The strangest tales of quirky dark-horror of life and death. I love Song of the Eastern Slavs part cause it was intriguing and arose my curiosity, twisted ending and enthralling narratives. The other parts was okay but it plays with my understanding a lot-- the story-telling was a bit here and there, quite a chaos. The descriptiveness somehow a bit draggy and too dramatic but I appreciate the chilling goosebumps it gave me sometimes. Apart of Song of the Eastern Slavs part, I don't really fancy the other stories that much. However, I like that some were made with a pinch of magical realism, a bit fantasy and mystical although horrific, an odd combination but enough to stir some excitement for the stories. Some of the characters leaving me with a slight gory after taste, fairly intriguing. I am still in love with Petrushevskaya's style of writing, still find it thrilling and exceptional.