25.2k reviews for:

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee

4.36 AVERAGE

mreaderm's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kobsob's review against another edition

4.75

emotional 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: Yes

digonar's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

bmilleville's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

adriarosee's review against another edition

5.0

informative 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

shyshyshy's review against another edition

5.0

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has its lulls, but so, too, does life. gorgeous and highly ambitious book that sinks its teeth into intergenerational mobility and trauma.

ally_is_reading's review against another edition

5.0

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"History has failed us, but no matter."

samsfruitsbasket's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicide, Xenophobia, Colonisation, War, Classism

ohnojesswhatamess's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

advait24's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes