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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

148 reviews

rebwenhall's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book took me through a rollercoaster of emotions. I love that the book takes you through the whole life of Sunja and her family. I learned a lot about the history of Japan and Korea as well.

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maevebm's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective 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

Although this was a heavy story, it was full of humanity. Taking place from Japan’s occupation of Korea until the 1990s, I loved seeing how the family pivoted to survive the resulting poverty, racism, and war. Each generation’s hopes and fears for the next was nothing but authentic and witnessing the frustration of the current generation towards the previous was raw.

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faythfarrar's review against another edition

4.0

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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rametta's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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c_dmckinney's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lauravreads's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-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: Complicated

Pachinko follows a family through 4 generations. Starting in 1901 with Hoonie and ending in 1989 with Hooneis great grand son Solomon

Honestly, I feel that this might be my favorite type of novel. I love watching a family through generations. I love how it starts as historical fiction and it kind of works its way to more contemporary fiction. I also enjoy reading about the family dynamic and the relationships within a family and how they evolve through time and age.

This book was such a good read. I enjoyed it so much. I learned so much about Korea and how the Great Depression and World War II affected so many people and particularly the Koreans, who lived in Japan throughout that time. I loved watching the advocacy for civil rights in Japan as the years continued. Each family member has such a profound and interesting story. I loved how easily the book transitioned from each member, and even though we might focus on one member, we can easily go back to another without deterring from the narration.

What was overall great read was a bit of a slow book and it took me about two weeks to read Which is okay, but sometimes I wish things kind of picked up a little faster.

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dumaurier's review against another edition

4.5

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

cried a single dramatic tear when this epic ended. sunja and kyunghee are in my heart forever.

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jamiejanae's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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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japanasi's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

there are quite some differences in comparison to the Apple+ series (Pachinko), which I saw before and made me want to read the novel. a sad but definitely interesting read; food for thought, too.

the second half was simultaneously draining and more or less dragging on, but it also left me unsatisfied with how fast the stories were pushed through? we spent so much time with sunja and then all of a sudden the focus shifts tremendously and she is treated as a side character, which I didn’t like so much; I’d rather have the whole story focus on her, even though the others were interesting, too.

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