Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

6 reviews

jenrazzle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

bibl1ophilic_niah's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Fire/Fire injury

lucyob's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Racism

Moderate: Suicide and Injury/Injury detail

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Infertility, Vomit, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Abortion

gracer0sew's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Car accident, and Abortion

peachmoni's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, and Pregnancy