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I was so prepared to hate this book but guess what, I actually had a perfectly fine time reading it. The Italy section was my favorite but the other two I's were interesting as well. Gilbert is clearly a privileged woman (in more ways that I think she even realizes) but she is also a vivid and honest writer. I don't need to see the movie version and I don't plan to read her next book (because my least favorite section was the last). However, I'm happy that I can now return this to Kelly and I do
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I finally got around to reading this by checking it out as a library ebook on my nook. I have to be honest - I wasn't expecting much - when something is soooo popular I tend to have pretty low expectations. ;)
Having said that - I pretty much loved it. I had no idea it would be so laugh-out-loud funny! Gilbert has such a relaxed, conversational yet brutally honest way of writing. I found it to be totally engaging the whole way through. ...more
Having said that - I pretty much loved it. I had no idea it would be so laugh-out-loud funny! Gilbert has such a relaxed, conversational yet brutally honest way of writing. I found it to be totally engaging the whole way through. ...more
I approached this book cautiously, expecting it to maybe be a little too self-involved, a little too annoying, a little too peace-love-earth for me. But after about 50 pages, my walls came down and I just lost myself in it. Much of the criticism of this book, I think, comes out of jealousy or cynicism. I mean, this woman got her spiritual journey paid for by a book advance! But I appreciated how she was honest about that, told the reader up front, and then moved on and never dwelt on how awesome
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So, maybe it's because I had low expectations. My mom didn't love it, my friend told me I just had to get through "Eat," then I would like it, but I totally loved this book. I wish I could give it 4.5 stars because while it's not up there with the 5 stars for me, I feel like it's more than 4. Elizabeth Gilbert and I are very different people in many ways but I completely identified with this story. I was worried it was going to be too new agey for me and while I don't have a desire to go to an A
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I have to admit, I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Based on the title and what little I knew about it, I expected that I would find it to be very new agey. But, Gilbert's retelling of her quest for balance and spirituality is balanced by her New England personality - pragmatic, skeptical, sarcastic. Perfect. There were definitely some times when I laughed out loud, and I really enjoyed reading about her journey. Even during the most intensely spiritual parts of the book, she still
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I liked this one. I enjoyed "Book 1, Italy" the best. I laughed out loud at some parts and enjoyed the Italian language interspersed. Indonesia and India were interesting-the descriptions of the meditations and her journey through that aspect of herself parallels well with a different book I'm reading about meditation. I thought the end of the book dragged a bit. Some of the people Liz was dealing with seemed shady, and I felt worried for her through the last half even though she had supposedly
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This was a wonderfully insightful book about a woman's journey to find out what the hell she wants to do with her life. Liz Gilbert is the most likeable author I've read in a long while. I laughed and teared up and identified on multiple levels. Highly recommend.
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One of the most disappointing, offensive books I've ever acquired.
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Makes me want to meditate. A lot.
Jan 24, 2016
Cassandra Michele
marked it as to-read
