Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

112 reviews

panickat123's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Colonisation, Police brutality, Death of parent, Racism, and War

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infertility, Abortion, and Drug use

gm_vak's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Car accident, Suicide, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Ableism, Cancer, War, Colonisation, Classism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Homophobia

isgbv's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Classism, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: War, Chronic illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Racism, Infertility, Grief, and Drug use

stevie's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Genocide, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Classism, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Ableism, Abortion, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, and Terminal illness

yuki__'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Confinement, Gore, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, War, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative

• 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Violence, Colonisation, Classism, Death, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Pregnancy, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Cursing, and Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage, Cancer, Abortion, and Trafficking

savzilla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, and Police brutality

wherethewildreadsare's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Infertility, and Infidelity

rachela_7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Suicide, and Infertility

sydneybedell's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Classism, Miscarriage, Sexual content, War, Ableism, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Infidelity, Cancer, and Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion