischenband bezeichnen, der nur wenige Fragen beantwortet und neue aufwirft, wozu auch einige neue Charaktere beigetragen haben.
Kylas Verhalten hat mich in einigen Momenten sehr irritiert, da sie für ihre Situation doch zu vertrauensselig agiert hat.
Insgesamt hat mich das Buch trotz ein paar Längen gut unterhalten und ich bin gespannt wie sich alles auflösen wird.
Leider konnte mich Teil 2 nicht ganz so begeistern wie der erste Band.
Es war immer noch sehr spannend und interessant, aber hat für mich leider nicht das Spannungslevel von Teil 1 erreicht. Ich würde dieses Buch als typischen Zwischenband bezeichnen, der nur wenige Fragen beantwortet und neue aufwirft, wozu auch einige neue Charaktere beigetragen haben.
Kylas Verhalten hat mich in einigen Momenten sehr irritiert, da sie für ihre Situation doch zu vertrauensselig agiert hat.
Insgesamt hat mich das Buch trotz ein paar Längen gut unterhalten und ich bin gespannt wie sich alles auflösen wird.
April 11, 2018
Well, I don’t really know what to think about this book. I really liked the world-building and the ideas behind it. But it is just not happening a lot. I kind of hoped that this would change in this second part of the trilogy but I’m a bit disappointed. However the last 100 pages were really thrilling and I had to finish it in one piece. Also I’m not really satisfied with the characters. I really like some of them but the others a kind of one-dimensional. I hope the next part is going to be as exciting as the last section of this one!
March 5, 2017
never expected Fractured to be better than Slated, but it was and so much more. I literally could not put it down. It's fast paced, action packed and completely addictive. It's like a drug!
February 15, 2017
3.5/5 stars
Kyla was really annoying most of the time but the end was interesting!
Kyla was really annoying most of the time but the end was interesting!
May 11, 2013
See the whole review on my blog
You see, there aren't many books in this world that can keep you at the edge of your seart through the whole story. And when I say the whole story, yes, I mean the whole book. I thought Slated was fantastic and amazing, but Teri Terry managed to bring the serie to an even higher level, because Fractured was absolutely phenomenal.
Kyla. Or I should say Rain? Or even Lucy? Nonetheless, our favourite heroine of the first instalment is back full force. She isn't scared anymore. She may not remember everything, but bits by bits are coming back and she is so strong with dealing with everything around her. She is kick-ass, fierce, powerful and even though she was betrayed by someone close to her, she still doesn't give up and stay strong and fight back.
Ben. Oh, Ben. My heart breaks for you. Truly. He may not have had a big part in this story - though lets face it, he has a big part in Kyla's heart - I have a feeling the 3rd book in the serie won't disappoint us. Kyla is going to figure it out. I am sure of it.
Anyhow, this book is pure bliss. Amazing action, fast paced setting, believe me when I say you won't be able to put the book down. I know I couldn't. I've read it in almost one sitting (damn my job). It is so compelling that you will lie - about being tired, not answering the phone - just so you could keep reading.
So, if you read Slated, I dare you to read Fractured, because it won't disappoint you one tiny bit. And if you haven't started this incredible serie yet, then all I can say is.. what are you waiting for? A great dystopia, fast paced, full of action, sweet romance and a main character who struggles with life even though huge pieces of her past are lost, being taken away from her. Teri Terry's world will overtake you. You'll never be the same.
You see, there aren't many books in this world that can keep you at the edge of your seart through the whole story. And when I say the whole story, yes, I mean the whole book. I thought Slated was fantastic and amazing, but Teri Terry managed to bring the serie to an even higher level, because Fractured was absolutely phenomenal.
Kyla. Or I should say Rain? Or even Lucy? Nonetheless, our favourite heroine of the first instalment is back full force. She isn't scared anymore. She may not remember everything, but bits by bits are coming back and she is so strong with dealing with everything around her. She is kick-ass, fierce, powerful and even though she was betrayed by someone close to her, she still doesn't give up and stay strong and fight back.
