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Title: Shallow & manipulative deeds win over loyalty & honesty
Review: Regardless of the argument of whether Sayuri is believeable as a real Japanese character or not, I was completely disappointed by the general tone of the book -- that those who are the most capricious, selfish, conceited, shallow, manipulative and superficial will always win out over the same types, and that inevitably, those who are loyal and true will only lose out.The main lesson of the book, if there ever is one, is that it is better to seek perfection in superficiality over true good-hearted nature on a much more deeper level. The true tragedy of the book is that it lauds the attaining of dreams through manipulative and shallow methods, and punishes those who stay true to their principles.
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