Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert Review

[Booklover83]

Wow! I am not one to read books more than once. There are a few exceptions and this book is going to be one of them. I found Elizabeth's journey to be raw, emotional, and uplifting. As she starts her journey in Italy right through the end in Indonesia, not only does she learn about herself but she learns about God as well. She starts of a bit cynical and in deep pain from a personal decision she had to make to, what I believe save her own sanity and life. It is through meditation, eating, and selflessness that she finds her true happy ending.

I found myself chuckling and sometimes laughing out loud at the frankness and honesty of the gurus and people she met in her travels because we as Americans tend to be less than honest and not always nearly as blunt as the wonderful people she met. I do not classify this book as a "chick book" because I learned a LOT from this book, mostly about being grateful and realizing that it is ok to acknowledge parts of yourself that you may not want to and forgiving yourself WITHOUT apologizing because life is not about apologizing, it is about owning who you are while still learning, growing and becoming closer to your inner self, or in Elizabeth's case both the inner self and God. This was an amazing book and I WILL be purchasing this book and reading it again when I feel lost to remind me that no person is lost inside or outside themselves and all they need to do is look to themselves to find what they are looking for.

[Bergamot]

I enjoyed this, I think it was the clean fresh start that attracted me; and her search for inner peace. I went on to read the follow up to this: 'Committed'. This had mixed reviews as Elizabeth Gilbert sourced a lot of history relating to marriage and some people felt that this wasn't relevant. I disagree and found it quite fascinating.

[Booklover83]

Bergamont,

I will have to check out Committed then:) I did enjoy GIlbert's writing style. Thanks!

[slpeters2009]

anyone see the movie? I did not read the book...I enjoyed the movie---funny it was not the movie we intended on seeing---we arrived late and missed the intended movie. I rather enjoyed this movie! I assume the book to be just as grand! Were there any conflicts between the written word and the movie..or did it follow the book?

[troxelkr]

I actually never made it through the whole book. I usually love this type if book, but in this case it didn't click. I stopped about half way through. I just didn't think it was good at all. I really don't see what all of the hype was about. It was also very slow moving and frequently bored me.

I did actually like the movie. I love Julia Roberts and enjoyed the movie quite a bit.

[bookstasted]

troxelkr, I agree. I did make it through the whole book, but I didn't get what all the hype was about. The book is divided into three sections, Italy, India, and Bali. I loved the Italy section, but I do love to read about eating. The India section was dull to me, and the Bali section made her seem supremely self-absorbed. I wanted to like this book, but couldn't bring myself to like it as a whole.