Ben. Oh, Ben. My heart breaks for you. Truly. He may not have had a big part in this story - though lets face it, he has a big part in Kyla's heart - I have a feeling the 3rd book in the serie won't disappoint us. Kyla is going to figure it out. I am sure of it.
Anyhow, this book is pure bliss. Amazing action, fast paced setting, believe me when I say you won't be able to put the book down. I know I couldn't. I've read it in almost one sitting (damn my job). It is so compelling that you will lie - about being tired, not answering the phone - just so you could keep reading.
So, if you read Slated, I dare you to read Fractured, because it won't disappoint you one tiny bit. And if you haven't started this incredible serie yet, then all I can say is.. what are you waiting for? A great dystopia, fast paced, full of action, sweet romance and a main character who struggles with life even though huge pieces of her past are lost, being taken away from her. Teri Terry's world will overtake you. You'll never be the same.
November 6, 2015
*4.5 Stars*
'Fractured', just like, 'Slated', was FANTASTIC.
It continues on from the last scene in the first book, and it is such a wild ride. There is just enough action to keep you interested, just enough suspense to keep you on edge, and just the right amount of secrets to make sure you don't put the book down.
I found this book really interesting in that, Kyla, as a person has so much character development. I mean obviously she does, she basically turned into another person. And that was the interesting part. Her split personality.
There is Lucy, Rain, and Kyla. And because of the three in one, her mind basically can't decide to trust or not. For example, she wanted to trust Cam, but then she decided not to trust her mother. And while I can see why that happened, it also doesn't make sense to me. *anger*
I have to say though, I knew from the start that something was off about Cam, but NICO! There was so much betrayal, I had to laugh a little at how shocked I was. Katran was a different level of shocked, and as of yet, I'm not ready to discuss him.
In conclusion, this book has left me absolutely HANGING for, 'Shattered', and I kid you not, I JUST bought it from the book store and it hasn't even been an hour since I finished the second.
'Fractured', just like, 'Slated', was FANTASTIC.
It continues on from the last scene in the first book, and it is such a wild ride. There is just enough action to keep you interested, just enough suspense to keep you on edge, and just the right amount of secrets to make sure you don't put the book down.
I found this book really interesting in that, Kyla, as a person has so much character development. I mean obviously she does, she basically turned into another person. And that was the interesting part. Her split personality.
There is Lucy, Rain, and Kyla. And because of the three in one, her mind basically can't decide to trust or not. For example, she wanted to trust Cam, but then she decided not to trust her mother. And while I can see why that happened, it also doesn't make sense to me. *anger*
I have to say though, I knew from the start that something was off about Cam, but NICO! There was so much betrayal, I had to laugh a little at how shocked I was. Katran was a different level of shocked, and as of yet, I'm not ready to discuss him.
In conclusion, this book has left me absolutely HANGING for, 'Shattered', and I kid you not, I JUST bought it from the book store and it hasn't even been an hour since I finished the second.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 21, 2019
Ik vond dit boek maar langzaam op gang komen. Ik heb dan ook echt getwijfeld over de sterren. Het duurde een tijdje voor ik een echt in zat. Maar het einde was heel spannend en had natuurlijk weer een cliffhanger.
June 4, 2016
3 Stars!
I'm not sure if I liked this or not.. I enjoyed some parts of it but I was so annoyed throughout the whole book.
There was way too many plot twists for it to be enjoyable. I love plot twists, mostly everyone does but I don't enjoy it when there is a plot twist every couple chapters. It's making me confused because I don't know what is happening in the story anymore.
I used to love how I couldn't trust any character but it's getting annoying now because I just want to like a character but I cant when every single character turns out to be evil!!
I think this is a really disappointing sequel in my opinion but I'm glad so many people loved this book! It has it's fun moments :)
It's kinda hard to name what I liked in this because I'm just full of anger and frustration at the moment, but I can think of a few small things.
