Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

68 reviews

nila's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

An incredible journey through most of the 20th century following one family and their journey trying to survive all aspects of war and its aftermath. The story had twist and turns, and there were many times I had to put the book down because I was so surprised by what I had just read 

from the reading journal: There's an abundance of the "innocent young good man/boy being corrupted by the sexual whore who only wants their money material things. Yes the" bad men"-characters are also present, but I feel they are more fleshed out and for some reason, their "flaws" are justified and explained away.

One the other end, the "good" woman is also never good enough. She's too boring or even, not "good enough".Every single woman is described and more or less ranked by their sexual availability and desirability. And almost all the women who are described as promiscuous are punished, either with not being allowed to marry again for love, or being beaten half to death in a car or actually dying. While the men who illicit the same kind of behavior get to grow old, and be surrounded by wealth and loved ones. I understand that this is/was the reality of the society that is described in the book, but then what should one think is the "message" behind the story? Or am I overthinking this? I want to read more Asian literature, but find that the sexualisation of women is a deterring factor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide, Antisemitism, and Death of parent

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, and Abortion

thebookishbedouin's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Suicide, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Torture, and Abortion

katiesiri's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicide, Car accident, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abbieinwonderland's review against another edition

informative 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? N/A

4.0

I really loved the first half of this book and, while I found it addictive, it felt like it lost something in the middle and the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

smashlier's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

I could not put this book down. A fantastic, sweeping epic with well-rounded characters. It's a quiet book that speaks volumes and was a joy to be immersed in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

laure_d's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

peachani's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

I read this book in two forms: hardcover and audio. I preferred listening to it. It's a beautiful, mostly sad, story of a Korean family living in Japan. The struggle of Koreans who were not fully accepted into Japan, either legally or socially, was new to me.  I'm glad I read this and learned about this piece of history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Medical content