Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

33 reviews

thejuliette's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Suicide, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

tatitos's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Cursing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

wai's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Amazing novel centered around one Korean family's generational struggles during and post-war Japan. If you're not very interested in character driven stories, this book may not be for you. It depicts the complexity of Japanese racism against Koreans and the differences in responses from those living it depending on their circumstances. The only drawback is that due to the length of time and the large amount of characters we meet, there are some situations and characters that we don't see enough of, and could honestly fill a whole novel themselves. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Child death, Cursing, and Miscarriage

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Trafficking