I liked Kyla's mum. She changed a lot and I really love her story. I want to know more about her, she is so interesting and cool.
I like how this story has finally made me care for a character. When a certain character was close to death I was so sad because I didn't want them to die. All the other characters can die and I wouldn't care tbh.
Anyways, I don't know when I'll read the last book. I fear it might put me in a reading slump so I might wait a while before starting it.
I'm not sure if I liked this or not.. I enjoyed some parts of it but I was so annoyed throughout the whole book.
There was way too many plot twists for it to be enjoyable. I love plot twists, mostly everyone does but I don't enjoy it when there is a plot twist every couple chapters. It's making me confused because I don't know what is happening in the story anymore.
I used to love how I couldn't trust any character but it's getting annoying now because I just want to like a character but I cant when every single character turns out to be evil!!
I think this is a really disappointing sequel in my opinion but I'm glad so many people loved this book! It has it's fun moments :)
It's kinda hard to name what I liked in this because I'm just full of anger and frustration at the moment, but I can think of a few small things.
I liked Kyla's mum. She changed a lot and I really love her story. I want to know more about her, she is so interesting and cool.
I like how this story has finally made me care for a character. When a certain character was close to death I was so sad because I didn't want them to die. All the other characters can die and I wouldn't care tbh.
Anyways, I don't know when I'll read the last book. I fear it might put me in a reading slump so I might wait a while before starting it.
July 13, 2014
This book for me is just one big NO.
I loved the first book because there was a lot of mystery and Ben and it was very well written. But this one was just TOO mysterious and there was no Ben... I feel like 3/4 of this book were just questions and that's it.
The only exciting part were the last 30 pages and even that wasn't great (more questions).
After a lot of thinking I decided that I won't be reading the third book. I don't even like Kyla anymore, I just don't get her...
I loved the first book because there was a lot of mystery and Ben and it was very well written. But this one was just TOO mysterious and there was no Ben... I feel like 3/4 of this book were just questions and that's it.
The only exciting part were the last 30 pages and even that wasn't great (more questions).
After a lot of thinking I decided that I won't be reading the third book. I don't even like Kyla anymore, I just don't get her...
November 22, 2015
RESEÑA COMPLETA EN EL BLOG(pincha aquí)
He dudado pero bah, un 5 por la forma en que ha logrado introducirme en la historia, en hacer una narración lenta y aún así perfecta, que me mantenga en tensión pero que me cuente cosas.
Muy disfrutable. Le tengo altas expectativas al siguiente.
He dudado pero bah, un 5 por la forma en que ha logrado introducirme en la historia, en hacer una narración lenta y aún así perfecta, que me mantenga en tensión pero que me cuente cosas.
Muy disfrutable. Le tengo altas expectativas al siguiente.
October 14, 2020
...wenn niemand mit offenen Karten gespielt und jeder sein eigenes Süppchen kocht.
sehr aktionreicher zweiter Teil
sehr aktionreicher zweiter Teil
February 22, 2021
(If you enjoy this series, idk, maybe read a different review. If you have an hour to spare, and you enjoy rant reviews, welcome. Spoilers up ahead I guess but who cares you won't read this anyway)
Let me start off by saying that yes, I hated book 1 with my whole being and still decided to read book 2. I got gifted this series by a friend who enjoyed them and since book 1 ever so slightly improved towards the end, I wanted to give it a second try. I haven't decided yet if fully dnf'ing a gift or if hate-reading a gift is worse, but I clearly went for the second option, and I still feel really bad. Nevertheless, I think there is value in purposely reading books you know you won't like, just to heighten your critical senses and determine your specific taste in books. I am an avid YA reader and love me some dystopian, so this wasn't the problem here.
