Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko & Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey
Published by Harper Voyager on November 13, 2018 (originally 2007)
my rating: ★★
Goodreads avg: 4.12 (as of 2020-05-24)
Spoiler-free review
Love is not when you are aroused by someone, it’s when you are afraid for that person.
I’m clearly in the minority here since all my friends loved this, but I found this book to be utterly incomprehensible. I had no idea what was going on 95% of the time and had so much difficulty following things. The book really leaves its reader to do a lot of the heavy lifting, so be prepared to make some leaps on your own to figure out what’s happening. There were aspects of it that were really compelling, which is why it gets 2 stars instead of 1, but I got very little out of reading this and felt like it was so much longer than 400 pages.
Sarah Ames-Foley 
Ah, sorry to see this one didn’t work for you! I’ve had it on my TBR for a while because it seemed like everyone was loving it, but it’s good to see another opinion before going in, to balance my expectations.
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I feel like you might enjoy it, but I’m not sure! Both Hannah and Rachel said they were worried I wouldn’t like it, so it may have just not been my thing.
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I have seen people who loved this but said the same thing you have. While I like the premise (and the cover lol), I don’t think it would work for me either…
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