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mariana14 's review for:
Geisha, a Life
by Mineko Iwasaki
In general, the book is disorganized and quite boring. It has some train of thought but here and there jumps between stories like a kid remembers what they did yesterday.
Regarding the story and having read Memoirs of a Geisha just before it, it has a lot of points in common but with more realism concerning relationships and life in Japan. There's no wicked witchy stepmother and keeps reassuring that geisha is performer and not high class prostitute. But there's a point where you start wondering if everything is real or part fiction. She was a legend, the best geiko ever, also very conscious about other people's feelings, number one dancer, so dedicated to her career. A little too Goody two shoes, trying to always do good, be the best without competing and trying to be friends with everyone. It gets tiring, we all have some wicked string somewhere and hers felt like inocent mistakes or childish impromptus.
Regarding the story and having read Memoirs of a Geisha just before it, it has a lot of points in common but with more realism concerning relationships and life in Japan. There's no wicked witchy stepmother and keeps reassuring that geisha is performer and not high class prostitute. But there's a point where you start wondering if everything is real or part fiction. She was a legend, the best geiko ever, also very conscious about other people's feelings, number one dancer, so dedicated to her career. A little too Goody two shoes, trying to always do good, be the best without competing and trying to be friends with everyone. It gets tiring, we all have some wicked string somewhere and hers felt like inocent mistakes or childish impromptus.