For the things I enjoyed:
- this read SO fast, the only reason I didn't give up like 30 pages in. any more than 3 days of hate-reading is not worth the time
- cat
The things I disliked:
- TOO LONG. WHY 400+ PAGES? Like a third of the words, paragraphs and sometimes entire scenes in this feel like filler. This is mostly because of the writing (don't worry, we'll get to it), but also just because the main character cannot make a fucking decision and needs to ponder EVERY detail (and then sometimes makes super rash and stupid decisions so really she just needs to get her shit together. There is a reason given for this, though, but don't worry, we'll get to it.)
- So? unrealistic? Yes, it's a dystopian, but I'm not necessarily talking about the plot or setting or world (although nothing is really properly explained, which is sort of the purpose, but becomes annoying real quick). It's the characters and their interactions and dialogue that felt off, the family dynamics are so weird, the hospital visit and class scenes are too short and don't add anything most of the time, AAAAA
- The characters are onedimensional and flat, boring, have very unclear motivations for certain behaviours, are somehow both predictable and completely unhinged (not in a fun way), and NONE OF THEM make you want to root for them.
- Every. Single. One. of the male characters is just sooooo in love with Kyla (including the teachercultleader GROSS) who is not like other girls and is special and unique
- The writing is BAD (told you I'd get to it). Half the sentences in this book are written in question form because KyLa iS cOnFuSeD aNd LoSt hEr MeMoRiEs, except really what it does is show that the author struggles with writing character reflection and foreshadowing, and instead just chucks questions at the reader's head that you're just supposed to answer as the book goes on (except you can't because everything is vague and once you do get answers, you have read about 300 questions and who fucking knows what they were?). Additionally, there is no nice writing in this, nothing to show off the author's skill at stringing words together. Nothing. It's all just there to serve a purpose and basic and yet somehow mostly waffle (but without the syrup!!! What a good fucking metaphor I should be a writer)
- NOTHING WAS A SURPRISE. The plot twists were so predictable, I saw things coming dozens, sometimes hundreds of pages before it happened. Again, bad foreshadowing skills (aka writing HEY CAN I TRUST THIS GUY like 20 times and then expecting the reader to be surprised when we find out that hey, we couldn't)
- Eh there's probably more but now onto the worse stuff
Things that I hated and none of the reviews here seem to talk about:
- There is some sort of attempt at making the Lorders and Free UK both seem morally grey, but really it's fuck the Lorders and Free UK is probably the ones you should sorta be rooting for because it has some good people in it. Also I hate the name Free UK because it reminds me of Brexit (WHICH THIS BOOK PREDICTED BTW??? AND RIOTS IN THE 2020S???? i lost my shit this is also a thing i liked i should've mentioned it sooner ok back to the regularly scheduled programming). This could have been an incredible discussion of how politics are never black or white and how people that fight for a big cause may be too blinded to see how awful they are being to reach their goals. If you want to read about a government vs terrorist group that are both kinda terrible but also kinda right, the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness is fucking phenomenal and so nuanced.
- Mental, physical and sexual abuse are just kinda... idk, not questioned or contested. That might happen in book 3, but when a character talks about her abuse situation, it's just like "oh bad lorders :(" and that's about it. The main Free UK guy is emotionally manipulative like all hell, and is constantly given a pass because he's just so handsoooome. I think the way this grown ass Nico character speaks to literal children can be really triggering to people, so please be careful (should you for some godforsaken reason still wanna pick this up after reading this review???). Also a lot of violence and death and harm is used for shock value and nothing else.
