A review by sashkello
Град обреченный by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, Борис Стругацкий, Аркадий Стругацкий

4.0

Like with all the other Strugatskys books I've read (at this point, almost all of them), this one left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, I did enjoy the ride, the writing is good as usual and the plot is intriguing. On the other hand, again, the most interesting parts are left for the reader's imagination, which is equivalent to the authors simply being too lazy to actually connect the loose ends... As they often do, the plot jumps over important events from one chapter to another, leaving great opportunities to dig deeper completely unexplored. Characters are, again as always with Strugatskys, seem to be suffering from some kind of neurological disorders and mood swings. Towards the end there is a lot of ranting which I suppose was meant to be philosophical, but it got really tiring at some point... Nevertheless, the setup is very intriguing and engaging. The resolution never comes, again, as usual, even though the journey was quite fun. Probably this one is my favourite Strugatsky's book so far, however it's still quite underwhelming...