It took me a really long time to read this one. Around three weeks, actually. And if you know me well, that's bad. That rarely ever happens to me - and never without good reason. And I hate to say it, but if ever there was a good reason, this book was it. I feel like Memoirs of a Geisha was just... ...
I really enjoyed this story. I really felt for her and what she went through. I wish that someone was a bit more nurturing to her as a young girl and explain what was happening and why, but I guess that's just how the culture is or was. I just kept wishing I could give her a hug and explain why. ...
I had seen the movie for this years ago. It was okay, but the book fit a challenge I was doing so I decided to read it. The book is good, though I knew what was going to happen since it does follow the movie fairly closely. The relationship did creep me out a bit and I didn't like the plot device ...
I enjoyed this greatly--it was the kind of book that plunges you into another world where you come up for air for a few breaths before submerging yourself again. I'm not in a position to critique the portrait of Japan and its geishas, but if I can trust the afterwards and biographical notes, Golden ...
29/06 - Memoirs of a Geisha is the fictional recounting (although it could be based on the experiences of a number of real-life geishas the author spoke to during his research) of how a young girl was sold into a house to be trained as a Geisha. The opening chapters with Chiyo describing her mother...
I did enjoy this book, I really did. But I have a lot more complaints than praise. There's always going to be a certain degree of "ugh" about a white guy from Tennessee thinking they're qualified to write about being a Japanese geisha because they took some Japanese history courses in university. I'...
Very readable story of the life of a Geisha before, during and after World War II. Her life and loves and how she copes and survives all that is thrown at her by life. It possibly suffered a bit badly by my having read Geisha by Lisa Darby before reading it but it is an interesting account of the ...
This was a interesting insight into Japanese culture and the world of Geisha, however I didn't really like the whole- work of fiction pretending to be non fiction thing.
Memoirs of a Geisha. Oh my, what a roller coaster it had been. First of all, I was reluctant to read this book because I thought it would be some sordid story of a poor geisha in some dark corner of Japan. I thought there would be rape, abuse, violence, poverty, famine, and all sort of bad things. I...
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