“...In general, the author rarely succeeds in truly artistic, natural dialogue. But the descriptions are excellent. Those places where they talk about the crossing of whites and battles on the river bank, about raids on enemy trenches, on armored cars - these places are magnificent! Everyday life is depicted so completely and faithfully that behind the gray-overcoated fighter you don’t feel only a machine gun and a warrior, but constantly see a truly living person with all his weaknesses, with all the greatness of high spiritual qualities...”