I’m probably not going to be able to keep up with the book club pace, but I’ve started a vocab sheet for the Korean version here:
General Information
후궁의 까마귀
Book Information
Natively Page,후궁의 까마귀
Home Thread,Home Thread for 後宮の烏 / 후궁의 까마귀
Book Club,
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eefara
January 8, 2024, 7:07pm
21
Wow, thank you! I’ve added it to the home post!
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eefara
January 15, 2024, 4:17pm
22
Week 3 is up! A bit later than usual, sorry.
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Schedule
Week
Final line
Percentage
Characters
3
19
23.957
Home thread | week 2 | week 4
Jpdb deck for the book:
Korean vocabulary sheet:
Discussion ground rules
Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapter so people reading diffe…
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Week 4 is also a bit late
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eefara
January 25, 2024, 2:25pm
24
I’m going to blame it on forum issues this time. Will be up in a few minutes!
Edit: wait, am I off by a full week? D: Aaagh, I’m so sorry if so! I’ve been moving to a new team at work and must’ve just completely lost track of time…
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eefara
January 25, 2024, 2:30pm
25
Week 4!
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Schedule
Week
Final line
Percentage
Characters
4
25
31.731
Home thread | week 3 | week 5
Jpdb deck for the book:
Korean vocabulary sheet:
Discussion ground rules
Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapter so people reading diffe…
Gah. Alrighty, I just realized I have no start dates in the schedule up above; I’m slacking…
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pm215
January 27, 2024, 10:54am
26
henhen:
I’ve got it on bookwalker, here are the page numbers I have:
1: 28
2: 48
3: 66
4: 85
5: 113
6: 132
7: 161
8: 189
9: 217
10: 240
11: 278
12: 315
My paper copy pagination is almost the same as this (writing it down for my future reference):
1: 28
2: 47
3: 65
4: 84
5: 113
6: 132
7: 160
8: 190
9: 219
10: 242
11: 280
12: 318
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eefara
January 29, 2024, 1:04pm
27
Week 5! And this time not posted 4 days into the week!
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Schedule
Week
Final line
Percentage
Characters
5
Jan 29
34
Home thread | week 4 | week 6
Jpdb deck for the book:
Korean vocabulary sheet:
Discussion ground rules
Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapter so people reading diffe…
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I went ahead and finished the first chapter.
However this is where I bail - I love the book but I need to take a break and read something simpler for a while. If I push myself too much I’ll get burnout.
My plan is to come back to this later in the year. I think the end of the first chapter is a good spot to take a break
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You are 1.5 weeks ahead. I think you could just slow down
But yes, not burning out is important.
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Thank you
I purposely pushed ahead to the end of chapter 1 because i wanted to reach a stopping point.
I’ll look forward to reading from chapter 2 onwards in a few months time.
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eefara
March 11, 2024, 12:00pm
36
Second-to-last week! We’re almost there!
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Schedule
Week
Start Date
Final line
Percentage
Characters
11
March 11
87
107.920
Home thread | week 10 | week 12
Jpdb deck for the book:
Korean vocabulary sheet:
Discussion ground rules
Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapter…
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eefara
March 18, 2024, 12:10pm
37
It’s the final week! Congrats to all who made it!
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Schedule
Week
Start Date
Final line
Percentage
Characters
12
March 18
End of book
100
123.968
Home thread | week 11
Jpdb deck for the book:
Korean vocabulary sheet:
Discussion ground rules
Any spoilers, for the current chapters must be behind spoilers or detail curtains. When we get further in you don’t need to hide details that were revealed in previous chapters.
Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapt…
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eefara
March 18, 2024, 12:13pm
38
Closing Polls
As usual, I’d like to do some closing polls, just to hear people’s opinions on the book.
Did you enjoy reading 後宮の烏?
Do you think you’ll continue reading further LN volumes of 後宮の烏?
Yes, and I would participate in a spin-off book club continuing the series
Yes, but I’ll be doing it solo on my own time
Yes, but by watching the anime
No
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I will admit I didn’t yet finish the book, but I already voted as I feel like my impression won’t change much…
I felt like the effort to reward ratio was off in this book, partly due to the tricky vocabulary. The stories can be atmospheric, but the text was so dense at points, I was really working for it and I didn’t feel there was enough pay-off in the stories themselves. The world has the potential to be interesting but I wasn’t really into the characters or the mysteries they’re investigating. Maybe the fact that this is part of a series didn’t help, since I wouldn’t say it fully stood by itself as a satisfying read. Anyway that is just me curious to hear what everyone else thinks!
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