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Title: Missed the boat
Review: Sometimes I really wonder what attracts readers and generates best sellers. The first half of this novel, admittedly, was engrossing as we learn of the intimate details in the life of a pre-war geisha and come to know Sayuri and her struggles to find meaning to her life. But its all down hill after that, and it would have served the author well to quit right there as he seems to have run out of steam and relied on the contrived Hollywood ending allowing Sayuri to fall into the arms of her long-time idol, whom we actually know nothing about (except for one sentence that says he is married!) and live happily ever after jet-setting between Japan and New York. You spend 400 pages getting to know her only to find out that she is a big disappointment.Was this maybe the intent?
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