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A review by leigh_ann_15_deaf
Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova
4.0
I'm not sure I like any of the characters much, though their lives and stories are pretty interesting. I like the author's writing style. The foreshadowing and parallelism are great.
I am a little bothered by the characters casual and/or insulting statements of homophobia, antisemitism, victim-blaming (examples: Larissa derisively thinking of Stas as a feminine homosexual; Natasha's writing and putting on a "comedy" play of a Hassidic pedophile; and young Larissa resents and blames Bogdan aged 15 for selling his body to bring her family a little extra food). Although the victim-blaming I reference eases up later in the novel, it still bothers me that it was never really resolved.
I am a little bothered by the characters casual and/or insulting statements of homophobia, antisemitism, victim-blaming (examples: Larissa derisively thinking of Stas as a feminine homosexual; Natasha's writing and putting on a "comedy" play of a Hassidic pedophile; and young Larissa resents and blames Bogdan aged 15 for selling his body to bring her family a little extra food). Although the victim-blaming I reference eases up later in the novel, it still bothers me that it was never really resolved.