- Hardcover: 559 pages
- Publisher: Madison Park Press (2005)
- Language French
- ISBN-10: 2286017573
- ISBN-13: 978-2286017576
- ASIN: 158288191X
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 15.2 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 949,715 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Tatiana and Alexander is not just a sequel, it is an experience. Just as poignant and emotional as The Bronze Horseman, Tatiana and Alexander takes you on a voyage of sacrifice, undying love and enduring strength. This book proves that Simons is a writer for the ages.
There are really no words to describe this book in the right way. The depth of the two main characters and the experience of WWII in Europe and America is heartwrenching. This is one book you can't just finish and move on, the story of Tania and Alex will stick with you for so long, much like The Bronze Horseman did.
Tatiana was able to escape to America and end up in New York working as a nurse at Ellis Island. She has given birth to a son, Alexander's son. But she is torn. She doesn't know if Alexander is dead or not and because of that he haunts her with every breath in er body.
The same goes for Alexander who stayed in the Soviet Union so Tatiana could be free. Now he is a prisoner with only one goal, to get to Tatiana or die trying. He is even more haunted and is practically dying because of it.
This is so much more than and simple boy meets girl story. This time the story is mainly from Alexander's point of view. What he was like as a child, how he came to the USSR and how he met Tatiana and what she really means to him. The reader sees it all again trough his eyes, his feelings. We truly understand why he needs Tatiana and what she has done for him.
There is despair, tragedy but hope. The reader goes on this journey through war torn Europe and with Tatiana in America. Does she decide to go on with her life without Alexander like so many others before her? Or does she try to do everything in her power to find Alexander?
Again it is all about sacrafice, hope, etc...
There is also sensuality and a merging of souls...
There is and unbelievable amount of death, torture and hardships no one could imaging.
Go on this journey and see how an epic masterpiece is really written. You will cry with sadness but again the hope is there that Tatiana and Alexander will become one.
There are really no words to describe this book in the right way. The depth of the two main characters and the experience of WWII in Europe and America is heartwrenching. This is one book you can't just finish and move on, the story of Tania and Alex will stick with you for so long, much like The Bronze Horseman did.
Tatiana was able to escape to America and end up in New York working as a nurse at Ellis Island. She has given birth to a son, Alexander's son. But she is torn. She doesn't know if Alexander is dead or not and because of that he haunts her with every breath in er body.
The same goes for Alexander who stayed in the Soviet Union so Tatiana could be free. Now he is a prisoner with only one goal, to get to Tatiana or die trying. He is even more haunted and is practically dying because of it.
This is so much more than and simple boy meets girl story. This time the story is mainly from Alexander's point of view. What he was like as a child, how he came to the USSR and how he met Tatiana and what she really means to him. The reader sees it all again trough his eyes, his feelings. We truly understand why he needs Tatiana and what she has done for him.
There is despair, tragedy but hope. The reader goes on this journey through war torn Europe and with Tatiana in America. Does she decide to go on with her life without Alexander like so many others before her? Or does she try to do everything in her power to find Alexander?
Again it is all about sacrafice, hope, etc...
There is also sensuality and a merging of souls...
There is and unbelievable amount of death, torture and hardships no one could imaging.
Go on this journey and see how an epic masterpiece is really written. You will cry with sadness but again the hope is there that Tatiana and Alexander will become one.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read the prequel to this book, 'The Bronze Horseman', and was left in breathless anticipation of some closure for their painful love story. Having waited nearly a year and a half for 'Tatiana and Alexander' to be published, I was counting down the days, and stayed up until 4:15 in the morning finishing it.
I was not disappointed, but quite frustrated at times! I was anxious for Paullina Simons to immediately take up the protagonists' story where she had left off, but since this novel has to be accessible to readers who have not read 'The Bronze Horseman', I found myself wading through pages of recaps of the main events of the previous book, told only from a slightly different perspective (Alexander's instead of Tatiana's), when I only wanted to know what happened next.
