Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
Eat, Pray, Love is the author's account of a year spent traveling to Italy, India and Indonesia after a difficult divorce, in hopes of finding herself.
The book is written in three sections. Italy/Eat, India/Pray and Indonesia/Love.
When I first picked up the book and started to read, the author is in Italy. I found this section to be enjoyable and made my way through it quickly. For some reason, I got hungry too.
The second section, when the author is in India, I felt went much slower than the first section. Part of this could be because I don't quite relate to the religious aspect of it, but also, this section went slowly for the author as well as she spends the entire section in a monastery.
Finally, in the third section, Indonesia, the pace picked up again, much to my relief. In this section, the author is searching for love. Pure love.
I had been told by several people that I should read this book, with the hint that I would benefit from doing so. While I'm not exactly sure what the hype was all about, I am still glad to have read this book, and enjoyed it for the most part. I don't think anything in this book actually applied to my own life but it was still interesting to read.
Conclusion: Good book, not great. Maybe more beneficial to those looking for spiritual guidance.
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I loved that book. I think I would definitely read it again. The Eat section was my least favorite.
I've heard great reviews about this book, nice to see a different side. What kinds of books do you normally read?
I wrote a review about it on my blog, and I agreed with you!
We read it for book club, and we enjoyed it, but weren't in love with it.
Wow, Ter! I think I could have written the same review of that book as you! I got it from a student for Christmas two years ago and I breezed through the Italy chapter (maybe because I LOVE food & I've always wanted to go there) and I ended up stopping reading in the India chapter...I just couldn't get through it...maybe I'll have to give it another go (from the beginning??)
I loved how she was able just to drop everything and do exactly what she wanted for a whole year. I think that's what appealed to me the most about this book. :)
I had this book at my house for months. I read all but the last 50 pages or so. The first chapter, I was so into it but I was feeling the way she was about organized religion. I thought I was going to love the book but ended up feeling "meh".
I saw her on Oprah and have heard good things about the book, but something bugs me about her.
Great review. I felt the same way about it. Loved Italy! India... not so much.
Yeah, I've heard good and bad about this book. Haven't gone ahead and read it yet though.
I read this last year and I really enjoyed it at the time. Though now that time has gone by, I don't feel as fondly about it as I did at the time.
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