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ViannaK

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My Taste
1984
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)
Everything is Illuminated
Great Big Beautiful Life
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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  • Great Big Beautiful Life
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  • Great Big Beautiful Life
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    decided some of my fave emily henry are the ones that aren't as hyped or as well received. LOVING this one so far.

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    Bei euch ist es immer so unheimlich still

    Bei euch ist es immer so unheimlich still

    Alena Schröder

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  • ViannaK commented on wenqi's review of Vanishing World

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  • Vanishing World
    wenqi
    Aug 30, 2025
    3.0
    Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.5
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    Please check the trigger and content warnings for this book if you are thinking of reading it.

    This book is set in a dystopian alternate Japan where love, sex, marriage and procreation have transformed into something very different from what we currently have.

    I found the first part okay, as we were only getting to know the world. The second part was very slow, and Amane kept having the same conversations with different people, rehashing thoughts and opinions over and over. I felt like this was a bit unnecessary, even though I agree with some of the statements. Murata questions the necessity of a nuclear family, and what a "normal family" looks like. This goes further in the third part where Experiment City completely disregards the family unit: everyone is a Mother, taking care of all the children "Kodomo-chan".

    I enjoyed the absurdity of it, and everyone feels unhinged and a little insane. Murata is very good at creating alternate worlds where you would be the weird one in it. Still, I think the ending was unnecessary, and seriously put a damper on my enjoyment of the book. There are things that are uncomfortable but which I'm okay reading about, and this is not one of them, particularly as graphically as Murata described it.

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    Anelyo
    Oct 05, 2025
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    1⭐️: enjoyed most of it, but the ending was a mistake

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    ViannaK
    Feb 10, 2026
    1.5
    Enjoyment: 0.5Quality: 1.5Characters: 1.0Plot: 2.5
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    The premise is interesting but the plot drags along, the protagonists are flat and the ending is just the worst. I know it's dystopian but there is absolutely no spark of hope in this. I'm still traumatized.

    Do not read this if you're not used to really weird literature.

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  • ViannaK commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Looking for Japanese Literature recs

    I'm trying to read more translated fiction and I want to try Japanese literature. The only author I can think of is Murakami. Any suggestions?

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  • Do I like this or not?

    Have you ever ben in a situation where you aren't sure if you like a book or not? I have this issue right now with a nonfiction book which turns out not to be what I thought, but it plays into another of my interests, albeit kind of badly. It is worth to finish it but I am weirdly not sure if i like it or how to rate it.

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  • ViannaK commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • Your stance on DNF'ing books ?

    I recently read The Book that Wouldn't Burn and I had a really hard time finishing it. I usually spend 3-5 days on a book and this one took a month. I complained about it to my friends/family (non-readers) and they all said something along the lines of "why don't you just DNF it ?"

    The thing is I personally don't like DNF'ing books. I feel like I invested time and energy (and also money) and if I DNF, then it's wasted. This means that I will force myself to finish a book even if I hate it, which kinda defeats the purpose of reading for pleasure.

    What do you think about DNF'ing books ? Do you do it ? How do you feel about it ?

    PS : I am absolutely not judging people who can and do DNF !!

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  • ViannaK commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • DNF reads

    Do you count your DNF books as read?

    I don't. I would even go further on erasing the record that I read the book. And I won't talk about it or the fact that I DNF it. It's as if I never encounter the book. And sometimes I would even go much further and say, I haven't read it. But I've seen some vids of people counting them as read pile. I'm curious what you do with your DNFs

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