25.2k reviews for:

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

4.36 AVERAGE

elclems's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

angietam's review against another edition

4.25

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: No

stephmradio's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative 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

valeriabookworm's review against another edition

4.0

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An amazing saga, covering many generations and countries, starting in Korea at the beginning of the 20th century during the Japanese occupation, and ending in Japan at the dawn of the 21st century.
This book has an impressive breadth: part family history, part historical fiction, it does not shy away from discussion the 2nd class society Japan created for the people it conquered.

aliciafromtoronto's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

kfulton's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nickyreadsfast's review against another edition

5.0

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Is this what reading classic fiction is like? Every character's perspective is treated with fairness and objectivity. I should read Bronte.

leahcross's review against another edition

3.75

emotional informative sad slow-paced

farwah7's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ningning_0001's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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