Synopsis:
Ask Baba Yaga is a collection of audios, each of which consists of a question to Baba Yaga (mainly and almost exclusively relationship-wise) and her response and advice.

Opinion:
The narrator does a great job at conveying what talking to Baba Yaga would be like. The tone of her voice is on point, and the advice she gives is pretty good. However, this is not the book for me, but I can see how someone else would definitely enjoy it. The chapters were too short, and it got repetitive after a while.

Baba Yaga as an Agony Aunt. (I suspect she’d be unwilling to play this nice, but if you’re willing to admit the premise, it is a delight)

I started this audiobook with extremely high hopes that nearly sputtered and died out in the rather long series of silly questions seeking romantic advice—romantic advice that was funny! Picture going to Baba Yaga to bemoan your dating woes! The juxtaposition is ridiculous and fun...for a while. But they keep coming and the novelty was just beginning to wear off when I get the air knocked out of me as it shifts to far more profound answers to far more complicated questions. My hopes were restored and my eyes occasionally misty.

If you are in need of some cryptic and heavily symbolic advice for whatever problems may ail you, seek no further.


“The beaches of this earth are littered with spines abandoned”

Pick one up and strap it to your back.

This was such a witty, humorous, poignant collection of self-help questions answered by the Russian folkloric being Baba Yaga. Sometimes insightful, sometimes unflinchingly honest, Baba Yaga always seems to give excellent advice. If a Slavic witch had an Ask Me column, this would be it, and it would be GOLD.

Ask Baba Yaga, was a very interesting story. I loved the narrator, she did an awesome job conveying Baba Yaga mysterious personality. I also loved all the questions asked and Baba Yaga’s response to them. She is very sassy, some of the answers flew over my head but it was still very entertaining.

I'm afraid this one was a DNF, which is very rare for me. Usually, once I start a book, I have to finish it., even if I don't like it. Unfortunately, I had to give up with this one. I got about a third of the way in and I was so incredibly bored. I found the content trite and uninteresting. Would not recommend.

I have a rule that I have to read/watch/listen to anything with Baba Yaga in the title, and this rule has rarely failed to bring the interesting, the odd, and the macabre into my life.

Ask Baba Yaga: The Audiobook Collection is no exception. The narrator does an excellent job of bringing both the querents and the Baba Yaga to life, and Kitaiskaia's astounding use of imagery blends with the combination of weird, heartfelt, and sometimes arcane advice.

Highly enjoyable.