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A review by batmayne_reads
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
A story of love, scarifice, ambition, loyalty, loss and the generation trauma that follows the choices we make
4 generations of a poor korean family fight to control their destiny during hardship, colonization and immigration
From 1910 to 1969, we follow the main mainher father, sons and grandson all have main POVs extremely important to storyline but sunja is the main character character, sunja through her life of teenage pregnancy to elder years
After falling for a wealthy stranger and becoming pregnant, sunja marries a traveling japenese priest to avoid dishonor to her name and family
Moving to japan she faces new hardships of racism/discrimination, stereotypes and the imbalance of power japan created on korea
4 generations of a poor korean family fight to control their destiny during hardship, colonization and immigration
From 1910 to 1969, we follow the main main
After falling for a wealthy stranger and becoming pregnant, sunja marries a traveling japenese priest to avoid dishonor to her name and family
Moving to japan she faces new hardships of racism/discrimination, stereotypes and the imbalance of power japan created on korea
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism, and Deportation
Pachinko is a Japanese gambling device kinda like PinBall that does auto payouts *run a typically but korean immigrants of japan and people ended up facing alot of hostility and discrimination from working at one
The yakuza are known for crime affiliation and illegal business running *also learned they are decended from korean activist parties *