Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko

4.02 AVERAGE

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avmaris's review against another edition

3.75
challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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jujujuris's review against another edition

4.25
Something about the last section put me off a bit, but I’d read the sequel.

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auros1956's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark 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: Yes
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jessicah_25's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes
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froggystella's review against another edition

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

4.0
challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

npliego's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous dark mysterious tense 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
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theyarelex's review against another edition

3.75
dark mysterious 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

ebeyland's review against another edition

4.0
Fascinating book, definitely not for everyone. I did end up skimming some of it and felt betrayed by the ending, though in hindsight I probably should not have been expecting a tidy wrap up.

I really enjoyed the writing (impressive for a translation) but did find it confusing as all of the characters seemed to have 3 different names used interchangeably.

7918737916's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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