Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
📚 Book Review: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Get the book on Amazon here (affiliate link) ⚠ Trigger Warnings Child separation from family Grooming of minors Sexual exploitation Bidding on virginity (mizuage) Physical abuse & bullying Death of parents War & poverty ⭐ My Honest First Thoughts (and Why I Was Wrong) So here’s the thing: I watched the Memoirs of a Geisha movie back in college and… meh. Pretty dresses, lovely music, but I honestly felt like nothing happened . So when I picked up the book, I leveled my expectations way, way down. 💡 Cue me, several chapters in, shouting internally: “Oh. My. God. This is actually GOOD.” The novel grabbed me instantly — little Chiyo’s bleak reality, her mother’s illness, her father’s frailty, and the raw unfairness of what happens to her… I was invested. The voice, the details, the emotional pull — so much richer than the film. And yes, I learned a LOT about what becoming a geisha really inv...