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Cvk is 20% done with Perfection
So far I’m disappointed. I’d been expecting something a little sharper or more engaging than a step-by-step dissection of why expats are cringe. We’ll see?
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Perfection

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Cvk is on page 156 of 288 of Never Let Me Go
I thought it would get easier after the big reveal, but it’s DRAGGING.

Narr comes to this cool spec fiction concept from the perspective of a teenaged girl. Unusual approach, she focuses on relationships and drama instead of the insanity of the situation (feels legit). Unfortunately I don’t care about her gossip, bc all of her friends suck. She never stops prattling on, cheap tactic to make you keep reading.
Jan 17, 2026 10:17PM Add a comment
Never Let Me Go

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Cvk is on page 37 of 288 of Never Let Me Go
Margaret Atwood wannabe?
Dec 20, 2025 09:13PM Add a comment
Never Let Me Go

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Cvk is on page 123 of 202 of Playing with Fire
Love it so far! Honestly surprised by the low rating on here, I’ve found this to be a total page-turner that’s also teaching me a bit about Korean history and zest for revenge.
Nov 24, 2025 09:24AM Add a comment
Playing with Fire

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Cvk is on page 138 of 158 of The Vegetarian
Jul 20, 2025 12:56PM Add a comment
The Vegetarian

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Cvk is on page 250 of 289 of My Year of Rest and Relaxation
As a former agoraphobe and perpetual insomniac with depression for flair, I really thought I would relate more to this. It doesn’t seem to ring true, especially the first 100 pages.

Finally started feeling like there was something to grab onto in the past ~75 pages. Maybe it was just getting to Reva’s parents’ house and seeing their dynamic expand.

I assume Reva will die on 9/11, or at least a close call.
Mar 03, 2025 11:44PM Add a comment
My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Cvk is on page 158 of 250 of The Virgin Suicides
Absorbing, can’t stop reading. Feels good to get beachy during a deep winter freeze.
Feb 19, 2025 09:49PM Add a comment
The Virgin Suicides

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Cvk is on page 87 of 250 of The Virgin Suicides
This book is full of quirky detail in a way that doesn’t feel forced. A marvel.
Feb 18, 2025 10:00PM Add a comment
The Virgin Suicides

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Cvk is on page 89 of 144 of When the Emperor Was Divine
Now we’re killing horses too:(
Feb 13, 2025 04:07PM Add a comment
When the Emperor Was Divine

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Cvk is on page 82 of 144 of When the Emperor Was Divine
Devastating and I’m glad I’m treating it. The dad sounds wonderful, I wonder if we’ll meet him.

Only sometimes feels hard to fully understand and love characters when it opens with killing a dog and then the kid just killed a turtle though
Feb 13, 2025 03:52PM Add a comment
When the Emperor Was Divine

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Cvk is on page 51 of 152 of Hiroshima
Jan 08, 2025 07:10AM Add a comment
Hiroshima

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Cvk is on page 644 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
Once again, we have a fresh level of Mann pulling this while thing even closer together. Just finished the chapter Full Harmony, and what started out as an exploration of music ended up containing the jets too HC’s inner state and the results of his playing king for however many years it’s been. Love, death, the character of nations, all bound together with beauty.
Dec 03, 2024 04:18AM 2 comments
The Magic Mountain

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Cvk is on page 606 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
So good. I’ve been loving this stretch with Mynheer Peeperkorn, it’s flown by. HC is fully cut off from the world, and has finally gained the love and brotherhood he’s craved this entire time. I wonder if that will change his outcome.
Nov 24, 2024 10:36PM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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Cvk is on page 538 of 706 of The Magic Mountain
I absolutely love this book, and wish I’d gotten to it in 2018.

The extended meditations on time, illness, and death mimic my own experiences and add new depth. I think I may have managed to save myself some of that time if I’d seen an example of that waste in such detail.

Time started to blend during my surgical recovery, and is still stuck together now. I’ve never stopped recovering. How do I? Too late?
Nov 20, 2024 12:32AM Add a comment
The Magic Mountain

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