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challenging
emotional
informative
medium-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
4.0
A long, meandering family saga set in Korea & Japan spanning several generations of the same family.
I'm not normally one for historical fiction, but I found Min Jin Lee's writing to be very engaging and the characters to be complex. Overall it was a very enjoyable (but long) read. There were a few missing time periods that I think would have been interesting, but obviously a book can't cover everything and still be a publishable length.
It was very enlightening on some historical aspects I was unaware of, too.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Xenophobia
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