This is not an advertisement for the book. More like that. This book gives you the opportunity to be in an interesting space, gain resources and, once again, reflect on the impact of difficult moments experienced in childhood on adult life. For childhood traumas to be so skillfully described in a work of art, we still need to look for it. It all started with that I wanted a detective story. In my youth I was guilty of such reading. Hermetic detectives were attracted. I decided to “shake the old days.” Having agreed with myself that I would not get bogged down in detective novels, I went to look for books of this genre offered by modern prose. I came across Yana Wagner’s “Who Didn’t Hid.” A group of people I had known for a long time, finding themselves high in the mountains, cut off from the world. A murderer among his own... It seemed curious. I didn’t yet know that the author was clearly familiar with psychology first-hand. Where - I haven’t figured it out yet - :) So this is no longer just a detective story, but a psychological thriller. Written in an incredibly metaphorical language. Beautiful language, but not suitable for everyone, as I read in the reviews. In my opinion, there are too many metaphors and there are lengths. But this is not the main thing. The plot is interesting, the denouement is unusual. Nevertheless, it is explainable from the point of view of psychology. I liked the author’s view, which is close to me personally: human nature is ambiguous. It’s as if several personalities coexist in one person, with different views on the world. And there are no longer good and bad. You don’t know who to sympathize with, who to condemn. You have to think, and this is the main thing that a book can give. Jana Wagner herself writes this: What fascinates me most about human character is ambiguity. If the author managed to make his characters alive, the reader will not be able to easily sort them into “good” and “bad” and then simply run after the plot; he will have to linger and take a closer look. This attention to a person - to each person, to a person in general, is most important to me. People are complex, and I like to remind them of this. I would note several important ideas in the work from a psychological point of view. 1. A person who has been subjected to regular physical abuse from a parent since childhood carries a hidden furious part within himself. I wonder how it is - read it! 2. If a person goes into life with an idealized image of a father, for example, then accepting a real partner will not be easy. The author describes how delight disappears. It may be so. But the loss of delight is not the same as the loss of love. This is exactly what happens to the hero. Interesting read! 3. It clearly shows how difficult it is to maintain a relationship as a couple for many years. Everyone has to face pitfalls in the form of: losses of unborn children not lived together, the absence of a spouse at an important, difficult moment in life, loss of interest in a partner, refusal of intimate life, betrayal, and so on. Interesting read! How do you feel about psychological detectives? Share your favorite ones? With respect to you, Elena Kislova Thank you for your “thank you”, they inspire me to new publications! Sign up for a consultation: +7 (913) 985-72-92 (WhatsApp, Telegram). Subscribe to my Telegram channel: https://t.me/psychologist_ElenaKislova