"memoirs of a geisha" is definitely a great read. i found myself going through the pages quickly, and was sad when it was over. the movie wasn't as great as i thought it would be, but i enjoy seeing movies based on books i've read.

so, what do you all think of the book?

Doesn't look all that great, but I just bought the book today. I'll start on it after I finish Dan Brown's Deception Point.

It's the best book I've ever read.

It was hard for me to believe that the author is an American guy when the "narrating voice" is clearly a Japanese woman.

I've never read feelings described in such detail and so real before.

if you read the author's biography, then you can understand why he wrote the book the way he did. apparently he studied japanese in college, and even visited there as a child or something like that. i can't believe it's his first book though...

I really liked it; it was well written and so detailed. However, I didn't really like the ending that much; it seemed kinda anticlimatic.
However, the book is better than the movie, IMO.

Love this book. But I thought it got boring around the last 100 pages.
I was only interested in Chiyo/Sayuri becoming a geisha.

loved the book. the movie sucked -_- the girl that played saiyuri (the grown up one not the little kid), no offense was bad for the part. i liked all the other characters fine.

^ that's Ziyi Zhang... her English isn't really that good.

Well, let's stick to the book.


My favourite character in the book is the Chairman. He appears so little, yet plays an important part.

YES YES YES
I've read the book three times. It's one of the best books ever. It's so descriptive and such, and as Winnie said, it's hard to believe that the author is an American man. He obviously knows alot about the japanese culture.

Anyhow, the movie was pretty good. They weren't very descriptive on some subjects. Like Granny, for instance. They showed her once in the movie, and didn't mention who she was. And how they added the okiya burning down, and Hatsumomo running off. In the book, she sort of threw a tantrum and hit someone, and then got "kicked out".

Overall, book = better.

^ because it's original.

Haha, Cassie, I knew you would post here. :P

i only watched the movie its good! tom cruise is hot in there

I love this book. Read it a long time ago and I think its absolutely wonderful. Very well written and quite interesting.
Mind you, I absolutely love Japanese culture, so that helped my opinion as well.

... Tom Cruise?
Hello?...

... Tom Cruise wasn't in Memoirs of a Geisha...

^ maybe they're thinking of Last Samurai...

I read it. I'm glad I did read it since I saw the movie beforehand. it's gotta be one of my favorite books now.

I started reading it like around January, but then I had to stop because when I went back to school we have books to read as a class. Although I started reading it again this week and I really like it, it's definitely one of my favorites. I'm only half way through it though. & I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm planning on it after I finish the book.

Oh, I love Memoirs of a Geisha! I read it last summer. My friend, Ai told me that I absolutley had to read it. Its great. And Oh, do I hate Hatsumomo!

And people, are you thinking of the Last Samurai? lol...Tom Cruise was NEVER in Memoirs...

lmao. Tom Cruise. Hah. I just pictured him in a kimono. Not a good mental image.

But anyways, I read the book. It was very nice. I just didn't like the ending. It made me kinda sad for some reason. But I'm glad Saiyuri got the man she wanted in the end.

oh i love it!

It was one of the best books I've ever read.

I really liked the movie, but I haven't read the book yet...

I have the book.. planning to read it sometime. And I want to watch the movie as well.



However, I promised myself that I had to read it before I watched it.

eh..i thought it was okies..kinda boring for me...

I'm only on page 27 but I like it so far.
When I finish reading the book I'm going to go get the movie and compare.

I'M ON PAGE 1. I just picked it up.