Nowadays I’m trying to read pachinko. The story takes place against the backdrop of Japan's occupation of Korea. English book is still hard for me to understand 100% yet. but this book is little bit more easy to understand for me because it’s a story about korea. so, I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the story about Korea history and practices reading English. After reading this I am going to watch drama version too. The main actor is lee min ho and actress is kim min ha. I like to compare series while comparing the scene what i imagined.