Reviews

Arszen és a jéték hatalma by Marina Gyacsenko, Szergej Gyacsenko, Sergey Dyachenko, H. Fejérvári Margit, Marina Dyachenko

talbet's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

hellcat042's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

"The stars explode in silence.
Sasha tasted time on her tongue, like a spoonful of honey with a pinch of pepper."

"Sasha vacillated between the two evils: continue this conversation or go back to the auditorium, where a symbolic structure on the whiteboard wanted to dismember her alive."

"You are very dangerous. You are a weapon... a weapon of formidable power. You are an assassin of reality, Sasha, you are a destroyer of grammar, and I will do everything possible to prevent you from ever reverberating again. Other than that... other than that, you are a wonderful girl"

rosiebelle's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hurlyburlywitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I enjoyed this, but in many ways it felt like more of the same from Vita Nostra, and lacked the intense development I had hoped to see from the gripping and disorienting nature of the first book. 

lotalimareva's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

lonelyghostie's review against another edition

3.5

i’m not scared to admit that i understood this one less than the first one. but had a hell of a time, glad to be here

mandyvpelt's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Felt flat for me in comparison to the first book. I did like the start of the book…(bit to explainatory for my taste, but it was inter!). After that it felt boring. 

lookmairead's review against another edition

4.0

The Dayachenko team has really continued to push the envelope. But this series feels like a wordy stereogram. You have to focus and try to relax through this suspenseful/choppy world building when things start to pop out at you. Likely, you may feel a book hangover if you try to speed read or overthink this concept.

I know I’ll have to do re-listen if/when book 3 is ever translated.

maur_damar's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Minor: Cursing

hondiggsreads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75