A review by pablusioumeo
Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Maybe we're defined by something we've lost (in these stories, among others: the USSR as a country, a theater in a "liquidated town"), and maybe our lives are just a march towards that loss, or maybe there is no straight line, only loss and whatever we can make with what's left.