PositiveThe Metropolitan ReviewWith her new novel, American Hagwon (2026), Min Jin Lee has done her best ... Lee proves herself worthy of a Steinbeck comparison when it comes to character development and pacing, but I would have liked to see more descriptions of the places where her characters live ... As with Pachinko, this book can feel soapy and melodramatic at times ... This is a good book. Ambitious. Grand. The kind of multi-generational family novel that Lee is adept at.
