Memoirs of a Geisha

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Summary: The best book I've read in a long time
Review: 'Memoirs of a Geisha' is a fascinating look into the Japanese Geisha culture during the years leading up to and immediately following World War II. The book follows the life of Sayuri from the time she is nine years old and enters the highly-competitive world of the Geisha. It kept me reading into the wee hours. I was a little disappointed in the Danielle Steele type ending, but other than that, it was a magnificent book.

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Summary: A poignant, lyrical with an engrossing plot
Review: I had been hearing recommendations of this book for so long, I finally gave in and forced myself to read it. I regret that I waited so long. I read about a book a week, and this was the first one in a long time that kept me up late at night and got me up early in the morning. Golden writes from a geisha's point of view, and I was doubtful that a man could capture a woman's "voice". I was wrong. I recommend it highly, and plan on forcing it on a number of my friends.

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Summary: Mesmerizing!
Review: Clean style, simple sentence, however, deep and dark inside. It makes me weep.

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Summary: Easy reading, interesting story.......
Review: I enjoyed this book for its information about a subject that I never knew I would find so interesting. I can't say that I found any aspect of "Geisha" overly rapturous, but it was sort of book that you can read without much trouble. A high-brow potboiler........

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Summary: Breath-Taking Until the End
Review: Like a gorgeously layered kimono, Memoirs gradually unfolds to reveal the courage, love, daring, and hope of an intensely human and surprisingly modern woman. This book started off very well. The story was very interesting and quite addictive. But the ending seemed rather empty. It appeared as if Golden was trying to quickly tie up all loose ends. But despite the rather disappointing ending, nine-tenths of the novel was absolute breath-taking literature.

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Summary: can't let go of the book
Review: I have read other 'asian culture' based fictions before. When I started read this book I was reading 1/3of the book in just 6hours and i finished the book in 3days. I love the story plot and the and the nature of the characters presented as sensitive but hard to break down. Not alot of the people might not follow with the Geisha culture, but you don't need to know everything; the book tells everything. I highly recommend to everybody I meet. The book made me picture a movie about Geisha culture wonderfully. If you haven't read a good asian culture based stories, why not try this one.

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Summary: Great novel, but I'm glad I'm not a Japanese woman.
Review: Sayuri's story is engrossing, and I couldn't put it down. When you get down to it, however, it's really nothing more than a romance with a decidedly un-American ending that left me a little disappointed. It was well worth reading, though. The author's writing makes it seem as if this woman really existed and actually dictated these memoirs. It was a fascinating look into another culture.

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Summary: Worth reading
Review: This is a fascinating peek into a culture most of us don't know. It is unfortunate that the ending was so weak. I can only think that Mr. Golden was thinking about movie rights and ended a good story as poorly and unrealistically as most Hollywood movies.

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Summary: Amazing
Review: I thought this book was extremely well written. The fact that the author is a white male writing about the life of a Japanese geisha is an awe in itself! I didn't find it boring at all and read it in a span of 2 days! Anyone who hasn't read it should!!

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Summary: Truly captivating!
Review: I read this book in two days and did not want to put it down. I was fascinated with all of the characters. One has to keep in mind when reading this novel that these were different times and a much different place so you need to maintain an open mind of how life was lived in early century Japan. Excellent reading!