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A review by sonice
Assassin of Reality by Sergey Dyachenko
2.0
2.5 stars. Not anywhere near the greatness of Vita Nostra, and it's mostly because there's just no mystery here. The first one was a real mind bender, and it kept you hooked by giving you just a little bit of info (abstract and surreal as it was) at a time, with an ending that cranked up the heat to leave your brain a melted grey puddle. In AoR, we know what's happening from go - and the story kinda just caries along like that. Can our hero do the thing without fucking up the other thing? Find out on the next episode of Vita Nostra Z!
The ending was fine. I hate putting it that way, but I don't know what else to say. It leaves a bit up to the reader to decide, and that's cool, but the problem is that it's all so vague that I don't care. I also understand that this is the last part of the story, no VN3 coming, that's all folks.
IMO Vita Nostra is better left as a standalone, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend that fans of that novel read this one. We get no real answers, and the juice is barely worth the squeeze.
The ending was fine. I hate putting it that way, but I don't know what else to say. It leaves a bit up to the reader to decide, and that's cool, but the problem is that it's all so vague that I don't care. I also understand that this is the last part of the story, no VN3 coming, that's all folks.
IMO Vita Nostra is better left as a standalone, and I wouldn't necessarily recommend that fans of that novel read this one. We get no real answers, and the juice is barely worth the squeeze.