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Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

4.36 AVERAGE

callmenick's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

i could listen to pachinko be discussed to death and never get bored

wolfandmrdarcy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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: Yes

deeeeng's review against another edition

4.0

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As a reader, I wish there was a consolation to all the harshness that this family endured. I wish that were was a little bit more happiness to balance all the sadness out. But then, I don't know if it would be as incredible.

A beautifully harsh epic saga about one family that spans generations. 4.5 stars.

EDIT: After thinking about it a bit, I’ve come to the conclusion that my actual rating for it will be 4 stars. I still consider it amazing, but

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there is barely any payoff for all the pain

. Soooo yeah! 4 stars!