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Title: Cinderella in a Kimono
Review: The most glaring problem with this book is that Arthur Golden doesn't know the meaning of "less is more." Every other paragraph is spent in painful detail, and you flip pages wondering when he's going to get the story back on course. And the story itself is nothing more than a watered-down Cinderella in the Orient: poor girl wins suitor against pathetic odds.This book is terribly predictable. So much time is wasted on insignificant details (like what color stich was on what color kimono or what hair pin was worn on which geisha's head), that the author loses sight of the characters themselves.If detail and dry stories are your thing, this book is perfect; but if you're looking for a good story with solid, well-defined characters, you're better off to look elsewhere.
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