- Lastly, mental health is handled incredibly poorly. Kyla is a flat, boring kid because her memories were wiped, and overthinks EVERYTHING, and then suddenly sneaks out at midnight to go fight a bitch (told you I'd get to it!!!!). She also remembers and dreams about her past life - or lives, because these fragments seem very disjointed. You wanna know why? (Spoiler I guess). Because the terrorist group purposely TRAUMATISED and ABUSED her into splitting her into two different identities, meaning she has three identities during this book. Now, as a psych major, I picked up on this very much sounding like a terribly handled, incredibly inaccurate, and frankly offensive and harmful portrayal of dissociative identity disorder (DID). However, since the audience is assumed to be dumb, there luckily is a doctor character that eventually gives an almost textbook definition of DID (I will give credit where it's due - at least they didn't use the outdated multiple personality disorder term) - literally, word for word the disorder is name dropped to explain what Kyla is experiencing (which she really isn't considering the DSM criteria, and also, where's your APA citation?). Please, writers, stop using random disorders as excuses for behaviour, especially when doing so incorrectly. This is incredibly harmful and stereotypes a group of people that is already constantly ridiculed accused of faking their disorder.
Now that it's nearly 1am, I will stop ranting and probably think of other stuff to add as I try to fall asleep but eh.. please don't text if you see me reading book 3 anytime soon. Thanks.
Let me start off by saying that yes, I hated book 1 with my whole being and still decided to read book 2. I got gifted this series by a friend who enjoyed them and since book 1 ever so slightly improved towards the end, I wanted to give it a second try. I haven't decided yet if fully dnf'ing a gift or if hate-reading a gift is worse, but I clearly went for the second option, and I still feel really bad. Nevertheless, I think there is value in purposely reading books you know you won't like, just to heighten your critical senses and determine your specific taste in books. I am an avid YA reader and love me some dystopian, so this wasn't the problem here.
For the things I enjoyed:
- this read SO fast, the only reason I didn't give up like 30 pages in. any more than 3 days of hate-reading is not worth the time
- cat
The things I disliked:
- TOO LONG. WHY 400+ PAGES? Like a third of the words, paragraphs and sometimes entire scenes in this feel like filler. This is mostly because of the writing (don't worry, we'll get to it), but also just because the main character cannot make a fucking decision and needs to ponder EVERY detail (and then sometimes makes super rash and stupid decisions so really she just needs to get her shit together. There is a reason given for this, though, but don't worry, we'll get to it.)
- So? unrealistic? Yes, it's a dystopian, but I'm not necessarily talking about the plot or setting or world (although nothing is really properly explained, which is sort of the purpose, but becomes annoying real quick). It's the characters and their interactions and dialogue that felt off, the family dynamics are so weird, the hospital visit and class scenes are too short and don't add anything most of the time, AAAAA
- The characters are onedimensional and flat, boring, have very unclear motivations for certain behaviours, are somehow both predictable and completely unhinged (not in a fun way), and NONE OF THEM make you want to root for them.
- Every. Single. One. of the male characters is just sooooo in love with Kyla (including the teachercultleader GROSS) who is not like other girls and is special and unique
- The writing is BAD (told you I'd get to it). Half the sentences in this book are written in question form because KyLa iS cOnFuSeD aNd LoSt hEr MeMoRiEs, except really what it does is show that the author struggles with writing character reflection and foreshadowing, and instead just chucks questions at the reader's head that you're just supposed to answer as the book goes on (except you can't because everything is vague and once you do get answers, you have read about 300 questions and who fucking knows what they were?). Additionally, there is no nice writing in this, nothing to show off the author's skill at stringing words together. Nothing. It's all just there to serve a purpose and basic and yet somehow mostly waffle (but without the syrup!!! What a good fucking metaphor I should be a writer)
- NOTHING WAS A SURPRISE. The plot twists were so predictable, I saw things coming dozens, sometimes hundreds of pages before it happened. Again, bad foreshadowing skills (aka writing HEY CAN I TRUST THIS GUY like 20 times and then expecting the reader to be surprised when we find out that hey, we couldn't)
- Eh there's probably more but now onto the worse stuff
Things that I hated and none of the reviews here seem to talk about:
- There is some sort of attempt at making the Lorders and Free UK both seem morally grey, but really it's fuck the Lorders and Free UK is probably the ones you should sorta be rooting for because it has some good people in it. Also I hate the name Free UK because it reminds me of Brexit (WHICH THIS BOOK PREDICTED BTW??? AND RIOTS IN THE 2020S???? i lost my shit this is also a thing i liked i should've mentioned it sooner ok back to the regularly scheduled programming). This could have been an incredible discussion of how politics are never black or white and how people that fight for a big cause may be too blinded to see how awful they are being to reach their goals. If you want to read about a government vs terrorist group that are both kinda terrible but also kinda right, the Chaos Walking trilogy by Patrick Ness is fucking phenomenal and so nuanced.
