Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden Reviews

I read this book after watching the film one Christmas and have since read it 5 more times. The book tells a story of a little girl called Chiyo from a fishing village in Japan who is sold to an Okiya to be a maid, but who is then trained to become a Geisha. She has the most unusual blue (the colour of water) eyes and is seen as a ...  Read the complete review

I found this book in a charity shop for 50p. I had seen the film advertised but I'd never taken the time to go and watch it. I wasn't expecting too much from the book (as generally I'm not a fan of stories which are then turned into films) but I was very impressed - I couldn't put this down! It was so fascinating. I know nothing ...  Read the complete review

I read Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden about five or six years before it was made into a movie; I am so glad I did, because that way the story was fresh in my mind and the book wasn't spoiled by the film (which in my opinion was very poor, considering how absolutely wonderful the book was). The cover of my book, being ...  Read the complete review

I have been reading a variety of books since I was very little, and to date this is my favourite! It may not be the most intellectual book, or the most historically correct, but it is one of those novels I return to time and time again when I have nothing else to read, or when I find myself wanting the comfort of a story which is ...  Read the complete review

Memoirs of A Geisha is a lovely read. A story of a little girl, Chiyo, who is sold to a geisha house in Gion, struggling to make it after the death of her mother and father and her sister being sold to a "whore house" on the other side of the city. Chiyo runs away, and is taken out of Geisha school by the mother of ...  Read the complete review

A novel by Arthur Golden, published in 1997. I read this book about 8 years ago whilst in 6th form as I was recommended to read it by a close friend. I was never that interested as it seemed a bit 'chic-lit' but am so glad I gave it a go. When I started it could not put it down and read it obsessively until I finished it about ...  Read the complete review

I picked this book up cheap in a charity shop whilst on holiday as I had forgotten to take any reading material with me. I didn't really know anything about this book before I bought it but simply picked it up as I had heard of the name. Having never been to Japan or known anything of geisha before reading this book, I found the book ...  Read the complete review

Arthur Golden - Memoirs of a Geisha Another book that has been made into a film, not 100% on the film but i did like this book. Most of the books i have reviewed so far have usually gotten 5 stars but i dont feel this book was as good. First published in 1997 it is a interesting book providing insight into the Japanese ...  Read the complete review

I actually got my hands on this book when i was in a rented serviced apartment where i had nothing much to do when my 9 month old son goes to sleep. So i just looked around and saw a bunch of books left by the owner for her tenants.How sweet right. The cover as everyone will agree was catchy and so thought of looking into it. It was ...  Read the complete review

I'm sure many of you will have heard of the book, Memoirs of a Geisha, just as I have. I've never really had much of an interest in the book, probably because my usual novel of choice would be crime fiction and also due to my lack of understanding of the Geisha and Japanese culture. However, I found a slightly tatty copy of this book ...  Read the complete review

Originally Published by Vintage UK in 1998. ISBN: 0-09-977151-9 Fiction UK RRP £7,99 Even though the book was published 10 years ago I don't think many people will have read it until the film was released. This book counts as fiction but is actually a translation of an anonymous ...  Read the complete review

I had never read Arthur Golden before, although I was tempted to read this book through recommendation. Thus I had no pre-conceptions of the writing style of the author. Neither had I seen the film, and although I bought the film, was glad that I decided to read the book first, since the film pales in comparison. The story ...  Read the complete review

This heart rending, evocative and often funny novel was written by American author Arthur Golden. It is a fictional work but is backed up by some pretty solid research. The novel is the story of a young Japanese girl and her training to be a Geisha. A Geisha was trained in music, art, conversation and entertainment. Contrary ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a native English-speaking person and "Memoirs of a Geisha" was the first novel I read fully. The novel reveals to you a great deal about a geisha's life which is kept in the dark for many people. It also tells you about the hiden love story of a geisha. The story is a good combination of sensuality, emotions and thrill ...  Read the complete review

I first came across this book about 6 years ago and read it then and I have now read it again. It was as great an experience second time around. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden is a fictional book written in the form of a memoir as the name suggests, by the former geisha in Kyoto, Japan. And strangely enough it was ...  Read the complete review

'Memoirs of a Geisha' by Arthur Golden is an enchanting story which follows the life of a beautiful, young Japanese girl named Chiyo in her quest to become a geisha. The story begins in 1929 in Chiyo's birth town of Yoroido, a small fishing village on the Sea of Japan. Chiyo lives here until the age of nine, with her mother, father and ...  Read the complete review

As the final week of my first year at uni was drawing to an end, during a shopping trip to Newcastle with my boyfriend I decided to treat myself to some new books to keep my mind occupied when I was at home. For me, Waterstone’s is an Aladdin’s cave and the books are its jewels. With the offer of 3 for 2 on ‘Summer ...  Read the complete review

?Memoirs of a Geisha? by Arthur Golden was one of the most talked-about books of the 1990s. It sat at the top of the bestseller lists on both sides of the Atlantic for an age. You couldn?t get on a bus, train or tube without seeing someone lost in its pages. I got around to reading it myself a couple of weeks ago, finally finding out ...  Read the complete review

For a long time now, I've been intrigued by all things Japanese. The Japanese way of life, the language, the writing system - I find it all fascinating. Recently, I have started to learn Japanese at evening classes and one of my major ambitions in life is to one day travel to Japan and spend time travelling around. So, when I saw ...  Read the complete review

I've not been very well today. I've not been well for a while, but shrugged it of with thoughts of more important things that needed doing and struggled along with my head feeling as thought it was filled with water. Yesterday however, the important things were all done, after dragging my poor body out of bed early enough to ring ...  Read the complete review