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A review by garciaa
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
3.0
Ok, spoilers.
- Tatiana got to NY, worked as a nurse, had a son, and it took forever for them to meet
- Alexander was sent to penal batallion, he met Pasha, Pasha's fate
- Tatiana found him almost at the end of the book, they escaped
- Orbeli
That's it. For the first time I was so disappointed the book took forever to reunite them that I maybe might have skipped few pages. I just waited forever to read the second book a finally find out what happend with them.
This time I knew what I was getting into. And it was surprisingly good. I enjoyed Alexander's passages more, mainly because Tatiana did basically nothing. However I did have some issues. I just don't like the scenes from Lazarevo (the conversations are so cringy, who speaks like that?), I didn't much like the fact that Tatiana was so reckless with her life. I can't imagine leaving my child without a mother, plus she always puts Alexander first. That's just wrong in my book. I'm not saying the husband is not important but when you have children, you have responsibilities, you ought to put them first. And she just leaves her small son with a friend and goes on a trip that might as well have end up with her death.
I'd edit the book a bit.
Also Alexander is a bit of tool. I know war changes you but his behaviour is just... not acceptable to me.
Plus I miss some scenes. I'd love to see Tania explain Orbeli to Vikki. I'd love to see the scene where Alexander meets everyone for the first time. I wanted to see Alexander explain Pasha to Tatiana.
But after all, it was much better than I remembered.
Also Tatiana's English doesn't make sense. She knows all the complicated words and structures but keeps missing simple to be in present simple. That's like the first grammar rule you learn.
Spoiler
What did I remember from the first reading:- Tatiana got to NY, worked as a nurse, had a son, and it took forever for them to meet
- Alexander was sent to penal batallion, he met Pasha, Pasha's fate
- Tatiana found him almost at the end of the book, they escaped
- Orbeli
That's it. For the first time I was so disappointed the book took forever to reunite them that I maybe might have skipped few pages. I just waited forever to read the second book a finally find out what happend with them.
This time I knew what I was getting into. And it was surprisingly good. I enjoyed Alexander's passages more, mainly because Tatiana did basically nothing. However I did have some issues. I just don't like the scenes from Lazarevo (the conversations are so cringy, who speaks like that?), I didn't much like the fact that Tatiana was so reckless with her life. I can't imagine leaving my child without a mother, plus she always puts Alexander first. That's just wrong in my book. I'm not saying the husband is not important but when you have children, you have responsibilities, you ought to put them first. And she just leaves her small son with a friend and goes on a trip that might as well have end up with her death.
I'd edit the book a bit.
Also Alexander is a bit of tool. I know war changes you but his behaviour is just... not acceptable to me.
Plus I miss some scenes. I'd love to see Tania explain Orbeli to Vikki. I'd love to see the scene where Alexander meets everyone for the first time. I wanted to see Alexander explain Pasha to Tatiana.
But after all, it was much better than I remembered.
Also Tatiana's English doesn't make sense. She knows all the complicated words and structures but keeps missing simple to be in present simple. That's like the first grammar rule you learn.