Readable, but ultimately disappointing. It isn't half as good as I hoped it to be. The plot is incredibly sparse, with few important events happening in between. I was hoping to know more about geisha culture thru the book, but they're only red herrings to the story, which is, in my opinion, very cliche. It runs in the veins of the usual fairy tale with the "evil stepmother" character who constantly tormenting the protagonist till one day she triumphs and meet the man of her dreams etc etc. Yawn... The fact that the novel is written in a pseudo-autobiography style makes the whole novel even drier...
Read this only if u have nothing better to do. I certainly won't recommend it.
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