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2.33 AVERAGE
2.33 AVERAGE
It took me several days to go through this novel, not one that I devoured but it was obviously very sexual. This is not a vulgar type of sexuality but rather timid but overall decent. Different strokes for different folks is what I say.
taki erotyk jak z koziej dupy trąba, w czasie lektury czlowiek tak wysycha, ze az swedzi. plus gwalt na kulturze japonskiej i tradycji gejsz, nie rozumiem jak komukolwiek moze sie podobac.
Der erotische Roman spielt im Japan um 1890 und handelt von der Tochter eines Amerikaners, die unbedingt eine Geisha werden möchte. Als ihr Vater, weil er den Zorn des Prinzen auf sich gezogen hat, Japan überstürzt verlassen muss und er sie auf seiner Flucht nicht mitnehmen kann, gibt er sie zu ihrem Schutz in ein Teehaus, wo Ihre Ausbildung zur Geisha beginnt.
Ein wenig schade ist, dass das falsche Bild einer Geisha durch solche Romane weiter vertieft und verbreitet wird, denn in der Realität spielt Erotik und Sexualität bei einer Geisha keine Rolle. Wenn ich das mal außer Acht lasse, war das Buch meiner Meinung besser als seine durchschnittlichen Bewertungen. Auch die erotischen Szenen waren definitiv mit deutlich besseren und abwechslungsreicheren literarischen Mitteln beschrieben als bei Shades of Grey.
Ein wenig schade ist, dass das falsche Bild einer Geisha durch solche Romane weiter vertieft und verbreitet wird, denn in der Realität spielt Erotik und Sexualität bei einer Geisha keine Rolle. Wenn ich das mal außer Acht lasse, war das Buch meiner Meinung besser als seine durchschnittlichen Bewertungen. Auch die erotischen Szenen waren definitiv mit deutlich besseren und abwechslungsreicheren literarischen Mitteln beschrieben als bei Shades of Grey.
It was a good story...very mysterious...I think it was very gripping there were alot of time where I was like "I gotta know what happens next!!!" at times i wouldnt put it down. Now if you're looking for a book similar to [b:Memoirs of a Geisha|930|Memoirs of a Geisha|Arthur Golden|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1157749066s/930.jpg|1558965] this is not the book. the writer at times seems to have the life of a geisha mixed up with a courtesian...But like i said the story was great!
Not what I expected and quite boring to be honest.
The book clearly states EROTIC NOVEL under the title so i don't know how any of the other reviews didn't see that, but okay. You can't compare a book like this that mainly focuses on a gaiji 'foreigner' and not a native born Japanese girl like in Memoirs of a Geisha. It just doesn't compare to it and isn't fair to the author. You should look at this book as its own.
I thought The Blonde Geisha was an enjoyable read. It's not horrible but it's also not great. The reason I gave it four stars is because I approached it as an English book, not a Japanese one. I believe the only people that can actually accuse this book of anything of the culture it's trying to represent are people who have been studying Japanese for the past 5 years or more of their life, native born or the Japanese themselves. If you're none of the above then your views of their culture may be wrong. There's a lot to their culture and if Memoirs of a Geisha taught anybody something, that is that it takes YEARS to become a Geisha. I'm sure the author skipped over it because this book is technically not all about the culture, it's about the main character falling in love and the EROTIC stuff that happens in-between that.
It's not a book about becoming a Geisha but about a blonde foreigner who falls in love and happens to be in Japan and hiding out in a Geisha house. Pick it up thinking that then it shouldn't be that bad of a read.
I thought The Blonde Geisha was an enjoyable read. It's not horrible but it's also not great. The reason I gave it four stars is because I approached it as an English book, not a Japanese one. I believe the only people that can actually accuse this book of anything of the culture it's trying to represent are people who have been studying Japanese for the past 5 years or more of their life, native born or the Japanese themselves. If you're none of the above then your views of their culture may be wrong. There's a lot to their culture and if Memoirs of a Geisha taught anybody something, that is that it takes YEARS to become a Geisha. I'm sure the author skipped over it because this book is technically not all about the culture, it's about the main character falling in love and the EROTIC stuff that happens in-between that.
It's not a book about becoming a Geisha but about a blonde foreigner who falls in love and happens to be in Japan and hiding out in a Geisha house. Pick it up thinking that then it shouldn't be that bad of a read.
i never finished reading this book. mostly because i could not take any more of the "geisha are sex-obsessed" mindset. if you are going to write about another country, & certain cultures within that country, please do your research.
also, not sure where the erotic part fits in. there was a little "dirty talk", but not anything really erotic, in my opinion.
disappointed
also, not sure where the erotic part fits in. there was a little "dirty talk", but not anything really erotic, in my opinion.
disappointed