Artem Kamenisty and his novel "Border River"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Someone likes the work of Artem Kamenisty, while others criticize his works. "The Border River" is a book that has received both positive and negative reviews. Consider the opinions of critics and readers in the article. What does Kamenisty himself say about the peculiarities of his prose?

"The Border River" is a novel created, like other works of this author, in the genre of combat fiction.

About the author

There is little information about Kamenisty. It is known that the real name of the author who wrote the novel "The Border River" is Arthur Smirnov. The writer was born in Donetsk. Graduated from the local Polytechnic University, but never worked in his speci alty.

Artem Kamenisty began writing fantastic prose in 2005. Initially, he published his creations on the Internet. But already in 2006, the first book in paper format was published.

In order to avoid unfounded criticism, the writer warns readers who are not familiar with his work that his books do not tell about the adventures of extremely popular characters. In the works of Kamenisty there are neither supermen norelves.

In the works of this modern author, the reader will also not find deep philosophical reasoning and elements of the so-called intellectual prose. Artyom Kamenisty's fiction is attractive because it is a genre that allows you to put the hero in a difficult and unexpected situation. There are many battle scenes in the books. But they, according to Kamenisty, do not affect the plot. This is the opinion of the writer about his own work. What do readers think about the works of Artyom Kamenisty, and above all about the novel "The Border River"?

Positive feedback

The book "Border River" consists of four parts. There is magic in the work, but despite this, the novel differs significantly both in plot and style from the books of other representatives of modern Russian science fiction.

The protagonist of the novel is a geologist who is not very skilled in martial arts. He grew up in a provincial environment. As a result of the fall of a meteorite, he found himself in an unknown, unfamiliar world. Rocky's character has no heroic traits.

Positive reviews about the book "Border River" are based on the assertion that the prose of this author is distinguished by an unusual plot, bright literary language. There are no template characters in the book, ideal heroes who can overcome any difficulties. The writer, according to readers, is good at creating new fantastic characters. The book contains detailed, vivid descriptions of the climate, the nature of the world in whichturned out to be heroes.

Negative reviews

The shortcomings of Kamenisty's prose include fuzzy portrait characteristics of the characters. The characters of the book "Border River", according to some readers, are impersonal. The unknown mythical creatures created by the author also caused criticism. The shortcomings of the work also include a drawn-out plot. However, there are much more readers who recommend reading the books of Artem Kamenisty than those who criticize his work.