Reviews

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

jkeesan's review against another edition

5.0

This book swept me away completely.

albertordt's review against another edition

4.0

Me ha parecido un libro bastante interesante. Desconocía toda la historia de los coreanos en Japón. Me ha gustado mucho toda la perspectiva longitudinal y generacional del libro, y que el protagonismo fuera cambiando entre padres, madres, hijos y nietos. También, toda la visión del papel de la mujer en esta sociedad en concreto, y como no, el papel de la cultura del esfuerzo en la sociedad asiática.
Lo único que no me ha gustado ha sido el desenlace del libro, ya que en los últimos capítulos, no he visto demasiada coherencia o me ha parecido un poco de relleno contar historias de personajes secundarios, y luego dejarlas totalmente de lado (y nunca más se supieron de ellos).

emmahayward'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

3.0

madinotmaddie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

eva_jean's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

philosopiscis's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

youngthespian42's review

2.0

More of a 2.5 stars but alas no 10 point system.

I read this book on the recommendation of a family member. After slogging through the prose I picked up the audiobook because I was struggling with the story. This novel is a generational story and spans the history of most of the 20th century for the Korean peninsula. While the story is rich and the characters are well crafted I really struggled to feel attached to the history. It at times felt too deep and not deep enough. Personally, I would have preferred a trilogy with each book the lengths of the section of this novel going way more in-depth. It was great to read some nonwestern perspective history of Korea, but I struggled to finish this book.

catherinemorganowen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

4.5

amyingomar's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

llamamilk7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0