tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post109161127546370074..comments2023-10-18T06:30:51.724-04:00Comments on Esther's Ever After: A Letter to Lena HalowayBrennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10514638012223235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post-77251451827152901132013-03-12T13:24:54.463-04:002013-03-12T13:24:54.463-04:00Oh my gosh, YES. I had a lot of problems with Requ...Oh my gosh, YES. I had a lot of problems with Requiem, chief among them that Alex and Lena didn't TALK. Another being that we never saw any resolution for Julian (I mean... we barely got resolution re: ALEX)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336935386866249440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post-34690137433169708882013-03-11T16:20:59.141-04:002013-03-11T16:20:59.141-04:00Yes! Oh, this letter just totally made my day! May...Yes! Oh, this letter just totally made my day! Maybe it's just because I love Alex so much, but I can't fault him for his reaction to Lena. He shows up (thank god) not dead, and sees Lena--the one thing that kept him going over the last horrible year--in the arms of another man (err, boy). Sometimes it's easier to lock your heart away, you know? So yes, a heart-to-heart was what they needed, but Lena needed to be the one to sit him down and make him listen. She owed him that. I kind of feel bad for Julian though... Poor guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post-23870622552398370582013-03-11T14:39:12.777-04:002013-03-11T14:39:12.777-04:00Exactly. This MAY just be me projecting what I wou...Exactly. This MAY just be me projecting what I would do in the same situation, but having read the short story from Alex's POV and all three books from Lena's - I'm just surprised that neither seemed interested in actually trying to talk it out. At all. It frustrates me when characters do this (and to be fair, we do see it all the time). <br /><br />I'm not sure my heart will ever quite recover from this. Brennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10514638012223235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post-42853405357735736442013-03-11T11:53:34.399-04:002013-03-11T11:53:34.399-04:00Agreed, I didn't like how this all played out ...Agreed, I didn't like how this all played out at all. How did they not have a proper conversation?! I know it's awkward, but you would think that it would have happened at some point. And while I love Julian, I don't see why Lena was "conflicted" at all. Julian was definitely the rebound, like you pointed out, and it seems clear that she loved Alex the whole time, she was just trying to let him go because it's not healthy to hold on to someone who is gone. So when Alex reappears, you would think that she would cling to him and make him listen to all she's been through and want to hear, in return, every little detail of what happened to him. I don't know, maybe it's just easier to see from an outside perspective that while Julian is sweet he was never a true love for Lena.Ashley @ Book Labyrinthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395484656811182553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1816359737285871844.post-92221937990855248332013-03-11T11:24:35.429-04:002013-03-11T11:24:35.429-04:00Yes to all of this! There were so many times while...Yes to all of this! There were so many times while reading Requiem that I would get so frustrated and just want them (Alex and Lena) to actually have a conversation. Why does that never occur to people?!ChristasBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920374639635865206noreply@blogger.com