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Memoirs of a Geisha

Arthur Golden

Start date: May 2, 2013

Finish date: May 31, 2013

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Nov 06, 2008 Avigail rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-stars

The story was quite amazing, if a bit implausible (a geisha plucked out of the deep countryside? a Japanese girl with blue eyes?). The characters are great, although the description of the skills she had to learn to become a geisha were somehow less developed than descriptions of the hardship of life in Gion. Some episodes that describe how geisha entertain were good, but the gleeful enymity between main character Sayuri and Hatsumomo is neither explained nor properly developed - and then, just ...more

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Mar 16, 2008 Vesra (When She Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: borrowed, finished, country-black, movie-tie-ins, literary, 1001-books, list-chapters-indigo-readers-choic, favorites, read-2008, pub-seal-books

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. It took me a while to finish reading this book because I was indulging myself word per word. This book isn't the type of novel you should rush through. Regardless, the fact it is wrong in some places, like the part where Arthur Golden mentioned about the "mizuage", the book pulled you in like a few other books could do. Plus it took me a while to actually pick up this book and I must admit I did watch the movie first, then read it, cause I don't want to be disappointed with the movie. The book i ...more

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Aug 01, 2007 Jane rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: general-fiction, favorites

One of my favorite books in recent years, far better than the movie. I found it incredible how well the author managed to write from a female viewpoint.

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