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However, several details appear from the first lines: firstly, a fellow from modern Russia; Secondly, it falls into a distant past in the Asian country, which he knows little about; Thirdly, it falls into the body of the prince-men! Only one thing remains unchanged: the need to survive. And it seems that the heroine does this perfectly: she in some incredibly understands and uses the language, and the ignorance of people around and the strangeness in behavior successfully write off the loss of memory, a long illness and the general stupidity of the prince.

Yes, she was lucky with that. The original prince was really stupid. Well, or not quite, since the heroine ended up in his body ... Such a plot move allows you to play on readers' nerves when it comes to romance. The heroine manages to imbue his feelings for one of the characters, but, being a “prince”, cannot enter into a relationship with him. And not only because they are both men, but also because he is the prince’s bodyguard, from another state and, as if no worse than others, trying to kill it, or to substitute - in general, stirring water very diligently.

And until the very last pages, the question of their joint future remains open. Mainly, because the heroine cannot trust her love interest. And this is interesting! Here is not just the standard work with the path “from hatred to love”, here is a full -fledged intrigue with an unpredictable ending. In terms of intrigues, the Princess Namonaki sets the heat right away: you can not trust anyone.

The servants, bodyguards, and even their own brother may be traitors! In this, the book reminded me of the film "Curse of the Golden Flower", where the court of the Chinese emperor appears before the audience in a complete variety of conspiracies and betrayal. In the Princess, a almost similar picture is emerging, only a degree of drama, which reaches unprecedented heights in the “curse”, in the book it is reduced to humor from time to time.

About humor in the Princess of Namonaki you can add legends! The way the author manages to turn even the most difficult, dramatically strong and powerful moments inside out and make it writhes at the same time from horror and laughter is incredible talent! Even the climax and ending of history is an amazing, but ideal way combine the drama, and a note of tragedy, and humor - kind, slightly sad, but very charging.

The chosen form plays not the last role in reader's perception: history is told not just in the first person, but in the format of the diary. And even in it, the author manages to preserve the intrigue - when he translates the notes from the mode “I tell you about what happened a few days ago” in the record “I write in hot pursuit of what happened today”. The farther, the more fresh records become, more short, emotional and saturated!

Most importantly, through such a format, the author, as it were, plays with the reader: somewhere he reveals all the cards at once, putting it in front of the fact, and then shows how the heroes “reached such a life”, somewhere, on the contrary, prefers to pull to the last. And, of course, through the diary it is better to reveal the thoughts and feelings of the main character, and in her both in bulk and in the brightest colors!

The rest of the characters for the reader remain a mystery, because we know no more about them than Namonaki itself. Through the format of the diary, you can and is interesting to work with the "materiel". As the name implies and the beginning of history, the heroine is in the Asian state, very similar to Japan who is familiar to us. A country similar to China flashes there. And to create images of heroes and reliable design of invented states, the author skillfully uses myths, history, life of certain historical periods of China and Japan, while having the opportunity to explain some phenomena, describe objects and events in a modern language that is understandable to the reader-through the heroine's comments.

That is, authenticity is preserved, and the reader is more understandable. Particular pleasure for me in the process of reading was to guess which of the heroes are “good” and who is “bad”. Not a single “pure” character in history, even the main character at some point is forced to “go to the dark side”. The ambiguity of the heroes, the lack of clearness in their images, the inability to divide them into “black” and “white”, “their” and “strangers” seems to infuriate because it is not possible to find a comfortable zone, a safe character, for which you can catch and which can be loved to the end.

But at the same time, it is more interesting to observe history, the tension does not let go to the very end. And everyone, absolutely every hero of history is multifaceted: they have their own reasons, their own background, they fight in their own way with consequences. Read more Valeria on the book: the confession of a demonologist 1 Elvin is a typical example of a loser hero.

He lives ordinary in understanding his world with the life of a satellite, is ordinary in itself, does not hope for anything and does not expect anything from life. And because of his origin and life experience, he is incredibly closed, distrustful, suspicious and hidden.Not used to asking for help, does not like to humiliate himself, and even being a satellite manages to maintain loyalty to his own moral principles as much as possible.

And Alvin is injured. With the first chapters, it becomes clear to the naked eye that he has a psychological trauma, which developed as a result of a long, systematic violence. And this injury plays an important role in how Alvin himself perceives events, how he looks at the world, how he builds relations with others, especially with girls, especially with Sheriad. At first, at first, according to the old habit, he tried to charm, and for a long time Shairiad proved to him that there was no need to try to earn her favor with the “good behavior of the satellite”.

You need to become a good demonologist. The way Alvin goes through all the trials, trying to remain faithful to his own principles and views on life, cannot but cause admiration. The ability to maintain commitment to oneself and its principles, despite all the hardships and trials, is an important feature of a loser hero. And by the final of the “confession” the bright side of Elvin, it is possible to maintain the dominance.

