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oceanwriter's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Sexual content
Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage
serendipitous_mess's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Colonisation, and Xenophobia
missylisha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content
bookrecsondeck's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism
hankhank's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual content and Grief
Moderate: Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Addiction, Abortion, and War
brinxleyx's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide
Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, and Alcohol
thenoboshow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Colonisation, Hate crime, Pregnancy, Death, Bullying, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Infertility, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, War, and Xenophobia
karlin0336's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I read this for an upcoming bookclub I will be taking part in this April.
I enjoyed the overall story of this book. It followed several generations of a Korean family that immigrated to Japan. I think I could come to like Historical Fiction, which isn't a genre I typically read.
What I didn't enjoy, however, was the amount of swearing and sexual content in the book (which got increasingly worse as the book went on). This was a huge turnoff to me.
Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Cursing
Moderate: Suicide
sha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Racism, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, War, Grief, Infertility, and Pregnancy
ryan4092's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Suicide
Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Infertility, War, and Abortion