Crystal O. (jahwoman) reviewed The Blonde Geisha. on 6/15/2009 + 20 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book was actually a good love story. But, as someone who is really into reading about Japanese culture, it doesn't seem to me that the author did as much research as she should have. Although, she had some of the traditions mentioned right; other things were not. She portrayed Geisha as being almost like a prostitute, but that's what the courtesan were for. Geisha did entertain men, but they didn't have sex with them. They entertained their customers with their art, dancing, music playing, singing, and pouring sake for them, but sex was left to the courtesans or for their lovers that were kept secret. The story was good, but I was disappointed in the lack of knowlege about the Geisha world that the author had.

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