Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

140 reviews

clalaure's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence and Colonisation

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nikkiacat's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Pulled me in, I couldn't stop reading. Depressing, but addictive. Noa pissed me off, I wanted to punch him, but an amazing read besides that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Classism

abigailjblay's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Well written, just not for me but I'm sure many will enjoy this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

tinyjude's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

An emotional family saga set during and after Japan's colonisation of Korea and WWII up almost to the present. It deals with the difficulties experienced by Korean immigrants in Japan, the war, poverty, misogyny, classism and many more. Although fiction, it is still closely influenced by true events and provides an overview of the situation many Korean immigrants endured at that time. The amount of characters and the objective point of view sometimes made it a bit difficult to care deeply about them, but nonetheless I think it is a very important and insightful read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Abortion

nikolama's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Infertility, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

krispy_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War

roisindoylebakare's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicide and Pregnancy

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Abortion and Alcohol

kamin8882's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

"Living every day in the presence of those who refuse to acknowledge your humanity, takes great courage."

From the very first page, I was invested in this beautiful family. The story starts out with a young girl who fell in love with the wrong person-- but this one event... shaped the rest of her life. Across 4 generations, two nations at war and never ending obstacles, Sunja and her live family lived the best life they knew how, lost many things, learned valuable lessons about themselves and life, and loved fiercely. I loved reading about these characters, their culture, the hardships they had to endure and the strength they found within them to over come. This book was a true show of the love, strength, pain and undying loyalty this family (and many Korean families like them) had in a time and place they were not easily accepted. Although I do wish some the storylines had more details, or were more complete... this is a beautiful story of love, sacrifice, ambition and family. 

"There was consolation: the people you loved, they were always with you... she had learned."

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Pregnancy