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I don‘t know what it is about this series but each story quickly grabs my attention and just keeps it there until I can finish the whole volume. I loved the weird way they‘re approaching clearing out gates and trying to get him to level up. I can‘t wait to see what happens as he tries to continue to keep his experience and skill a secret because it‘s clearly not going exactly how he wanted.
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Closing the book, she lay down on the bed. A day well spent is a life well lived. Thinking about the line she‘d read somewhere, she would drift off to sleep.
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pickEnjoyed this fantastic story about an ordinary woman transforming to a rebel overnight. For me, the book is about the surge for belonging and oneness with sth bigger, in a world that is actually characterized by hyperindustrialization, societal norms and social alienation.
so-soFrom his mid/late 30s Young looks back on his relationships as a young-ish gay man in Seoul.
Rather rambling narrative that frequently left me waiting for something to happen but even when it did, it didn't make much impact and was referred to so obliquely that it took me a while to realise what he meant.
No idea why it was longlisted for the International Booker.
"I took the elevator to the third floor of the hotel and went into the Emerald Hall."
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pickYeong-hye stops eating meat and her story is told through the eyes of her husband, brother in law and sister (no spoiler). I can‘t say more yet digesting but I was surprised shocked moved…
“As for children, every woman knows the fears and sorrows. Joy is a delicious luxury that we experience most cautiously, for tragedy conceals itself around every corner.”
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