A review by lucyob
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

3.75

I have sorta mixed feelings about this. I did think it was well-written and found it interesting from a history perspective, but I had a hard time staying with it and feeling invested in certain parts of the story. I think a lot of this was because of the inter-generational format, as I got more invested in and wanted more from characters like Sunja as opposed to Mozasu or Soloman, but I do understand that the book was structured like that to get across points about how small decisions impact many and the experience of immigrants of many generations. I also found that some plot-twists or elements were a bit predictable, but that didn't take away from my experience too much. Despite the negativity in this review, I do think that this is worth reading a very solid book, just one that I didn't 100% click with.
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