Reviews round-up
American Hagwon
by Min Jin Lee
3 of 3 critics positive
6 reviews: 1 rave, 2 positives; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'”
I didn't think 'Pachinko' could be topped. Then I read 'American Hagwon'
Positive
Read the review ↗“gripping family saga”
CAO points have nothing on Korean ‘grind schools’ in Min Jin Lee’s gripping family saga
Positive
Read the review ↗“Is Soapy, Sweeping and Very Good”
Min Jin Lee’s New Novel Is Soapy, Sweeping and Very Good
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗American Hagwon — lessons in the immigrant experience
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Min Jin Lee’s American Hagwon asks: what price an education?
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Should you read a ginormous new family saga from the Pachinko writer?
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
