Kitty Kevan

(Only read this review when you’ve watched it and you should- it’s marvelous!! Then come back to,me!) I was entranced by this series. I sometimes think Netflix drag things out to more than seasons than necesary and that story lines loose credibility because of that and above all, I want to believe what I’m watching. I want to feel it and be part of it- this can’t happen if it stops being believable. In this case, although the drama was high in that sense too, it worked. The Romance was so powerful. But when it ended, I practically needed therapy!! and I would like to tell you why! The love these two shared ( as depicted by the series) was deep and real. The connection between them carried them through times of war and upheaval. The viewer is with them on their journey and Kurt Seyit is all the things a classic hero can be. But I could not understand, after all that, how it ended.....and the fact it is based on real people made it even worse. He watches her go...he just watches her go!! Where is the heart that would race to be by her side?- She can’t believe it either. I suppose the protocols of the age that demanded grace and containment in a woman of her standing, stopped her screaming for him and frankly jumping into the sea! I read that this story was passed down by the Turkish grandmother. So I detect that that woman must have lived in the shadow of this amazing, blonde Russian lady all her married life. That’s tough and the poor girl must have felt like ‘second fiddle’ to Sura’s memory? I also know from my own family connections with the Middle East, that those men view western women as not the ‘ permanent ‘ ones and often go home to marry who ever their mothers would like them to have! ( Leaving broken hearts no doubt...) Certainly at the turn of the century, the mindset may well have been steeped in this vein. Could this have been the reason he didn’t end up with Sura? So what were they to each other really? Supportive friends that got each other through tough times? Not if they truly loved like that they weren’t. They were each other’s all! So it didn’t add up for me at the end. I simply can not believe these two didn’t stay together. It makes a mockery of love somehow. What is there to believe in if two souls whose devotion runs so deep, end up walking away from each other? The power of love is the strongest force in the Universe! We know that in our hearts and when we feel it, nothing can stand in our way. Kurt was proud and had got envolved with the Turkish girls family, but he was hero enough to end that too. I think there’s a lot we’ll never know. I was traumatised by his choices though. So basically, please please re- write the end guys!! Complete the fantasy and keep us all on our happy clouds! Well done to the cast and crew! I loved it. I watched it to practise my Turkish and I got hooked!!