A review by peonydancer
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

challenging dark 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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Whilst I loved the prose of the book, and hoped it would be similar to Pilgrim's "Fish of the Seto Inland Sea", I found this book to be less about the struggles of a Korean family in Japan, and more about the sex lives of the entire family and everyone around them. At least, I felt like I read more about that than about anything else. 
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