Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

6 reviews

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, War, Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, Slavery, Sexual content, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

r3ader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, War, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Medical content, and Trafficking

hanniquinn's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Confinement, War, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Vomit

junothan's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexual content, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and War

Minor: Pregnancy, Blood, and Abortion

suchsweetsorrow89's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I honestly went into this book hesitant because it follows the plot of a young Japanese woman in WWII but is written by a white man. Because of this, the book has no real narrative for Sayuri. And this is a shame because the book is written in the first person and could have been used to portray a powerful story about the transition from girlhood to womanhood, how concepts and the idea of what a woman changes when this geisha role is assigned to her. As for the war, this was only really added at the end and just sped past it-- which again is a shame because it had the potential to cover grief, rage, imperialism, violence, and all the other big things that come with the war in such a powerful way. All this to say, I would not recommend this book to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism and Death of parent

sophiagl's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, and Self harm