A review by curiouscat26
Vita Nostra by Sergey Dyachenko, Marina Dyachenko

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Sasha has always grown up relatively happy, alone with just her mother. But her mother has fallen in love again, and Sasha is drawn inexorably into a mysterious institute in the village of Torpa, where students break themselves studying...what, exactly, will not become clear until their third year. Always a star student, Sasha and her classmates face challenges none of them have ever seen the like before. This book is both deeply eerie and breathtakingly relatable as someone who went to an all-too-intense top college.  
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