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Vita Nostra
by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko
3.5 stars rounded up to 4 stars
A very strange book that I picked up to read the sample, but just kept reading. Sasha is on vacation with her mother, when she notices that she is being followed by a creepy man. She finally meets this man, who gives her physical tasks to complete every morning before dawn. Sasha is led to believe that if she doesn’t complete the tasks that bad things will happen to her mom or her mom’s new boyfriend. After successfully completing these tasks, she is chosen to study at the Institute of Special Technologies, where she meets other students that were also coerced into attending. The rest of the book revolves around her relationships with the other students and the bizarre classes, tests, and professors. I couldn’t quite wrap my head around some of the homework assignments, but the rest of the story was interesting. The ending will keep you thinking, at least until the next book in the series has been translated.
A very strange book that I picked up to read the sample, but just kept reading. Sasha is on vacation with her mother, when she notices that she is being followed by a creepy man. She finally meets this man, who gives her physical tasks to complete every morning before dawn. Sasha is led to believe that if she doesn’t complete the tasks that bad things will happen to her mom or her mom’s new boyfriend. After successfully completing these tasks, she is chosen to study at the Institute of Special Technologies, where she meets other students that were also coerced into attending. The rest of the book revolves around her relationships with the other students and the bizarre classes, tests, and professors. I couldn’t quite wrap my head around some of the homework assignments, but the rest of the story was interesting. The ending will keep you thinking, at least until the next book in the series has been translated.