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4.5 Stars

Free Food for Millionaires walked so that Pachinko could run. While I enjoyed Pachinko better, Min Jin Lee’s characters are all so beautifully flawed and diverse that it was easy to fly through this book to learn more about what happens to them.

elizabgr's review

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emotional 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

4.5

alistairjack's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

ogxtina's review

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

tartt's review against another edition

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3.0

entertaining but ultimately not worth it. also: “His long eyelashes shielded his dark blue pupils.” where is the editor? really, where was the editor for this whole book.

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4.0

Really immersive and richly detailed and realistic. A great character study, everyone was authentically complicated and inconsistent. But I felt that it didn't really go anywhere and left me a bit unsatisfied. However, the day after finishing, I am disappointed that I can't pick it up again and keep reading...I already miss all the new characters I got to know, and I want to spend more time with them and check in with their lives.

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