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First of all, I get why this book was so popular. There are parts that are totally engrossing page-turners. However, this book made me so incredibly angry so many times that I can't really give it a better rating than two stars. This book is sold as literary but came across as a romance novel (but of course, when men write romance it's always literary, and when women write romance, it's romance/chick lit).
Most of my anger stems from the fact that an American white guy was writing from the perspe ...more
Most of my anger stems from the fact that an American white guy was writing from the perspe ...more
This was the first book read for my thematic month about Japan and what a beginning! I had already an eye on it since the movie came out, which unfortunately I haven't seen yet, but tried not to read any reviews since I wanted to be surprised and surprised I was.
It tells the story of Chiyo who becomes the geisha Sayuri. Told in first person, the protagonist shows us how she left the small fishing village, where she lived, and went to Kyoto to learn to be a geisha. We get to learn how she adapted ...more
It tells the story of Chiyo who becomes the geisha Sayuri. Told in first person, the protagonist shows us how she left the small fishing village, where she lived, and went to Kyoto to learn to be a geisha. We get to learn how she adapted ...more
Fantastic storytelling and mastery of language. Supposedly translation, but doesn't feel like it (e.g. alliteration). Girl sold into geisha life of hardship and luxuries. Figurative language using ocean/fishing. Egregiously unbelievable/disappointing end
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A very nice book, with a cute love story set on Japan before and during WWII. The descriptions are quite vivid, and almost managed to transport me to that time.
Jul 04, 2008
Deanna
marked it as to-read
Oct 01, 2010
Valeria
added it