- Mental, physical and sexual abuse are just kinda... idk, not questioned or contested. That might happen in book 3, but when a character talks about her abuse situation, it's just like "oh bad lorders :(" and that's about it. The main Free UK guy is emotionally manipulative like all hell, and is constantly given a pass because he's just so handsoooome. I think the way this grown ass Nico character speaks to literal children can be really triggering to people, so please be careful (should you for some godforsaken reason still wanna pick this up after reading this review???). Also a lot of violence and death and harm is used for shock value and nothing else.
- Lastly, mental health is handled incredibly poorly. Kyla is a flat, boring kid because her memories were wiped, and overthinks EVERYTHING, and then suddenly sneaks out at midnight to go fight a bitch (told you I'd get to it!!!!). She also remembers and dreams about her past life - or lives, because these fragments seem very disjointed. You wanna know why? (Spoiler I guess). Because the terrorist group purposely TRAUMATISED and ABUSED her into splitting her into two different identities, meaning she has three identities during this book. Now, as a psych major, I picked up on this very much sounding like a terribly handled, incredibly inaccurate, and frankly offensive and harmful portrayal of dissociative identity disorder (DID). However, since the audience is assumed to be dumb, there luckily is a doctor character that eventually gives an almost textbook definition of DID (I will give credit where it's due - at least they didn't use the outdated multiple personality disorder term) - literally, word for word the disorder is name dropped to explain what Kyla is experiencing (which she really isn't considering the DSM criteria, and also, where's your APA citation?). Please, writers, stop using random disorders as excuses for behaviour, especially when doing so incorrectly. This is incredibly harmful and stereotypes a group of people that is already constantly ridiculed accused of faking their disorder.
Now that it's nearly 1am, I will stop ranting and probably think of other stuff to add as I try to fall asleep but eh.. please don't text if you see me reading book 3 anytime soon. Thanks.
July 25, 2019
Wat een spannend 2e deel! Ik zat middenin het verhaal en kon het boek maar moeilijk wegleggen.
Wel zijn er kleine dingetjes die mij irriteerden. Zo staat er bijvoorbeeld dat Kyla even een eindje gaat wandelen, wandelt ze voor 2 regels en dan is het bijna donker en tijd voor eten. Huh? Dat klopt niet in de tijd, naar mijn idee. Er wordt regelmatig over een activiteit heen 'gesprongen' en dat zorgt ervoor dat het soms heel hortend leest. Daarnaast vond ik het soms een beetje chaotisch.
Ondanks dat ben ik nog steeds erg nieuwsgierig naar deel 3!
Wel zijn er kleine dingetjes die mij irriteerden. Zo staat er bijvoorbeeld dat Kyla even een eindje gaat wandelen, wandelt ze voor 2 regels en dan is het bijna donker en tijd voor eten. Huh? Dat klopt niet in de tijd, naar mijn idee. Er wordt regelmatig over een activiteit heen 'gesprongen' en dat zorgt ervoor dat het soms heel hortend leest. Daarnaast vond ik het soms een beetje chaotisch.
Ondanks dat ben ik nog steeds erg nieuwsgierig naar deel 3!
February 22, 2018
Fracturée n'est pas une suite à la hauteur, l'aspect transition du tome se fait trop ressentir puisque l'auteure n'amène rien de véritablement croustillant, même si plusieurs pistes nouvelles sont sympathiques. La fin justement amène ce petit plus qui peut rendre le dernier tome intéressant, mais avec ce qui est amené dans ce tome 2, j'en attends beaucoup.
