Claire H answers “I've got more questions :)...WHY Julia...”

Maria Magdalena Biela asked this question about Eat, Pray, Love:

I've got more questions :)...WHY Julia Roberts accepted to "be" Liz Gilbert? WHY money were wasted to make a movie out of this hypocritical diary? HOW can Liz Gilbert be such a phony? Are all American women like she is? Because it's puzzling me how such a moronic book could get such a publicity and make "the silent girl searching for God" sooo rich. Europe did not read this book, we barely heard about it now, 2016.

Claire H WHY is everyone so mean to liz gilbert? do ALL humans think that they have to like every book they read?? DO people FORGET that a human being with fee…moreWHY is everyone so mean to liz gilbert? do ALL humans think that they have to like every book they read?? DO people FORGET that a human being with feelings wrote this, someone they don't know at all, yet feel they can judge?? (less)

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