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A review by mirkalla
Daughter From The Dark by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I truly can not even begin to describe how this book affected me. I came into it blind, picking it up from a bookstore and discovering a return paper in it. Its not similar to many books ive read before, and it was a shot in the dark.
Alexey is such a raw and gross character that you cant help but hang onto his every thought and feeling, and half the time you dont even know whether he's right to feel the way he is or if he's just a bad person.And Alyona, i dont know where to begin, shes terrifyingly entrancing. The ideas that she encompasses, music and emotion and guidance and the scary elements of her powers. Shes like a personification of what thinking back on a horrible childhood is like, except its all made up and just part of your imagination. Her teddy bear Mishutka is how I've always thought of my own plushies, and for all i know i have my own real life mishutka, i just dont see him move.
After finishing the last page i had to sit and cry for a couple minutes, just because of how raw my emotions were.
The writing is magnificent, interspersed with radio segments in a way that felt like how thinking of a conversation in the middle of another one works. I can definitely see how this wont work for everyone, and how many might find it overly complicated and excessive, but for me it was perfect.
Flawed perfection existing in a world that hates perfection.
Alexey is such a raw and gross character that you cant help but hang onto his every thought and feeling, and half the time you dont even know whether he's right to feel the way he is or if he's just a bad person.And Alyona, i dont know where to begin, shes terrifyingly entrancing. The ideas that she encompasses, music and emotion and guidance and the scary elements of her powers. Shes like a personification of what thinking back on a horrible childhood is like, except its all made up and just part of your imagination. Her teddy bear Mishutka is how I've always thought of my own plushies, and for all i know i have my own real life mishutka, i just dont see him move.
After finishing the last page i had to sit and cry for a couple minutes, just because of how raw my emotions were.
The writing is magnificent, interspersed with radio segments in a way that felt like how thinking of a conversation in the middle of another one works. I can definitely see how this wont work for everyone, and how many might find it overly complicated and excessive, but for me it was perfect.
Flawed perfection existing in a world that hates perfection.