The married couple Jack and Esther are going through a crisis. It is at this moment that the eccentric Johnny bursts into their lives - the complete opposite of Esther’s husband, cold and calculating. An accident that turns into a tragedy forces the heroine to make a choice. Esther will have to decide what is closer to her - a calm and stable life with her husband or a bright, but completely unpredictable life with Johnny? It seems to Esther that she is making a choice, but is she really making it? “Debut works among readers are usually treated with kind condescension, but Rowena Bergman’s novel should be perceived soberly and strictly. Not every young writer will undertake the study of romantic and marital relationships, especially through the prism of a psychological experiment. You need to have a certain courage to write about this: not to go into excessive melodrama, not to fall into the trap of cheap manipulations and at the same time maintain the brightness and prominence of the characters’ characters. The dynamic narration and subtle psychologism refer us to Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and to the traditions of parable novels. And who knows whether the heroes of “The Experiment” will be able to get out of this story the same?” – Maria Golovey, literary editor