Mon avis complet : https://bloggalleane.blogspot.fr/2018...
Mon avis complet : https://bloggalleane.blogspot.fr/2018...
July 16, 2022
Tw/Cw: Mild violence, implied sexual abuse, Stockholm Syndrome
I'm still invested, but I got to a point where I was bored of all these different men screwing up Kyla's life. Kyla can be so stupid.
When I say she's stupid, I'm talking about the really obvious things she misses and the trust she misplaces. I'm sure her contradicting feelings and actions when it comes to Nico have been criticized, but to me they make sense. Memories linger, they may be shut in a box in a deep dark sea, yet they're not lost (not that this book is scientifically accurate, nor does it have to be). Or that was a theory when we studied the brain in psychology (=/= neuroscience). Theories and studies about the brain are so interesting! Anyway, so theoretically speaking, Kyla's memories are still there, even with her mind tampered. They are blocked tho, not at the ready on the preconscious, hence why they escape during sleep when the barrier is weaker (hey, Freud how you doing). Seemingly irrational feelings coming through will leave anyone confused, especially when the memories come in bits and pieces, painting a certain picture.
Not only that, but the creep vibe you felt with Nico since book 1 is very much justified. Everything is calculated with this guy: the fear and adoration he inspires, with his manipulative words and touches, the gaslighting. He's been grooming young ones who knows for how long. And Kyla. Oh, the grooming and Stockholm Syndrome is strong on this one. The urge to please creepo Nico wars with the fear. His charismatic presence and words twist her mind, she's unable to think for herself many times during their encounters, to be rational, she herself gets to this conclusion when away from him for long enough to question his radical ways and points of view.
So personally, I think the author did a good job of trying to portray all of this, and some form of dissociative personality disorder to boot.
I'm still invested, but I got to a point where I was bored of all these different men screwing up Kyla's life. Kyla can be so stupid.
When I say she's stupid, I'm talking about the really obvious things she misses and the trust she misplaces. I'm sure her contradicting feelings and actions when it comes to Nico have been criticized, but to me they make sense. Memories linger, they may be shut in a box in a deep dark sea, yet they're not lost (not that this book is scientifically accurate, nor does it have to be). Or that was a theory when we studied the brain in psychology (=/= neuroscience). Theories and studies about the brain are so interesting! Anyway, so theoretically speaking, Kyla's memories are still there, even with her mind tampered. They are blocked tho, not at the ready on the preconscious, hence why they escape during sleep when the barrier is weaker (hey, Freud how you doing). Seemingly irrational feelings coming through will leave anyone confused, especially when the memories come in bits and pieces, painting a certain picture.
Not only that, but the creep vibe you felt with Nico since book 1 is very much justified. Everything is calculated with this guy: the fear and adoration he inspires, with his manipulative words and touches, the gaslighting. He's been grooming young ones who knows for how long. And Kyla. Oh, the grooming and Stockholm Syndrome is strong on this one. The urge to please creepo Nico wars with the fear. His charismatic presence and words twist her mind, she's unable to think for herself many times during their encounters, to be rational, she herself gets to this conclusion when away from him for long enough to question his radical ways and points of view.
So personally, I think the author did a good job of trying to portray all of this, and some form of dissociative personality disorder to boot.
September 15, 2013
Review also posted at Ja čitam, a ti?
With all middle books or second books in series I've noticed some pattern, but mostly this happens in dystopians. While in the first book the whole idea is presented and you need to wrap your mind around something, second books leaves you to connect all the smaller things and mostly to get to know the main character and other characters too. This one follows that patter.
