The characters from this series are going to haunt me for a long time. (I lost a lot of my anger towards Dasha during the 3rd book flashbacks). Could that been left out of the story, yes, but did it add a serious, crazy dimension, YES! All the flashbacks not only brought the ghosts back but gave me a deeper understanding of the characters which made me miss them even more and understand Tatiana even more because of this. However, I read these books all together one after the other and when I read the flashback where Pasha is told to fear rust, I freaking lost it, cried forever. I know some other's also complained about the flashbacks saying they were unnecessary. Tatiana and Alexander didn't always do what I wanted them to do but it's their story not mine and frankly the story was better for it. It's real, it's reality and some don't want that from their books. It certainly is epic and requires a certain fortitude to get through. Look I get it this series is long, beautiful, and ugly. I call it the details of life, or you know the little and big things that make us who we are. Tatiana and Alexander's story is full of what other's have called "mundane details". The story and writing is full of actions -heroic, cowardliness, moral, immoral, right, wrong, gray. The story and writing is full of emotion -love, hate, jealousy, sadness, anger, joy. I can't even and doubt I will ever be able to articulate how this series ravaged me. Perhaps the things that bothered me about the third book won't bother you. Having said all this, I would recommend people read these books.
If you read the memoirs of WWII veterans, you will find they suffered too.
Vietnam Veterans were told that WWII veterans came home and adjusted with no problems, why can't you. WWII veterans suffered too but we just didn't know it. I'm of Anthony's generation and far too many Viet Nam veterans were criticized and ridiculed because they suffered from PTSD after they returned home. On the other side of the coin, the writer showed that WWII veterans and their families suffered from PTSD, just like some current veterans do. The not so subtle message that if Tatania would just stay home and bake bread and cater to him they would live happily ever after didn't resonate well with me at all. On a personal level, there were certain choices the writer made about Alexander's character during the 1950's that made me like him less. This book didn't have that extra element until Alexander went to save Anthony. In the first two books, there were three main characters - Tatania, Alexander and WWII. This book was nearly pure romance fiction until the last 20 percent. For me to enjoy a romance, it has to have an element of mystery, suspense or adventure. I enjoyed the first two books in this trilogy much more than this one.
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