Okey dokey~ I just wanna spend a second to say I lurve reading. :DI'll be making occasional posts on stuff I've read/am reading.
NOTE: I'll now be posting creepypastas on random days. Not (necessarily) Saturdays. Sorry...
And now for the review (excuse the geeky English, but I'm just practicing to brush up on this):
Memoirs of a Geisha really goes into utmost depth concerning the life of a Japanese girl who goes by the cute name of 'Chiyo' . Once a member of Yoroido, a poor fishing village, she then ends up being taken away from a person with whom she had trust for and winds up becoming a maid, then trains to become a geisha, in the town of Gion in Kyoto, where many geisha thrived.
So far, so supremely stupendous- the author makes the story seem as though they have experienced it themselves. (Whether because the story is also in first-person perspective, I don't know, but it's very convincing nonetheless).~
The only little hiccup here is that the author isn't Japanese, but American.
The story contains details and descriptive facts on factors of traditional Japanese life that know no bounds; most are very inspiring and teach something new, such as that nightingale droppings were used as a sort of base cream when applying make-up upon a geishas face (no joke!).
It also tends to really pull heartstrings in certain moments. There are numerous deaths that occur (but I won't tell them here, just to not spoil the story for anyone :3).
Although I've yet another half to cover, the tale is getting all the more interesting and engaging to uncover. The fact that it's a genre concerning Japanese history (manga/anime is a little too... ovverrated right now, doncha think?) stirred in with memories told form a real-life retired geisha, named Nitta Sayuri, was what made me have the urge to read it.
WHOA, MAMA!
What a review. D':
But tbh this really is a super book. Do give it a read sometime =D
Next post will be on updates.
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