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"The publishers themselves see it as "Russia's answer to Thomas Harris' 'The Silence of the Lambs'", and they are not far off either. "The Butterfly's Cocoon" by Sergej Kusnezow is an unusually good thriller. An enthralling plot and great, sinister characters combined with an adept writing style - and that in a genre which is not necessarily known for its literary quality. The comparison with Thomas Harris does have a glitch, though, but it is Harris who doesn't quite match Kusnezow's creativity."
BUCHWURM
"Brutal, poetic, Russian: an inside report from a sick society." ARTE
"Russia is a country at war, even if the homogenised media prefer to broadcast a different picture. In Moscow, at least, with the countless landmine victims and mutilated soldiers at the entrances to the metro, it is easy to have the impression that you live in a world "in which death is inescapable and misery is all around". And that is what this astoundingly complex thriller is about..."
TAGESSPIEGEL
On NYET
"A Glamorama for ambitious readers."
Boris Kuzminsky, Gazeta
"This book is a scandal - simply due to the fact that, in the face of it, the lack of talent of many of our contemporary authors becomes particularly apparent. An absolute must read."
Vladimir Ermilov, Knizhnoe Obozrenie
"The assertion that this book is a novel about pornography in the year 2060 is difficult to accept. Yes, it is a fantasy anti-Utopia, yes, the heroes are embroiled in the erotica industry of the future … But that is not at all what the novel is about …this is a book about higher emotions and not about base instincts …it is a major confession - not about friendship and love, but about the human soul."
Aleksei Plutser-Sarno
On the Trilogy
"Kuznetsov is the Russian Douglas Copeland."
Lev Danilkin, Afisha
"With his expert use of the smallest details Kuznetsov has depicted a very contemporary reality."
Galina Yuzefovich, Ezhenedelny Zhurnal