786 reviews for:

The Half Life of Valery K

Natasha Pulley

4.3 AVERAGE

lamangue's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

paucorz's review against another edition

4.0

challenging funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

pameybey's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5* fantastisch verhaal! De schokkende achtergrond van het verhaal is echt gebeurd. De personen fictief. Aanrader.

treehouse_reads's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence

tenderorganic's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mmathis's review against another edition

4.0

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A compulsively readable book about a Russian scientist who is released to work in a top secret radiation lab. This book is heartwarming and hopeful which is very bizarre to say since it is also about radiation accidents.

bachatarini's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

jasbah's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

katdot57's review against another edition

3.0

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This book is very good at describing the psychological strain people felt in the Cold War USSR and particularly the pressures put on scientists. However the narrative flow was frequently disrupted by the use of British slang. I found it very distracting and annoying.

krissywtf's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Hot damn. I’m reading Natasha Pulley’s backlist and so far, all 5 stars. Pulley does such a good job at writing an engaging storyline and characters. I experienced various emotions while reading (I teared up so many times). The pacing is good and I liked the very slow burn relationship between Valery and Shenkov.