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The Demon Star
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The King of Elfland's Daughter
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4)
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The Witch Below the Dreaming Wood
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Overall, Pachinko is a good story that loses its focus as it approaches the end. This book started off very strong until mid way through the second section where it felt like it lost some focus. The book did regain that focus (not the same focus as the beginning) but then lost it again besides the final scene. I felt like the new characters in the later half of the book were mostly ideas and not actual characters. This would've been fine if all the characters were like that from the beginning but the characters introduced in the first half felt like people, so this difference made me disconnect from the story. The last new storyline also felt rushed and could've be given more time to feel its impact. The strongest part of the book was the stories that focused on Sunja and her relationship with her children. That was where I felt the most connected to the book and caused the most emotional reaction from me. This is a good book but the last fourth left me feeling disconnected from the story because the newer characters felt shallower than the older characters.
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Pachinko
Min Jin Lee