Review: Torn
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2012
Here is a story that you have to stick with to the end to really enjoy. It takes awhile for the story to develop and the characters to be introduced, but the best part comes last.Isadora Rivers is a high school student stuck in a small town. She really wants to become an actress in Hollywood and get out of the small town life. She is a very dramatic and outgoing person who is looking for the next rush to get her heart beating faster and feel more alive. But, when the mysterious Tristan makes an entrance into her life she begins to have visions of her future, and feels instantly intrigued by him. A boy that can finally understand her and she is very sexually drawn to him.Isadora is a character with a lot of dramatics which I think play up to the idea that she wants to be an actress. She just doesn't seem to want to sit still for any period of time and always up to something. As most of the time aspiring actresses are defined as, a wild spirit.Sarah becomes a balance in the story to Isadora's outrageous side. She is a way that brings some maturity to Isadora's flamboyant lifestyle.The story is mainly told through dialogue and has some places along the way that I was hoping for more build up and anticipation for the storyline to go. There is the insta-love factor, but I know that if I were a free spirit stuck in a small town, the thought of a hot new guy would also become my main focus, so this didn't bother me much at all. There is also a paranormal aspect to the story, but it really doesn't take a main role in the story. It's like an added bonus.