so to start out, this book is insanely horny. i get that the story centers 2 young men but it got to the point where it felt like every chapter would have a mention of sex/jerking off/naked women/etc. go to be pretty annoying. vika shows up and they probably talk more about wanting to know if she has boobs or is flat chested more than they talk about anything else to do with her. other than that i enjoyed the story. even though it was dark and the setting is grim, the writer brought a sort of light heartedness that was needed. having an optimistic character like kolya to be the opposite of the pessimistic lev was a good idea. there almost needed to be a suspension of disbelief that these two could go on this crazy mission with barely a scratch. that’s why the end to me felt very lazy. like a cheap grab for emotion right at the end. would have been a more interesting and consistent story if the author didn’t make that choice. i’m sure there’s some sort of convoluted metaphor there that i don’t really feel like taking the time to figure out.