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A review by cavalary
Ziua Victoriei: culegere dedicată spiritului de luptă al poporului ucrainean by Constantin Pavel
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
[RO: (EN below)]
Aceasta este o colectie de proza scurta cu elemente fantasy care este plasata in general in timpul invaziei curente a Ucrainei. Singura exceptie, din punct de vedere al cadrului, este prima, care este prezentata din punctul de vedere al unui ucrainian, dar are loc intr-o realitate alternativa, distopica, in care Rusia pare sa conduca practic lumea. Si aceea este si una dintre cele mai bune din carte, si transmite si un mesaj corect. Si acelasi lucru poate fi spus despre a treia, desi probabil ca exagereaza cu efectul propagandei de stat asupra rusilor, cel putin in momentul asta. Pe de alta parte, nu prea stiu ce sa spun despre a cincea, intrucat este practic fan fiction Doctor Who si cei care sunt familiari cu acel univers sunt intr-o pozitie mult mai buna sa comenteze, dar pare ca s-a pus destul de mult efort in ea... Desi cineva a "reusit" sa piarda numarul capitolelor...
Celelalte, cu exceptia uneia, sunt mici franturi de imaginatie care nu tintesc prea sus, dar cel putin a patra si a saptea sunt destul de bune per total, cel putin pentru astfel de proza scurta. A sasea, mai putin, si nici n-as considera ca are un element fantasy, plus ca sa "reusesti" sa scrii gresit National Geographic m-a facut sa ridic o spranceana, dar n-as spune ca-i neaparat rea nici asta. Voi face asta cand vine vorba de a cincea si a opta, in schimb, si daca a opta e doar o mica chestie care poate ca nu s-a intentionat sa aiba mare noima oricum, a doua pare sa fi tintit mai sus si esuat, lungindu-se ceva fara a spune prea multe, fiind scrisa intr-un stil care nu ma atrage, si avand aspecte fantasy care nu prea au niciun sens.
[EN:]
This is a collection of short stories with fantasy elements that generally take place during the current invasion of Ukraine. The one exception, in terms of setting, is the first one, which is still presented from the point of view of a Ukrainian, but takes place in an alternate, dystopian reality, where Russia seems to pretty much rule the world. And that's also one of the better ones in the book, and it makes a good point as well. And the same can be said about the third, though it probably overdoes the effect of state propaganda on Russians, at least at this point. On the other hand, I'm not quite sure what to say about the fifth, since it's basically Doctor Who fan fiction and those familiar with that universe would be much better placed to comment, but it does look like quite a lot of effort was put into it... Though somebody "managed" to lose count of its chapters...
All but one of the rest are little bits of imagination that don't aim too high, but at least the fourth and the seventh are good enough overall, at least for such short stories. The sixth is less so, and I wouldn't even consider it as having a fantasy element, plus that "managing" to misspell National Geographic made me raise an eyebrow, but I wouldn't necessarily call it bad either. I will do so when it comes to the second and the eighth, however, and while that eighth one is just a little thing that might not have really been meant to make much sense anyway, the second one seems to have aimed higher but failed, dragging on for a while without saying much, being written in a style that I'm not fond of, and having fantasy aspects that hardly make any sense whatsoever.
Aceasta este o colectie de proza scurta cu elemente fantasy care este plasata in general in timpul invaziei curente a Ucrainei. Singura exceptie, din punct de vedere al cadrului, este prima, care este prezentata din punctul de vedere al unui ucrainian, dar are loc intr-o realitate alternativa, distopica, in care Rusia pare sa conduca practic lumea. Si aceea este si una dintre cele mai bune din carte, si transmite si un mesaj corect. Si acelasi lucru poate fi spus despre a treia, desi probabil ca exagereaza cu efectul propagandei de stat asupra rusilor, cel putin in momentul asta. Pe de alta parte, nu prea stiu ce sa spun despre a cincea, intrucat este practic fan fiction Doctor Who si cei care sunt familiari cu acel univers sunt intr-o pozitie mult mai buna sa comenteze, dar pare ca s-a pus destul de mult efort in ea... Desi cineva a "reusit" sa piarda numarul capitolelor...
Celelalte, cu exceptia uneia, sunt mici franturi de imaginatie care nu tintesc prea sus, dar cel putin a patra si a saptea sunt destul de bune per total, cel putin pentru astfel de proza scurta. A sasea, mai putin, si nici n-as considera ca are un element fantasy, plus ca sa "reusesti" sa scrii gresit National Geographic m-a facut sa ridic o spranceana, dar n-as spune ca-i neaparat rea nici asta. Voi face asta cand vine vorba de a cincea si a opta, in schimb, si daca a opta e doar o mica chestie care poate ca nu s-a intentionat sa aiba mare noima oricum, a doua pare sa fi tintit mai sus si esuat, lungindu-se ceva fara a spune prea multe, fiind scrisa intr-un stil care nu ma atrage, si avand aspecte fantasy care nu prea au niciun sens.
[EN:]
This is a collection of short stories with fantasy elements that generally take place during the current invasion of Ukraine. The one exception, in terms of setting, is the first one, which is still presented from the point of view of a Ukrainian, but takes place in an alternate, dystopian reality, where Russia seems to pretty much rule the world. And that's also one of the better ones in the book, and it makes a good point as well. And the same can be said about the third, though it probably overdoes the effect of state propaganda on Russians, at least at this point. On the other hand, I'm not quite sure what to say about the fifth, since it's basically Doctor Who fan fiction and those familiar with that universe would be much better placed to comment, but it does look like quite a lot of effort was put into it... Though somebody "managed" to lose count of its chapters...
All but one of the rest are little bits of imagination that don't aim too high, but at least the fourth and the seventh are good enough overall, at least for such short stories. The sixth is less so, and I wouldn't even consider it as having a fantasy element, plus that "managing" to misspell National Geographic made me raise an eyebrow, but I wouldn't necessarily call it bad either. I will do so when it comes to the second and the eighth, however, and while that eighth one is just a little thing that might not have really been meant to make much sense anyway, the second one seems to have aimed higher but failed, dragging on for a while without saying much, being written in a style that I'm not fond of, and having fantasy aspects that hardly make any sense whatsoever.