It was weird.
It wasn’t what I expected when I was looking for a story about “Magic Schools”.
I can’t say I fully understand what was happening as I’ve read it, or the message it was trying to convey. Sometimes I had to double back a paragraph or two just to better my vague understanding of the story.
Nevertheless, I devoured this book in one day; words just kept pouring as I read, giving glimpses of a fleeting story. That is to say, I enjoyed my experience in reading it. I don’t know if it’s something I’d read again in the future, but at least I know it was a good adventure.
What are your thoughts to this book?
How do you interpret its ending?
Why is Sasha short for Alexandra?
I’m currently reading it. So no spoilers. But I can answer one thing - Sasha is not short for Alexandra. Like many other cultures, Russians have a “home name” and a “formal name” for people. Sasha is just her home name. That’s why no one at the institute calls her that unless they know her closely.
Wow, one of these old-school “random nerd dumps information”-Wikipedia-articles:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryna_and_Serhiy_Dyachenko
I love it, let’s hope the editors never find it.
What do you mean by these nerd dumps?
I meant that the article is mostly a collection of lists (novels are listed twice 👍) including „Fictional creatures and objects created by writers“. I think it’s amazing but I’m pretty it doesn’t conform with Wikipedia’s article writing rules.
