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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Fantastic book! I practically can't put it down. I love how the story was told.
The prose in Memoirs of a Geisha is so vivid, I can clearly imagine snow on the rooftops of Kyoto, more than twenty years after I finished the last page. It’s a very character-driven novel, but it holds a special place in my heart as the first novel to really give me a feel for “sense-of-place.” Just gorgeous—a forever favorite! (Memoirs of a Geisha also led me to Sei Shōnagon’s wonderful Pillow Book.)
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
gave me insight in the living of geisha and the Japanese culture before and after Second World War. Touching story
Lost interest… not due to the book… death in the family. Lost my interest in reading…
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
Loved this book, the story telling was amazing, waited a while to read this book but glad I managed to in the end
Absorbing, pensive, convincing and beautifully written. The movie adaptation is wonderful too.
Arthur Golden spent ten years researching this book alone and as a reader you definitely reap the benefits of it. The characters are so well placed within their society and the details are wonderful additions of authenticity and engrossing voyeurism.
To write a fictitious memoir is quite a challenge and Golden totally pulled it off. There is a perfect balance between the Sayuri that narrates from the present and the thoughts and feelings of her past. This is such a beautiful book that transposes you back to pre WWII Japan and slowly demystifies the secrets of the floating world.
Little is truly known about Geisha in Japan and even more scarcely in the West so to have something in English that slowly reveals as well as hides is utterly wonderful.
Arthur Golden spent ten years researching this book alone and as a reader you definitely reap the benefits of it. The characters are so well placed within their society and the details are wonderful additions of authenticity and engrossing voyeurism.
To write a fictitious memoir is quite a challenge and Golden totally pulled it off. There is a perfect balance between the Sayuri that narrates from the present and the thoughts and feelings of her past. This is such a beautiful book that transposes you back to pre WWII Japan and slowly demystifies the secrets of the floating world.
Little is truly known about Geisha in Japan and even more scarcely in the West so to have something in English that slowly reveals as well as hides is utterly wonderful.
adventurous
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
One of my favorites. Beautiful book from start to finish.