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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

78 reviews

aboutyourdress's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

swimmingwolf59's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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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The characters are really interesting, but the pace of the book was too long and slow for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, War

thewildkat's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Colonisation, War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism, Deportation

sarahzucca's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

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I loved this book. It has all the easy As for me - historical fiction, WWII. Questions about character, integrity. Thought experiments around relationships, net perspectives. This was an abbreviated version, more based on history as the plot driver, of Covenant of Water. 
It was dense but fairly easy to follow. I’d recommend to anyone interested in historical fiction who is interested in learning more about the OTHER side of the war. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Colonisation, War, Classism

betseysbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

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Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee. Four stars! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Do you want a sweeping epic novel? Because this is a sweeping epic novel. It tells the story of four generations of Koreans, from 1910 through 1989. It's mainly the story of Sunja Kim, and includes her parents, her children, and her grandchildren, and how they cope with discrimination while living in Japan. 
This story explores the themes of family, love, wartime, immigration, sacrifice, and discrimination throughout the 20th century. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol

sana_bana143's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War

Minor: Confinement, Police brutality, Murder

prairiedogdale's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Abortion, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation

nataliecoyne's review against another edition

4.25

emotional 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: Complicated

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Really great read. The length (490 pages) was a bit intimidating, and personally, I do think that I may not have been in the right mood for a 490-page book because I started to get almost bored with it past the 400 page mark (this is why I marked it as 4.25 stars instead of something higher, even though I think this is more of a "me" problem). Nonetheless, I'm really glad that I read this, the family's story was very interesting and I feel like I learned a lot about the history and culture of the Zainichi Korean community (which, before now, all I knew was that Kiko Mizuhara is Zainichi Korean).

I would definitely recommend this to others, but also definitely recommend being in the right mood/right headspace for a long book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, Classism

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Slavery, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, Abandonment, Deportation

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