Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

28 reviews

mandyrose's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Positive: There are some beautiful metaphors in this novel making use of water & nature.
Negative: It was painful reading a novel centred around a woman being tossed around by men. And I didn’t love the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abortion

tomnoor's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Abortion

tessazwaan's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I looooved to read this - even though I have some criticism about it too (the “all the rape stories by American soldiers turned out to be untrue and they are so kind instead” sentence for example) - it was so informative about something I had no idea of

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

ladybirder's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and War

liv_txt's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion and Death of parent

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

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

dannilmp's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? It's complicated

2.5

I picked this book up hoping to learn something more about a culture's history and I wasn't dissapointed. Here we follow young Sayori through the trials of her life that lead to her becoming a Geisha. A heartfelt story with plenty of heartaching moments to follow.

Golden really did his research to be able to write such a detailed piece of historical fiction. I felt as though I learnt so much more about Geishas and Japan's history while also coming to understand more what the Geishas roles and functions in society were. 

I don't typically read historical fiction so this was a venture outside of my usual comfort zone, and while it was written very well (bar young Sayori's obsession with a certain character feeling icky) it is not something I would rush to read in a hurry again. But parts of the story have still stuck with me months later, so I have to give the book credit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity and Abortion

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

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

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

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, War, and Classism

n1nareads's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I went into this thinking it would be quite light hearted and while it had its moments it also was very dark with a lot of sexual content 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion