Ah, I just missed the voting window! Dammit!
Still, I can confidently say, I really dislike this kind of navel-gazing, meandering pseudo-philosophy. I mean, I guess it comes with the territory of trying to write semi-seriously about abstract, spectral entities, but still... not my cup of tea.
That said, the prose is very competent. My Russian is only intermediate level, so I can't really judge properly, but from the bits I read, the dialogue sounds very natural and believable. The English translation is obviously scuffed, badly scuffed — typos, mixing up similar sounding words, inconsistent tense — but it manages to get the meaning and atmosphere across well enough.
And the framing device of having the characters be described as if they're being observed from outside their windows is very creepy and effective. I really like that part, though I'm not sure how it ties into the central themes, if at all.
Overall, very solid showing! I may not like it personally, but you're clearly a fine writer!
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