Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 😊📚💜 Book Club Discussion! Answering all of your questions

Let's chat about Pachinko by Min Jin Lee! In this book club discussion, I answer all of your questions about the characters, the writing style, the struggles of the people in the story, and the history of Korea and Japan – as well as my feelings about this book, of course! Enjoy, and please let me know your thoughts in the comments! 😊

I hope you're having a fantastic day, and if not that it gets better. I'm very happy to have you here.

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⭐ Thank you to everyone who has participated in one way or another, and especially to these lovely people who asked questions for us all to discuss!
Emily ‪@TheLinguistsLibrary‬
Mimi ‪@itsmimiduong‬
Helen ‪@helenclare3250‬

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
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📚 In this video:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Q1 Why did I want to read Pachinko?
02:52 Q2 The characters
04:53 Q2 Storytelling and writing style
06:37 Q3 Balance between characters
07:27 Q4 Interconnection with history
08:17 Q5 Views on Japan, colonialism & struggles
12:22 Q6 Feelings after reading Pachinko


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