«With her novel, Ganieva paints a bleak picture of a Russia in which people die under unexplained circumstances, and in which everyone from school principals to church officials can be bought off. She describes government pressure on historians, a journalist branded as a "foreign agent," election rigging and food sanctions. But while it contains references to Russian classics, "Offended Sensibilities" is a highly topical portrait of society - and a reckoning with those in power».
