A review by swimmingwolf59
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

The characters are really interesting, but the pace of the book was too long and slow for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, War