Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

105 reviews

rametta's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Grief, Drug use, Hate crime, Death of parent, Classism, Cancer, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Colonisation, Bullying, Abortion, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, War, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, and Infertility

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Ableism, Addiction, Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Sexism

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Classism, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Trafficking, Violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Grief, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Deportation and Homophobia

japanasi's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Infidelity, Racism, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Grief, War, Suicide, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, and Violence

storykath's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

One of those books where every time things start going okay you know it's about to get much much worse, but so compellingly written that I was engaged throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Classism, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Addiction, Misogyny, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Deportation, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, Grief, Sexual content, and Cancer

feathers4bookmarks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Best family-saga/ multigenerational-saga I have read. This novel drew me in the way that a grandparent telling a family story does. I wasn’t reading it to find out what the ending was, but more just because I was so interested in their lives and the domestic struggles of the time/place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcoholism, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Misogyny, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Cultural appropriation, Chronic illness, Infertility, Hate crime, Medical trauma, and Car accident

maiaquinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

this book was well written and I learned a lot about Korean and Japanese tensions during the late 1800s to late 1900s that were artfully embedded into the story. I didn’t feel like I was dropped into the story but more like I was watching from a distance. The end felt abrupt but maybe it was supposed to be kind of jarring? Would not read again just because of how long it is and how depressing some of the themes are. Very sad but believable story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual violence, and War

tahsintries's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Bullying, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Grief, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Colonisation, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Chronic illness, Classism, Death of parent, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Infertility, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Addiction

rachelsbookishlife's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Classism, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, War, Violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Car accident, and Grief

Moderate: Infertility, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Racism, Racial slurs, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Body shaming

nikkiacat's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Pulled me in, I couldn't stop reading. Depressing, but addictive. Noa pissed me off, I wanted to punch him, but an amazing read besides that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Colonisation, Cursing, Pregnancy, War, Child death, Racism, and Suicide