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Min Jin Lee: Pachinko (Paperback, 2017, Grand Central Publishing)

In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for …

There was more to being something than just blood.

The narration was great for the audiobook and I am glad I listened to it. It is a historical fiction about a Korean family, spanning four generations in Korea and Japan. I learned a lot about Japans colonialism over Korea and how various wars and conflicts affected them. It was a well woven, engaging story with multiple characters that are easy to grow attached to. It also tackled many difficult themes (imperialism, racism/discrimation, societal worth, social economic status, etc.) and was very focused on Japanese and Korean culture. Emotional. I heard the book can be long, audiobook was definitely the way to go for myself.