Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

13 reviews

laure_d's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I read this book in two forms: hardcover and audio. I preferred listening to it. It's a beautiful, mostly sad, story of a Korean family living in Japan. The struggle of Koreans who were not fully accepted into Japan, either legally or socially, was new to me.  I'm glad I read this and learned about this piece of history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Bullying, and War

Minor: Medical content

emmagreenwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Sexism, Suicide, Infertility, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Abortion, Racism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Torture, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia

Minor: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Infidelity, Confinement, Alcoholism, Colonisation, and Alcohol