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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
slow-paced
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
This review is a story in three parts, just like this book.
Italy: I really enjoyed this section. It is totally a love letter to Italy, the people and espeically the food. It was a joy to read and it made me want to go and visit. 4 stars
India: This is where things went awry for me. The ashram could have been anywhere. India is not a feature at all and there is a lot of spiritual stuff that I quite frankly found dull. This whole section is somewhat saved by Richard from Texas but not enough to make redeem the whole thing. 2.5 stars
Thailand: This is more like the Italy section. The Thai people, culture, food etc features heavily and she encounters some real characters. The old medicine man is an absolute treasure. What wisdom! It is in the part where she falls in love again, but you really do get a sense that whilst it is with a man it is also closely linked to her falling in love with herself and her life. 4 stars
The whole book is whimsical and in parts magical but there is also a lot of introspective naval gazing and spiritual woo woo that I just didn't enjoy hence the overall rating of 3.5 star
However this book was gifted to me by my beautiful from and I know it holds a special place in her heart and for that I am so happy I read it and know her a little bit better than I did before.
Italy: I really enjoyed this section. It is totally a love letter to Italy, the people and espeically the food. It was a joy to read and it made me want to go and visit. 4 stars
India: This is where things went awry for me. The ashram could have been anywhere. India is not a feature at all and there is a lot of spiritual stuff that I quite frankly found dull. This whole section is somewhat saved by Richard from Texas but not enough to make redeem the whole thing. 2.5 stars
Thailand: This is more like the Italy section. The Thai people, culture, food etc features heavily and she encounters some real characters. The old medicine man is an absolute treasure. What wisdom! It is in the part where she falls in love again, but you really do get a sense that whilst it is with a man it is also closely linked to her falling in love with herself and her life. 4 stars
The whole book is whimsical and in parts magical but there is also a lot of introspective naval gazing and spiritual woo woo that I just didn't enjoy hence the overall rating of 3.5 star
However this book was gifted to me by my beautiful from and I know it holds a special place in her heart and for that I am so happy I read it and know her a little bit better than I did before.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
a puta que pariu, livro chato do caralho. poucas, poucas partes desse livro valem a pena mencionar.
I did not think I would like this book. Luckily, I have a wise friend who knew I would like it and gave it to me as a gift, because I loved every second of it, and will now spend the rest of summer wishing I could go on a trip like this and trying to learn some of the author's lessons without going on a trip like this.
I'm a Liz Gilbert fan by way of Big Magic and The Signature of All Things, and I felt Eat, Pray, Love was necessary reading. I now get the hype as well as the hate for this book. Liz Gilbert is a great writer, and her accessible prose still shines as she's the protagonist in her own story, and I had the added bonus of listening to the audiobook read by the author herself. I passed on the opportunity to read this book when it was given to me shortly after it was published, and I feel like finally getting around to it now allowed me to see the value of this book.
Ok...this book has me torn. I can't decide if I liked it or not. I may have to re-read it because it may be due to that fact that I wasn't in the right frame of mind to read it. We'll see...
Re-reading this text while in Indonesia on my own self-exploratory journey was so much fun. It was great to have been to Bali and to have seen some of what Gilbert describes.