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Task #9: A book of colonial or postcolonial literature
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This book counts towards the Reading Women 2019 Challenge task #6: A multi-generational family saga.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Pachinko spans several generations from the early 1900s through the 1990s in Korea and Japan. The book focuses on a Korean family's journey as they try to make their way in a society where the Koreans are discriminated against by the Japanese. I loved that this book featured strong female characters. ...more
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Pachinko spans several generations from the early 1900s through the 1990s in Korea and Japan. The book focuses on a Korean family's journey as they try to make their way in a society where the Koreans are discriminated against by the Japanese. I loved that this book featured strong female characters. ...more
Beautiful.
I had heard amazing things about this book, but was not convinced going in that I would love it. Boy, was I wrong. It's very easy for a novel following multiple generations of a family to get bogged down in too many characters, or even to be boring, but this book avoids those traps masterfully. The writing is simple but eloquent, and I really grew to care about many of these characters. No one was perfect; everyone seemed beautifully flawed and human. And I learned a lot about a historical place
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Like a 19th century novel in terms of themes, scope, and delicacy. Like a contemporary novel in terms of the riveting plot, the engrossing settings, and the emphasis on history. Extremely enjoyable, consumed it in less than a week.
I wanted to like this more. Its a National Book Award winner for goodness sake and came highly recommended. Pretty fantastic writing, but dark and heavy material. Maybe I need to be in the right mood for it, but it just made me feel depressed.
This was beautifully written, but I’m not sure how I feel at the end of it all.
Jan 15, 2018
Bekah
marked it as to-read
Jan 26, 2018
Leanne
marked it as to-read
