Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

4.02 AVERAGE

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consonants's review against another edition

4.5
challenging dark mysterious reflective 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: Yes
Unexpectedly gripping! Some odd artifiacts of translation in the English but overall captivating.

chime's review against another edition

4.75
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: No

lmmorse3462's review against another edition

3.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
I’m confused.  
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cyan_altaria's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
An incredibly engrossing novel. Sasha was a vivid character, and her development was fascinating. The magic is interesting, and this book barely scratches the surface. The writing was b. I cannot wait for book 2.
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cupoladoro's review against another edition

3.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
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cameroncollins's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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all_her_boring_hobbies's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
  • it was really interesting to see how a book without classical chapters changed my reading - I fell into a void, diving into the text, living the story and emerge a few hours later to notice time's passing

  • I also never felt more seen in my thought process and processing of the world - might be a little bit worrying that others see it as sci-fi XD

  • "she caught herself monotonously listening words - each one of them had a fraction of the meaning she needed so desperately, but not a single one of them fit her purpose."

the_nook_of_tomes's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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martina_xx's review against another edition

2.75
dark tense slow-paced
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bris_bookbag's review against another edition

5.0
I feel drained. Drained of the corporal. This book sucked me in and, with it, my breath. The pacing was brilliant and the ending... my human brain can’t comprehend it. I will let it sit for a few days and come back to this review