Review: A Sweet Goodbye for a Perfect Series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2012
I. Am. Satisfied.I feared the day this series would end, but now when I've read the last words, I feel oddly satisfied with it. Not with it ending, but the ending itself. Although I'm planning to start rereading the series first thing tomorrow morning. I want to make this journey again - as soon as possible - and catch all the nuances from it. Maybe at some point during the rereading I might even be able to think like Stefano: "Sometimes, he even fooled himself into believing he might know what Silvio would do next." And now, that was not true, Stefano, was it? The nice twist in the very end of the story proved your ability to foresee Silvio's actions still quite lacking. ;)Aleksandr Voinov's writing keeps me constantly on my toes. I guess he is a bit like Silvio himself - you never know what kind of twist and turn his story is going to take next. He regularly surprises me, shocks me, delights me. But I never ever get bored while reading his books. Just like in Dark Soul series, Voinov's stories might have some dark shades in them, but they are always told so beautifully and skillfully that they steal your heart before you know it. There are some unforgettable scenes in this book - scenes so dramatic and lovely - that I know I'll want to visit them many times later on.And by the way, how can one not to give five stars for a boyishly grinning, way-too-cute-for-a-killer with a fluffy and wiggly, finger-eating puppy on his lap? Not that this story is all about Silvio (or the puppy). But in a way, I guess, to me the whole series was mostly about him (Silvio, not the puppy). He fascinates me to no end: His soul is so beautiful and dark at the same time. He is an old soul, no doubt about it. So much older than twenty-five. And this is going to sound extremely stupid, but I already miss him terribly.Now, when Mr. Voinov has kindly put me through his mangel of torture (several times), I feel surprisingly smooth and soft and fresh. Satisfied.