alina_heyhi 's review for:

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

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reread.
i was obsessed with this book and the movie when i was in middle school/ highchool due to my fascination with culture.
but now rereading it, im sensing how problematic it was for a male author to romancize Sayuri's relationship with Ken when she was literally a child groomed to please older men.
i still enjoyed the story about her life, how she was brought up, the side characters, the historical side, but the main plot with Sayuri and Ken made me ill