Posted by Kurt Ramsey on September 30, 2007 at 09:03:13:
In Reply to: Re: Tara and Alena posted by Jeff on September 30, 2007 at 05:23:01:
: Hmm. I don't think Alena ever comes off as an evil person in any of the books. I don't think you're making a fair comparison. Tara is SpecOps, and Alena worked for the fee, regardless of who paid it. At one point she was an employee of the Russian government, but that was prior to us meeting her.
: In fact, I always found Alena likeable, even in Smoker.
: : Just got to thinking. Why does Alena come off as a murderous evil person and Tara as a British patriot? They both do the same thing. They both ultimately kill for their flag. Although the people waving the flag for England seem to be shown in a somewhat better light in Greg's Minder One books than the "flag wavers" in the AK novels.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that Alena is viewed by Eliot Trent, Dale Matsui and Brigett as a vicious killer and Tara is not regarded that way by her peers. They both are efficient killers and it seems that Alena, whom I like as well as Tara, is getting short shrift here.