While I did enjoy reading this book, it didnt quite meet my expectations. I liked getting insights to the culture and the history but the characters and the story line didn't really do much for me. ( )

I was totally enthralled with this book. The story was so well developed and I learned so much about geisha rather than the stereotypes I had only known until then. ( )

I'm tired of hearing that one can't tell it's written by a middle-aged white man. ( )

I kept hearing that I should read it. I had no interest in the subject, but figured I'd give it a try. I immediately liked the narrator's voice. One page, two, three, and before I knew it, I was through the book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would read it again. ( )

I loved Memoirs of a Geisha, but maybe not for the reason most people loved it.

I remember seeing this book out everywhere years ago, and then the movie poster was everywhere in my city too. Over the years, I pondered picking the book up but just never came across it in my travels. And then recently, I found it at a charity bookstore and decided to take the plunge.

I liked the storytelling itself and how the book was written. Arthur Golden's writing style worked well for me and I was hooked on every page. I wanted to know how the characters were doing and how they would end up. Supposedly, this book is very deep and has meaning, but I saw it just as a story in a very different world than the one I live in. I was intrigued by the life of a geisha and hoped for a happy ending. I was surprised that the ending was so... simple. I thought it might change or be quite epic, but it just ended in a very 'blah' way for how well the book pulled me in.

Despite this book being extremely slow and the exact opposite of what I liked, it really worked. I couldn't put the book down. I'm surprised by this but also quite impressed. It takes a very special writing style to hold me when the book is very slow.

I'm sure this book isn't purely accurate but I still enjoyed it. Taking it as a story, it was an interesting read. I'll definitely be wanting to find some books on geisha written by Japanese and Asian writers in the near future.

Four out of five stars. ( )