Reviews

Living Pictures by Polina Barskova

lexcellent's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gorgeous

gobby_gilbert's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

allie_shu's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

fihman's review

3.0

It lost me at the end... might have been a mistake to read it all in one sitting rather than stagger each essay between other things.

arunendro's review

dark reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

an excellent companion to disco elysium

diasparagmos's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

emmamarie0's review

Dnf for now: I’m too stupid to understand any of her writing it’s beautiful but it is going over my head. I hope to read it someday 

vapourwavey's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

this text is set somewhere between critical history, poetry and memoir. each story is so rich with imagery and memory. exquisite.

the_bfool's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

colinrafferty's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.25