Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

76 reviews

maxerine's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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: Death, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Racism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Grief

Minor: Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Abortion

flamesocks's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infertility, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Child death, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Deportation, Infidelity, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, War, and Xenophobia

figsofpeach's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, War, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Death, Racism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Addiction, Pregnancy, Infertility, Alcohol, Infidelity, Abortion, and Cancer

whatdidshedraw's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

Absolutely beautiful. A nuanced exploration of race, class, gender, family dynamics, intersectionality, and othering told through the eyes of various members of a complex family web. Truly a masterpiece of historical fiction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Racism

Moderate: Suicide and Sexual harassment

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-paced

Too many characters to keep track of, I liked the biblical references throughout the story but constant references to sex began to read like an erotica I got tired of skipping audio 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

gilmargirl's review against another edition

It was hitting a little too close to home for me emotionally and it was starting to be not enjoyable

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

malushington's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

2.0

this was a really hard book to read. rife with tragedy and very little respite or peace. Compelling stories and important stories to tell, but it is gutting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexual harassment, War, Xenophobia, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

jazzsonnet's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Xenophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Colonisation

Moderate: Infertility, War, Religious bigotry, Medical content, Racism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexism, Child death, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion

hyperashley's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Miscarriage, War, Suicide, Child death, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

madelynh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

What a way to start the year. This is a gorgeous story of a family with all of the complexities of life handled so well. It covers a portion of history that I’m only vaguely familiar with so it’s interesting to see it from these character’s various but very personal perspectives, as well as seeing the times change subtly in the background along with the characters’ circumstances changing in parallel. All of the characters, even those whose perspectives are only shown for a paragraph or two, are so human - flawed and relatable and with the potential for a whole complicated story for themselves. That’s what I’ll keep thinking about from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Xenophobia

Moderate: Grief and War

Minor: Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, and Suicide