Post by Unknown on Jun 30, 2015 8:44:27 GMT -5
So, who read it!?!
How do you feel about Tatiana and Alexander's relationship? The relationships between each of them and Dasha? How has the war, and everything they have experienced shaped their story?
I have read a lot, and a lot of historical fiction, about WWII Germany but this was the first for me regarding Russia as the backdrop. I think this front of the war and the people get forgotten about because of the atrocities of Hitler in the concentration camps. It is heartbreaking to read about the families suffering and starving. Yet to find love and hope through it all is so beautiful, yet painful for Tatiana knowing how much it would hurt Dasha. Then when Dasha dies it makes it easier for them to continue the relationship, but at what cost? The moments they were able to spend alone as a real couple I love w/o the war and worry were so beautiful, yet made Alexander going back to the front so much more heartbreaking. The sacrifices they both have made for each other is beyond what I could even imagine.
What else do you have? I didn't do a re-read, but I'm just going off memory. I don't want to say to much because I've read the series and don't want to ruin anything.
