Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

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

Moderate: Alcoholism and Abortion

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enough time has passed that I forgot the movie. It is super interesting that a dude wrote this book. At times it is super obvious. Especially with talking about losing virginity and women’s bodies. But I was still intrigued and really enjoyed reading the book. I couldn’t put it down. Now I have to go watch the movie again.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Abortion, Infidelity, Violence, and Sexual violence

tomnoor's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

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

Minor: Abortion, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

loganwil000's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This is my favorite book of all time. For fear of giving anything away I will be giving no further explanation but I HIGHLY recommend it! Edit: written by a white man, do with this what you will.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: War

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

sun_ie's review against another edition

inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

meg0207's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Sexual assault

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

amandag's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child abuse

emkat1997's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

 I'm very unsure of how to rate this book. The writing itself was great, but the subject matter was difficult for me to listen to/read when I know that the author is a white man. A white man who has degrees and has worked in Japan, but still. If I didn't know who the author was, my rating would most likely be higher but I'm hesitate because it's just creepy to read about a young girl's "virginity" being sold to the highest bidder. After doing some research on how the book was written, the author was also sued by the geisha that he interviewed because he promised to keep her identity anonymous, but listed her in his sources anyways and she was receiving death threats from past clients. I think I'll be picking up her book soon so I can know her side of things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, and Death of parent