Tess Part Two.... OMG an even BIGGER MESS

WOW... what a jerk!!!! He leaves her! Are you kidding me?!?!?! Angel just went way down on my list of good boyfriends in literature history, like almost to the bottom. The point of loving and marrying someone is because you want to spend your life with that person, not spend your life together only if the other person is the quintessence of human beings and has no faults. And Brazil; Angel, really??? Are you sure you couldn't find a more disease ridden part of the, then, third world colonies of England? I would be glad that you got sick there if it hadn't of kept you from getting to Tess in time to save her from Alec, which you didn't. Running from your problems is isn't going to change them. Tess at least has the kahunas to stand up and face her problems and handles them without a selfish care. Angle running was probably one of the most selfish things I have ever heard of. He couldn't handle that she had been with another man, forcibly, but she forgave him for his previous actions. And Angel coming back only after she begged him twice doesn't make up for that either.



It makes me so angry that no man can do anything for her at all, they only hinder or hurt her. Alec was right in calling her "Ms. Independent" in the beginning. She has been on her own with out much help from men since the day she was born. Her father was a drunk who couldn't provide for his family. Alec raped her and gave her a child that she had no help with from him; especially when it died. Angel left her when she needed him most, and came back when it was really too late. by the time they meet at the train station she had already killed Alec, after she had to go back to him when Angel left her and had to care for her family when her father died and left them nothing, and the police were already after her. No matter how hard she tried, Tess just couldn't get her life to work out.

The final part if Tess's story is probably the saddest thing I have ever read. Angel finally realizes what he did in losing Tess and they finally get some time together...on the run from the coppers. That's what i always wanted for a honeymoon, a year and a half late and in a rundown house; a real Bonnie and Clyde.

It is kind of frustrating that none of the real pivotal, tragic events aren't explained further; but i understand that in those times, such an explanation would really raise some eyebrows. This would include, specifically, the rape scene (at least make it a little clearer what happened) and the execution scene. The only way we know she was killed was the ominous black flag raised above the town. And the complete lack of emotion from Angel and Liza-Lu mad me really mad. All they did was kneel down like in prayer, and walk off holding hands. Really? That's the only feeling you can muster after your beloved wife and older sister is hung? The ending was a real downer, but overall I liked the book.