Pachinko by Min Jin Lee | Book Review
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I cried within the first like 15 pages I think it was. Totally with you that Min Jin Lee makes you care about the family from the jump. Couldn't have loved this story more.
OMG I’m 2/3rds the way through the book and am absolutely loving it. Totally doing a review for this one - I even love the occasional Korean they drop in from aiegoo to ajushee. Can’t wait to finish it but relishing each page so far.
Woo! Can't wait to hear what you think!
I’m so glad you’re reading this book. My heart feels so light still, so fragile after just finishing reading this book. Loved it
I loved this book. All I want ti do now is hug my mother, my kids my family. As an immigrant, there’s so much pain you carry with you and this help me understand the choices my parents made for us their children.
yes i definitely agree about the coldness aspect - as an asian person myself, we're just not very vocal or physical about feelings so i think the author did a great job in capturing this. we also reviewed this book as well and absolutely adored it! also, great review!
I truly loved this book... A LOT
Agreeeeeed
Agreeeeeeed
I am reading this book now. I am totally mesmerized with the starting sentence “history has failed us”. This is my first book by this author. I am looking forward for further reading. Thanks for a beautiful review.
Picked this up a few days ago and couldn't put it down, favourite book I've read in a while.
this book came out as apple tv show~ yay~
Definitely agree! Totally enjoyed this book. Family sagas are probably my favorite genre. Especially those dealing with immigration! I also agree about how your connection to the family strongly depends on how much you like that first generation. Great review
Thank you!
What are your favourite family saga books?
I love book of the month.. I got "Behind Her Eyes" this month. Now I want to read this one as well! I just finished Homegoing and it was the best
I have this book and it's been calling my name from the bookshelf ever since I got it! It's good to know that I made a good choice with this BOTM pick.
Also, your new closing music throws me off every time. I'm so used to the 2016 jingle. I like it tho!
thank you for helping me with my summer homework!!
I've been hearing such good things about this one, also the speed in which you read it and then posted a review, I will definitely need to get to it!
I loved it so much, I couldn't wait to share it with others :D
I love your enthusiasm for Pachinko. The cover truly is gorgeous. I made it my BOTM pick, but have yet to read it. You made me feel as if I should stop my current read & dive right into Pachinko.
I haven’t read pachinko but I have been thinking about purchasing it for a while now. I love how different cultures are and this book seems like it will interest me a lot! This book review helped massively so thanks! Going to start 2020 with the reading of this book 😂
I don't know about ya'll but I finished the book today and genuinely, I feel mad about Noa's death and how whenever there was positive movement it was always shot down by someone dying.
This book was Amazing!!!
Ohhh I'm so happy you liked this one, it was the most intriguing BOTM pick for me in a long time but I just could not let myself buy another book without feeling guilty... It's going into my cart next month for SURE.
It is Pachinko not Panchinko, sorry to be OC!
Thanks for correcting :) I appreciate it when people do it (kindly :D)
Just finished reading. I see myself in NOA, however my favorite character is Mozasu; he had “I’ll do it my way” attitude that I appreciated.
I wonder if Hansu paid those boys to harass Sunja so that he could “rescue” her?
I was definitely excited for this book as well as The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Me tooo! I'm reading The Refugees now :)
I won Lee's first novel in a giveaway and this one sounds even better! There's just so much to read out there, but her work sounds like it belongs near the top of the list. Thanks for the review.
Subscribed! I started reading this 🥰🥰🥰
I loved this book.. does anyone know any books similar to this one? that talks about the same topics?
This one's on my March TBR for sure! Love a good immigration/generational family saga.
Same!!
Similar to how British treated Indians during the colonial era.
Good review. I also enjoyed the book but I had a few issues with it. I thought the foreign phrases with no explanation were annoying. I can't stand it when something causes the "spell" of reading a book to be broken - meaning, you're no longer transported to the world of these people, you're in your living room reading a book. Having to stop and Google words I don't know is a huge distraction for me.I also felt that the end was rather abrupt and unsatisfying and quite honestly, didn't understand why Sunja was so averse to accepting help from Koh Hansu, I guess it made for a more interesting story, and maybe that's a cultural difference, but I would figure, hey, he helped create this child, let him pony up. But your review was very good and insightful. I liked the book too, but I'm with you, it's not 5-star material. Not quite.