Persevere, and if you are not impatient like me, you will find some beautiful description of how Alexander and Tatiana fell in love, as well as added details that avid readers of 'The Bronze Horseman' will relish. Once the new story gets underway, the level of intensity and emotion experienced by the characters is almost unbearable at times, and left me in tears.
I don't want to spoil the plot for anyone, but there are several unexpected plot twists that made me gasp (particularly in relation to Tatiana's twin brother Pasha), and the last section of the book, entitled 'Alexander', had my heart thumping in my chest and me desperately turning the pages.
It's very difficult to compare this book to its prequel, as both books are at once very similar and extremely different in their style. However, they both contain the same ability to move the reader, and the same depth of emotion expressed through Paullina Simon's beautiful prose. 'Tatiana and Alexander' is sadder, has more pain and longing and less vibrant innocence than 'The Bronze Horseman', but is just as beautiful.
Read this book, but read 'The Bronze Horseman' first, or you will not be able to appreciate fully its subtleties. Be warned, though; Tatiana and Alexander are characters who will become real to you, who you will find yourself thinking about long after their story has finished, and who will move you in a way that very few books ever will.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Here, in 'Tatiana & Alexander' Paullina Simons finally achieves what she attempted with the first novel 'The Bronze Horseman' and creates a love story that is both deceptively simple and yet an epic.
I would not advise reading this before the first book as it deals with much of the same plot in a more detailed fashion, and you will not get the full effect of the layered narratives if you read them out of order. On the other hand, if you have already read the first book there is no point in you reading this review- you will already be a devotee of both Simons' gorgeous dialogue, narrative and imagery.
One thing that impressed me about this novel was its elaboration on the violent undercurrents of the first novel: here Alexander's 'addiction' to violence and need to protect his wife is fully explored and worked through, not simply pushed under the carpet as with most romance novels. The appearance of a character assumed to have died in the first novel (not wanting to give too much away here) is also a brave move by the author and sets the novel up for a completely emotionally satisfying climax.
One small gripe I have is that the novel is called 'Tatiana & Alexander' here in the UK, and 'The Bridge to Holy Cross' in other countries- the latter title is infinitely preferable in my opinion because it expresses the epic nature of this work and does not merely reduce it to a romance novel. However, this is a tiny problem and probably only annoys me, although obviously it has not spoilt my enjoyment of the novel.
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what is all the fuss about?
I enjoyed the Bronze Horseman and think the authoress should have left it at that. I found Tatiana and Alexander wishy washy and waffley. Read more
Published 3 months ago by aragorn17
A-MAZING
SO INTENSE. So passionate, a page turner... You HAVE to read this if you want to know what happens to Alexander and Tatiana because it's just SO INCREDIBLE! speechless...
Published 4 months ago by EliCom
Tatiana and Alexander
The book was in perfect quality, so I was happy with the product in that sense. But in terms of the story, it is fantastic, just as good as the first book in the trilogy (The... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Katie
Disappointing
If you enjoyed the Bronze Horseman, I would not recommend reading this sequel.
Much of the book is spent fleshing out things that we already know about, such as how... Read more
Much of the book is spent fleshing out things that we already know about, such as how... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Holbert
Tatiana and Alexander THEE best book i have ever read
This book was Uh - Mazing. The best book i have ever read. I am obsessed with this story. I felt like the world stopped when i read this because it did. Read more
Published 16 months ago by LisaNZ
Looking Forward
I haven't started to read this second book yet as I am not quite at the end of the first book in this series (The Bronze Horseman). Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Martin
Tatiana and Alexander
A gripping epic of a novel. I guarantee you'll want the next instalment, Summer Garden, which is also excellent.
Published 18 months ago by Rose Garden
Great book
This is an excellent follow-up to Bronze Horseman, in which we learn more about the characters' pasts.
Published 19 months ago by Stephanie D. Briggs
tatiana and alexander
The book arrived in perfect condition and in time as the order mention (5 october). i have nothing to complain about i'm satisfied.
Published 19 months ago
Tatiana & Alexander
I waited over two years for this book! After reading the Bronze horseman I was left bereft, I had no idea that Paullina Simons had written a sequel. Read more
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