There are so many genres of science fiction today that they simply run their eyes: steampunk and cyberpunk, cosmoopera, ethnic tales, and much more, although before it all came down only to scientific and unscientific literature. Separately, a female fantasy novel is also singled out - a work designed exclusively for the beautiful half of humanity. This style is characterized by common features: in the role of the protagonist is a girl, moral behavior of positive characters, a love line, expressed in one way or another.
A typical representative of the author of this genre is Nadezhda Mamaeva. However, today this direction is experiencing an extraordinary rise, due to the ability to directly submit its works to readers for evaluation, bypassing the stages of editing, an agreement with the publisher, and the appearance of a paper version. It should be noted that due to the flow of not always high-quality novels, such literature is considered base, and there are reasons for this. Although there are also wonderful masters who even create amazing worlds based on old hackneyed cliches. Does Mamaev Hope relate to them? In order to answer this question, we will get to know her and her work a little closer.
Mamaeva Nadezhda: books
Little is known about the author, only that she herself wanted to inform the readers. Nadezhda was born in December 1986, and she has two higher educations - pedagogical and biological-chemical. Mamaeva Nadezhda is a former employee of a large Russian oil company, and today she is a freelance entrepreneur with an agency for organizing holidays. And also mom and wife.
The author does not classify himself as a writer, but compares it with a narrator who shares wonderful invented stories. And she can only modestly hope that readers will like them.
From these facts, we can conclude that writing books is a favorite hobby for hope, and as a result, there are not too many of them yet. Here is what Nadezhda Mamaev wrote:
“Magic has the smell of cinnamon.”
- “Trouble by the algorithm” and a bonus to this novel is the story “Coincidence”.
- "Dropkat of reality, or a Handbook for a novice cheater."
- “Magometry. Institute of Noble Sorceresses. ”
Let's analyze a couple of works in more detail.
Cinnamon and dragons
What to expect from such an author as Mamaev Nadezhda? “Magic has the smell of cinnamon” - this is exactly the work that will fully answer this question. The story of a typical “catch-up”: the main character gets into our fairy-tale from our world, and is betrayed to marry her. Around attempts to establish family life, to unravel the murder of the magician and at the same time not to die herself, the plot of the book is twisted.
In the role of a beloved husband - a dragon, in the role of a bodyguard, spy and potential seducer - an elf. And yes, the heroine becomes a magician, however, there were no magic academies, universities and schools of sorceresses. And where to go without a magical pet - here for uniqueness this is a cockroach.
From the pros: this is a good book from the “for girls” section - the whole story is sweet and sweet, there is a claim to high-quality humor, and the action takes place without straining emotions, that is, heroes are not forced to suffer cruelly on every page.
Cons: very predictable and banal, the world is not described at all in any way - there is no information about anything but a dozen of the main characters.
In general, the book leaves a positive impression. This is a very average novel in all senses, but quite readable. And even if someone doesn’t like it, they don’t like it “in a good way”: a person will simply put the book aside, and will not go to wash his hands with regret that you can’t just wash your hair inside too.
Space through the eyes of a woman
What else can Mamaev Nadezhda offer? “Algorithm troubles” is worth reading to anyone who wants to understand the difference between the female and male outlook on things. No, the plot is not about that - everything is pretty typical in the book: the heroes are indecently young and beautiful, and, despite a series of acute situations, there is not the slightest doubt that they will get out of any story.
It's about looking at space fiction through the eyes of two different authors - men and women. For any male writer, space is an arena for battles, a lot of technology and scientific or near-scientific details. The female writer passes everything through the prism of the heroine’s emotions, and all the technical details become small strokes of the narrative.
In general, the book is a very typical representative of the genre, only the location changes.
Who to read
Mamaeva Nadezhda writes quite good books within the framework of this genre, and if you like him, then you can safely take this author to note. Men are not recommended categorically - you simply will not be interested, because if you remove the love line, then from the novels there will be practically nothing left.