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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

128 reviews

rissasreading's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Pachinko is such a great book and one that I was excited going into and it didn't let me down. It also took place over four generations differently than I thought it would but I enjoyed it even more. The way this story is told between these generations is such an interconnected one that starts and ends with some of the same characters. I also teared up so many times reading this book especially within the first 200 pages. Near the end I didn't feel as connected to the characters but I still wanted to see and know what was going to occur. The ending is also the type I like, it isn't a concrete ending, it just ends. This is also a rather realistic book in the sense of the hardships people go through and the sometimes unhappy, or just mundane endings we all can have, it isn't always happy. I really enjoyed this one and it opened my eyes to a lot, I think the opening line is rather fitting for the rest of the novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation

olliereads611's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Police brutality, War

kendrizzle's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

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A fascinating peek into an entire international and intercultural dynamic I had no familiarity with before, though a challenging read give the wide span of time and list of characters it covers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Grief

angelab013's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Classism

borowiczea's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous informative sad fast-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

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A beautifully moving story about four generations of a Korean family. They work their way through life, a Japanese society, and constant gender and ethnic bias. "It's a woman's lot to suffer." A story about love, ambition, and loyalty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Colonisation, War

ladylofthouse's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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It was fascinating to learn so much about Korean history in the 20th century through these four generations - you can tell the author's research was incredibly thorough into really heavy topics. These plot points are often the focus, which can leave some storylines feeling a little disconnected, but I wasn't that bothered by it because the characters were still so well written - Sunja in particular was inspirational. Even though the overall tone was sad due to so much suffering, there was still a lot of love and hope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Colonisation

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, War

Minor: Cancer, Infertility

aidamaria_reads's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A heart-wrenching story about war, suffering and social injustice. I am left with some questions about certain people and how their lives (may have) ended, but that’s just like real life, isn’t it?

The research it took to create this book and incorporate so many interesting characters into the story much have been tremendous, and I’m grateful to have learnt so much about history through this work of literary fiction. I had never considered the world wars through a non-Western lens before, so this was an eye-opening reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

carlylu's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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

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Lives up to the hype. Masterful storytelling, heartbreaking and hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, Classism

plsmalley92's review against another edition

4.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, War

tangoscore's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Racism, Grief, Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, War