Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Author: Elizabeth GilbertEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-30
ISBN: 0143038419
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Reviews of Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Book Review: I feel sorry for everyone
Summary: 1 Stars
I am surprised to see that so many people shared my antipathy for this book. I really wanted to like it. I wanted to join a conversation with people who thought it was great. But it was like making friends with a girl who is on everyone's "popular" list, but her conversation always gets back to her -- her dreams, her goals, her pain, her boyfriend, her ex-husband, where she bought her shoes, her favorite pasta, her oh-so-silly embarrassing moments, her sex life, her thoughts, her, HER, H E R. But I guess if you pick up a memoir you should be prepared for a trip down the black hole of someone's ego.
The thing I found really objectionable is that she makes a rather arch pronouncement that she will not be discussing the divorce in the book, and then mentions it all the way through, along with her acute pain, which I believe is really real. I'm sure it is painful to realize that you are lying to your spouse about having kids, and that isn't okay with him. He should just agree and go off quietly, dammit! She says very clearly that she moved from her marital home right to the House of David. That was quick -- so it wasn't all about not wanting to have kids, was it, Liz? But who am I to judge.
But, you know, I thought the parts where she discusses religions and beliefs were well-done. It's just...it's a shame. She's a smart lady, but wow, I'll never get those hours back I spent in the vortex of her self-absorption.
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Summary of Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.Authors Books
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