laceybrummer 's review for:

The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
4.0

Is there anything better than picking a random book off the library shelf and finding a gem? The Half Life of Valery K is filled with Soviet-age science and thrills so disturbing I thought for a while I must be reading a sci-if thriller. And yet it is grounded in enough wry, dry humor, cutting insights about humanity and culture, and goodness to balance out the disturbing realities and leave you feeling hopeful.