“On the book market at the moment, everything that delivers any kind of “sharp” pleasure and excitement, everything that artificially raises the vital activity of the “tired soul” of a modern person has great value <...> Particular attention is paid to the external form works of fiction: it is required that a work that is exquisite in terms of the moods and feelings embedded in it should be distinguished by the sophistication of its artistic technique. The works of Mr. Starostin, on the contrary, amaze with the extraordinary simplicity of their external form, the extraordinary clarity and artlessness of their presentation. ..."