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Title: Compelling novel
Review: The perplexingly inconsistent ending to Memoirs of a Geisha is really the only thing that prevented me from giving the book a five-star review. I won't spoil the novel; I was simply bothered that the ending seemed rushed and lacked credibility when compared with the rest of the story.Golden has created a remarkably nuanced, interesting, and believably human narrator in Sayuri. Her voice is consistent throughout, her failings in plain view of the reader, and her emotions are utterly credible and palpable. The account of the geisha bitterly fighting each other for meagre measures of autonomy and power are comic, engaging, and bleak.Golden does an excellent job of creating a character and seeing her through a challenging life from which she mines out what treasures she can and simply survives the rest.
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