Crisis Z

«Crisis Z» by Evgenia Baturina is a continuation of her novel «Exit A», which in 2020 made it to the top ten best novels in Russian according to LiveLib readers. And while in the first book, the main character Antonina Kozlyuk fought against the external world, her so-called sister Josephine primarily struggles with her inner world. Josephine Kozlyuk lives a successful, bright, and fulfilling life: she successfully loses people, experiences vividly, and intensely feels jealousy. And, as it is often the case in any crisis, she learns a lot of new things. For instance, love can be destroyed not only by cruel fate, harsh parents, or a third wheel. We cope much better on our own! Who will help Josephine—sister Antonina, a famous artist, talking animals, or revolutionary Decembrists? There are just as many unexpected plot twists here as there are nooks and guests in the Bad Apartment, and the humor, jokes, and absurd situations are as plentiful as croissants, pastries, stracciatella, ciabatta, and... And why are you still reading this annotation instead of the novel?!