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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.