Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
by Elizabeth Gilbert
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Author: Elizabeth GilbertEdition: Music CD
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2006-02-16
ISBN: 0143058525
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Book Review: Complete disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
I very much wanted to love this book, but it just didn't happen for me. Perhaps it was all the hype that originally raised my expectations. I had a difficult time remaining interested in the book and I found that toward the end, I was skipping sections just to be done with it, which defeats the purpose of a good read. The writing was not captivating, it was merely average. Elizabeth Gilbert's writing style is very matter of fact, with tongue in cheek humor and joking style comments. It's a style effective for some stories, but I don't think it was effective for a book about a woman in search of happiness, love & balance; in essence, spiritual insights. I found her attempt at humor to be distracting. The book starts off good, as the author realizes her life is not working. But as we venture into her travels in Italy, the writing goes flat. I expected more robust and beautiful writing about a place as sensual and beautiful as Italy. The chapters about India were better than those on Italy and Indonesia. I appreciated the author's honesty about her struggles with meditation & trust. It's difficult to imagine that most women going through ugly, painful divorces (I have known several), suffering from depression and self-esteem issues would have had the liberty and means to run off on an all expenses paid, one year sabbatical spanning 3 countries. It was a difficult story line to relate to. The story line that I found very annoying was the fact that the author is so admittedly intoxicated by men, never having gone very long without having one. While she strived for independence, I never felt that she really got there, especially when you consider that by page 294 she was once again, "involved." I was touched by the story line in which the author demonstrated wonderful generosity to help her friend Wayan. Still, generosity doesn't equate to good writing. I'f I hadn't gotten bored with the story line I would have at least given it 3 stars, but rushing through the end of a book just to have it be over and done with is a 2 star book in my opinion. Overall, I did not feel that this was a beautifully written, spiritual quest for a woman seeking independence.
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