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• Sometimes A Cheap Laugh
17 March, 2010
I was almost turned off from reading this book after the first few pages because of a trait Elizabeth Gilbert freely admits: '...perhaps I don't always have to go for the cheap laugh.' Luckily, I read a few more pages and then couldn't put it down. This is an amazingly honest account of an inner and outer journey, often inspiring, sometimes hilariously funny, and also at times a tearjerker - in the best possible way - as Gilbert describes the real lives of real people, and her own relentless quest to 'rest in God's palm.'
- Amazon Customer Review
• A Colorful Journey To Find Peace
19 March, 2010
The opening was a wee bit hard to take...get up off the bathroom floor already! - but I stuck with it and realized that even the strongest, most successful individual has moments of utter confusion, vulnerability and angst. And I stopped judging just how dark a pit she found herself in. Her journey (and the book) is essentially her recovery from a spiritual crisis. If you've never had a spiritual crisis, this book is not for you. If you have and you are able to open your heart, pick up this book because, let's face it, how many of us get to heal in Italy, India and Bali on a $200,000 advance for writing a book about it? I found myself thinking she was one lucky woman!
Is the author neurotic and narcissistic? Yes. Does she know it? Yes. In fact, that's part of the journey...she wants to find the divine in herself and heal these habits, behaviors that make her and the men in her life crazy. Hands down, it is the characters, the REAL people who befriend her on this journey that give the memoir it's color and staying power. I cannot imagine a whole book of nothing but Liz Gilbert's musings. She is smart and incredibly serious about spirituality, and by the end of the book I really liked her and was enormously happy for her happiness.
In my opinion, the middle section (India) is the weakest part of the book, and the first (Italy) and last sections (Bali) are the shining stars. Gilbert is a very gifted writer and an enormously honest soul. I very much liked the fact that the details of her marriage were not revealed...I wouldn't be shocked if that was part of her divorce agreement. Frankly, I respect the fact that she left her marriage when she realized she didn't want children (he did) and she wasn't up to the responsibility of being a mother. How much better than bringing children into the world and resenting them?
- Amazon Customer Review
• Not A Good, Or Healthy, Read...
19 March, 2010
This book should have been titled: "IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!!!!" All I can say is I cringed to have to even give it a single star. I thought this book was going to be enlightening on some level, but instead it is about a narcissistic individual unhappy with life because, well, it just doesn't make her happy. Waaaa-waaaaa-waaaaa! If only everybody had the money to jump on airplanes, explore life, and live strictly for themselves when things didn't quite provide enough pleasure, excitement, or satisfaction, but that's not how life plays out. Sometimes you have to give a little. Life is NOT about us, it's about making a difference in someone else's life and watching the impact you can make for good. This book is a clear example of how a person can go in search of the WORLD and still not find true contentment.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Warm And Engaging
20 March, 2010
I picked this book up at a retail store and paid a lot more than I would have buying it here. This books starts slowly, but walks you through a wave of emotions from a woman that all women can relate to. Her warm spirit and engaging stories are well worth the read!
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• Loved This Book
16 March, 2010
one of my all time favorite books! I enjoyed this book so much I bought several copies to give friends as gifts. would that we could all be so lucky to embark on a voyage of discovery the way this woman did and find love at the end of the voyage! of course the movie won't be as good as the book. they never are!
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