In contrast to Elvin, the image of Sheriada seems to be assembled from all the most dark, but with a certain degree of hyperbolization. Small, nimble, attractive, at the same time it is deadly, incredibly strong and is also incredibly smart. Being close to the Queen of Sirenitti, Sheriada is free to do almost everything. And without a twinge of conscience, she kills right and left, cuts off her heads, lets out blood, cuts out organs ...

or talks about when, how and with whom she did this. And no, she does not exaggerate - she is really like that. The reader sees the human side of Sheriada a couple of times, like Alvin himself, but this is enough to understand: if Elvin goes the same way, he will most likely become like her. Shariada is a possible option for the future for Elvin. He himself understands this, therefore, by all means he tries to remember his main goal: to ensure the safety of the family.

And do not kill anyone. Another contrasting way becomes Credence, which appears in the first book. Here it is, the embodiment of a true Nuklian wizard! If Sheriada is not alien to the value of family ties, love, pain, grief of loss, not alien to humanity, even if it is hidden deep under the appearance of a tough and cruel representative of the Lord, then Creden is hardly familiar at all.

He does not know either love or affection. His respect for his father is built at fear of him, the meaning of his life is a demonstration of his own superiority, attempts to prove his value. Yes, the rest of Elvin's fellow students also demonstrate the strength, skills, skills, superiority, and boast of origin. But Credence is brought to the Absolute! He seemed to absorb all the worst and most canonical in the guise of the magician, as Sheriada Elvin described him when he explained the rules of the world.

It will be all the more interesting to observe his development in the second book ... The opportunity to plunge into the thoughts of Elvin gives a story from the first person and the form of confession. It turns out a natural, unobtrusive story that is very similar to a ordered voice. At the same time, the reader understands that at the time of the story Alvin is at least alive. That is, all the events that he is talking about, he successfully survived.

On the other hand, the reader does not know at what moment of his life Elvin decided to tell all this in what condition he is, with what losses he came out of every trouble. And she does it perfectly. The whole book is replete with descriptions of the island, intermary, Arlissa - all the places where Alvin was able to visit. Moreover, everything is presented as Elvin himself recognized.

From time to time, infrequently, Alvin jumps to the future, talking about the events that occurred after the "confession". A sort of futures, a hint for the reader, so that he understood how long Elvin lived and in what relations was with one or another characters to stay on the hook. Of these simple components, the main character created according to a common archetype is the same main character, a linear retrospective narrative in the first person, a detailed description of a simple and understandable Laura with many references to our reality, beautiful language and humor - it turned out an interesting, unusual and catchy work.

A mixture of the genre of the Dark Academy with a novel of growing up, humorous fantasy with the classic gives an unexpected but interesting effect, at times deceiving reader expectations, but at the same time luring and holding attention. In my opinion, in its genre and in its niche, the “confession of a demonologist” is rightfully considered one of the best fantasy historians.Read more Valeria on the book: the queen of the queen 2 “The Queen Poveris” retains everything that the author has already demonstrated in the first part: a little cinematic format of the narrative in the form of a “ordinance” voice, organic mixture of genres - only now the dark academy and romance of growing up are visible more than the humorous fantasy in a couple of political thriller, not less, - at least less, - at least - at least - at least - at least - at least.

A retrospective narrative with futuruspect inserts. At the same time, the “pawn” is significantly different from the “confession”. The main difference is that Elvin's reflection is devoted much more time. Someone can say that this is natural: Elvin is the main character, the narrative is still in the first person, reflection will be present in one way or another.

However, if you read carefully, then you can see: in the first book, Alvin is incredibly stubborn and clearly stands on his own, not even considering the opportunity to deviate from his principles, to change himself. In the second, having lived in the intermary, he gradually changes, simply until a certain moment does not notice this. But the reader can perfectly see all these changes: throwing between what it should, and what is right, the discussions about Sheriada’s devotion and the ability to betray it, the use of magic at the moments in which he had previously refused.

All these are trifles, but a picture is made up of them, a portrait of a new Elvin. Even Raymond noticed changes in it! Elvin is growing, passing through the inner crisis-as befits a non-treasure hero who turned out to be a great savior. A similar crisis was experiencing both Frodo and Harry Potter.

This is a necessary stage for the hero to move to the next level. This effect is achieved in several ways. Firstly, constant direct mention of color. The book is black in the literal sense of the word, because all wizards wear black. Detailed descriptions of Elvin’s outfits playing a certain role, or the appearance of Creden, or Sheriades, help the reader present the heroes.

And the picture is gloomy. There are other colors in the book: green foliage flickers, motley flowers, from time to time - the multi -colored dresses of Sheriada, in the end the pink palace appears. However, most of the story Black dominates everyone else, and therefore the finale in which Alvin appears in clothes of a different color, especially bright. Secondly, the intensity of passions in the “queen pawn” is growing exponentially, bloodthirstiness and perhaps manic tendency to murders from Sheriada does not lag behind.

Everything is interconnected: bets are growing - more victims. And Sheriada demonstrates this to Elvin, as if trying to push him to a certain decision.