While in the first book you get the whole idea of Slated was nicely presented in the first book and what I mostly like about this series is that's really believable. We got to meet Kyla better here and we get to meet not only her present but her past as well. After being Slated she got a new opportunity to get a new life and start all over. With appearance of some new characters, meaning Nico something changed inside of her. She started to remember, but at the same time she is not supposed to. That brings memory of another self Lucy and that past life and another person she once were - a fighter Rain. Kyla has to be all three and she has to balance herself not to be suspicious. It might sound complicated but it really isn't as the author managed to pull out that idea nicely so that you don't get confused. With all that, the whole idea of fighting back, she has another burden to carry - Ben. It still hurts not to know what happened but she is determinate to find out. Only the things is that the truth might hurt her even more.
At the time when a lot of series suffer from middle-book syndrome Fractured continued with the same light it started in Slated. You'll enjoy while discovering the bigger picture and the inner characters. Now it's time to get the final show in Shattered and whit that title I can't wait to see more.
With all middle books or second books in series I've noticed some pattern, but mostly this happens in dystopians. While in the first book the whole idea is presented and you need to wrap your mind around something, second books leaves you to connect all the smaller things and mostly to get to know the main character and other characters too. This one follows that patter.
While in the first book you get the whole idea of Slated was nicely presented in the first book and what I mostly like about this series is that's really believable. We got to meet Kyla better here and we get to meet not only her present but her past as well. After being Slated she got a new opportunity to get a new life and start all over. With appearance of some new characters, meaning Nico something changed inside of her. She started to remember, but at the same time she is not supposed to. That brings memory of another self Lucy and that past life and another person she once were - a fighter Rain. Kyla has to be all three and she has to balance herself not to be suspicious. It might sound complicated but it really isn't as the author managed to pull out that idea nicely so that you don't get confused. With all that, the whole idea of fighting back, she has another burden to carry - Ben. It still hurts not to know what happened but she is determinate to find out. Only the things is that the truth might hurt her even more.
At the time when a lot of series suffer from middle-book syndrome Fractured continued with the same light it started in Slated. You'll enjoy while discovering the bigger picture and the inner characters. Now it's time to get the final show in Shattered and whit that title I can't wait to see more.
October 3, 2013
Nerg! The frustrated sounds of a reader waiting for the third book. You know those books that make you reach the last page and your fingers want to keep turning to find out more? Yeah this is THAT book.
I read the first book a few days ago, and was highly impressed. No story line entirely dependent on romance, no insta love, great world building and fantastic characters. Then I found the second book was already available and picked up a copy at a local KMart. Happy days! I was so engrossed in this book that I read it while waiting for the bus this morning, despite freezing cold winds flicking pages and numbing my hands so they could barely hail the bus driver as he went by. I even champed at the bit when I got to work, wanting to read, not sell fuel, dammit!
So this book has loads of plot twists, lies, secrecy, deals made, broken and enacted. You find out so much more, but not enough. Never enough! What I really loved was the way the romance from the first book, which for was seemed realistic (rare for YA, I know!) was given it's rightful place behind everything else that happens in Kyla's life. There is some serious things happening here, and it's not softened by a ready and willing lover in the wings.
Can't praise this book and this series highly enough. There will now be a countdown until the final book is released. Yay for things to look forward to next year!
I read the first book a few days ago, and was highly impressed. No story line entirely dependent on romance, no insta love, great world building and fantastic characters. Then I found the second book was already available and picked up a copy at a local KMart. Happy days! I was so engrossed in this book that I read it while waiting for the bus this morning, despite freezing cold winds flicking pages and numbing my hands so they could barely hail the bus driver as he went by. I even champed at the bit when I got to work, wanting to read, not sell fuel, dammit!
So this book has loads of plot twists, lies, secrecy, deals made, broken and enacted. You find out so much more, but not enough. Never enough! What I really loved was the way the romance from the first book, which for was seemed realistic (rare for YA, I know!) was given it's rightful place behind everything else that happens in Kyla's life. There is some serious things happening here, and it's not softened by a ready and willing lover in the wings.
Can't praise this book and this series highly enough. There will now be a countdown until the final book is released. Yay for things to look forward to next year!
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