A review by meghadutam
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

2.0

I have a family connection to Korea (especially to Busan) so parts of this book have a familiarity that appealed. Seeing life through the eyes of Koreans living in Japan was fascinating, especially the early parts of the book set in the 40s and 50s. But as time went on each chapter jumped forward a few years and introduced more and more characters. The story line seemed to become diffused and I lost interest. I ended up skimming the last half of the book in about half an hour. Glad I finished it though as I enjoyed the ending.