# Week 1 - サマーウォーズ - Beginner's LN club **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Tags:** bookclub\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197 "2024-07-22T03:50:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/1 "2024-07-22T03:50:43Z")
Welcome to week 1 of [https://learnnatively.com/book/9a9b18b561/](https://learnnatively.com/book/9a9b18b561/) ![97531ddf-d5a6-450e-801b-f9a4e2ad63e6](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/ad5d2007eb7e38627f130235f01406b7cc5193ee.jpeg) ## Schedule & Links | Week 1 | July 21, 2024 | | --- | --- | | Chapter | Prologue + ch 1 (partial) | | Percent | 0 - 6% | | Final Line | \* log out… \* | | Next week | [week 2](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-2-beginner-s-ln-club/10362) | | Home Thread | [thread](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/home-thread-for-starts-july-21st-beginners-ln-club/10061) | | jpdb | [jpdb deck](https://jpdb.io/novel/3794/summer-wars) | ## 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 different versions have a clear point of reference. - Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting! But please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week 🙂 - If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That can be part of the discussion too and I’m sure some folks would be happy to help. - Even if you don’t read the chapter(s) in time, you are still encouraged to post in the thread for that reading once you have finished it. I advise not reading ahead in the threads as you may see spoilers. _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Thubanshee](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/thubanshee/32/9033_2.png) [@Thubanshee](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Thubanshee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/2 "2024-07-22T05:34:54Z")
the link to the home thread currently leads to 雨でも晴れでも ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/3 "2024-07-22T05:40:02Z")
Thx for catching that. Should be fixed now ---
**Author:** ![snowwater](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/snowwater/32/3958_2.png) [@snowwater](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/snowwater)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/4 "2024-07-22T16:37:05Z")
> **Week 1** > > So I had some extra commute time today, and dived right into the book as I was curious to start. The prologue felt quite difficult to me, perhaps because it uses some complex words right from the start. I had the feeling I might struggle a bit with the book. It also felt long, but I think that’s because I have been reading books with a lot of dialogue, so the pages feel shorter… once I got into chapter 1, even though there were a lot of descriptions, I think I started getting used to the style, so the reading was more fluid. I was able to finish it in a day (about 40 minutes I’d say), which is the speed I was taking for the IBC books in Wanikani (~15 pages, similar natively level) so the difficulty level feels fine for me. > > In terms of story, the prologue was nice but felt a bit disconnected from the story (which is intentional I take). From the first chapter, I also felt a sense of “I’m unsure what the plot will be” as it only described the online world, but I started getting more and more into the story as the chapter continued. I’m finding it interesting so far. > > I think the part that surprised me the most was that you could to business/administration (such as tax filing) in OZ. Talk about useful, I wonder if it goes faster then in real life… ---
**Author:** ![SophieShiori](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@SophieShiori](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/SophieShiori)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/5 "2024-07-23T11:51:35Z")
I agree, I found the prologue super disorientating! I was expecting this to be an easier read, but actually a lot of bizarre imagery and unusual terms made it feel harder, despite not having super complex sentence structure etc ---
**Author:** ![semie](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/semie/32/4139_2.png) [@semie](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/semie)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/week-1-beginners-ln-club/10197/6 "2024-07-24T00:18:15Z")
This was definitely challenging for me too, and on top of that it always takes at least a few chapters for me to get into a new book. I feel like I need to try to speed through and finish at least one of my two other current LNs to free up brain space for this one!