I really, really, really want to read Pachinko. I think I'm going to have to get the US edition because the UK cover is dreadful. Sounds like the insides are as gorgeous as the American cover. Can't wait.
I bought this, because I wanted to get all the Book of the Month books this month. I am reading Homegoing next, and I think I will probably pick up Pachinko next month.
Those are both A+ picks :D
got this in my BOTM box and i can't wait to pick it up! also your hair looks great in this vid!
haha thanks :)
It is just a doubt, are you from India or are you Indian origin ?
Just a doubt coz I'm from India, I feel the similarilty ... that's all
No offense
My parents are from India
Sounds interesting! I put it on my to read list so hopefully I will get to it in a year or two ;)
hahahaha ain't that the truth
cant wait to get mine today.
Hope you enjoy it!
I didn’t love it... it was okay.
Yeah...........I wonder how long till this admin gets rid of birthright citizenship :( Ugh. Dark days.
I also chose this one as my BOTM, and yes, partially for the cover! I hadn't heard much about any of the books they offered for Feb, and that cover just jumped out at me, then when I read the description I was like BOOM. Right in my wheelhouse, and I am really eager to read it.
Yeah the February picks felt more under the radar than usual, but still good ones!
Contrary to popular belief, Zainichi Koreans are prewar stowaways, refugees and their descendants from the Jeju massacre, Yeosu-Suncheon rebellion and the Korean War, not victims of forced labor or their descendants. Atrocities such as the abuse or slaughter of Koreans during Japanese rule are just common beliefs based on many groundless testimonies and propaganda, rather the Japanese side received much more damages both economically and personally. After the war, more than two million Koreans in Japan were ordered by the GHQ to return to the Korean Peninsula. However, 600,000 of them refused to go home despite their homeland independence, committed terrorism, riots, and other violent crimes in major Japanese cities. They shouted, "Revolutionize Japan and making it our republic !", dropped Japan into the chaos. Under the GHQ occupation, the police were powerless, and Japan became a de facto lawless zone. Koreans took advantage of this chaos, declaring "We are victorious nationals, we will not obey a defeated nation’s laws”, formed armed groups, committed countless crimes such as Illegal occupation of land, looting, bank raids, murders, assaults, rapes, attacks on government offices, police stations, and the prime minister's residence, burning down of courts and prosecutors' offices. Armed Korean mobs raided warehouses of farmers and agricultural cooperatives, robbed freight wagons, and looted shopping malls and national food warehouses, stole food, supplies, and rations for the Japanese people. They set up black markets in various parts of Japan, selling looted goods, illegal drugs, and moonshine liquor for a profit, which they used as capital to start businesses such as pachinko gambling on illegally occupied land and gained huge amounts of wealth. There are so many Korean billionaires who made a fortune at this time of chaos.
In Japan, unlike the beautified story of the drama or original book, it is said that illegal Koreans started the pachinko industry in the chaotic postwar period on land that they stole by threatening Japanese people or whose owners were killed in air raids by the U.S. military. Under the GHQ occupation, the police were powerless, and Japan became a de facto lawless zone. Zainichi Koreans took advantage of the opportunity. They set up black markets throughout the country and made huge profits by selling looted goods, illegal drugs, and moonshine liquor, which they used as capital to start pachinko parlors, bars, and brothels in illegally occupied areas. Pachinko, the key industry in Zainichi Korean society, may be a success story for them, but pachinko is a clearly illegal gambling game that violates Japan's gambling laws and is a dark side of postwar Japanese society. Pachinko is a major cause of gambling addiction among Japanese and a breeding ground for crimes such as tax evasion, fraud, murder, and kidnapping, making it extremely harmful to Japanese society. In fact, pachinko has already been banned in South Korea, the homeland of Zainichi Koreans, because of the enormous harm it causes to society. What is even more problematic is that it has been pointed out that 10% of the proceeds from pachinko are illegally transferred to North Korea to fund its nuclear development program, abduction of Japanese citizens, and espionage activities. The Japanese government should ban pachinko, but it remains untouched because the Korean mafia in Japan threatens the families of police officials, politicians, and local government officials by means of rape, assault, and murder.