Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

4.02 AVERAGE

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fletcherskiddish's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

rachelmallison's review against another edition

5.0
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elawrence14's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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mmullerm's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
5 stars.

Vita Nostra might be the best book I’ll read this year.  I’ve never read anything like this before.  Sasha Samokhina’s character development was extremely satisfying and well done.

Elements of this story were reminiscent of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis.  Creepy and unnerving but with a believability that it could actually happen.  

I’ll be thinking about this book for a long time.  
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thebookraiders's review against another edition

2.75
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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tortreadsbooks's review against another edition

3.5
challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

scythe_2006's review against another edition

I wanted to love this but the writing style wasn't for me and I think its just too mundane.

anxieteaisme's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

readerreadernoveleater's review against another edition

4.0
Definitely scratched Grossman's The Magicians series itch. 
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makennahbristow's review against another edition

4.75
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes