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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert

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suzzeb22's review against another edition

4.0

Really well written which kept me going through the" pray " section which I found got a little too self-analyzing for my general tastes. All in all though I found her story interesting and wanted to find out how her it ended. The settings were what intrigued me most but I do have a "suck it up" kind of mentality when I read about people who are sad and struggle to find happiness type stories...still I would think a lot of readers would enjoy it. The whole meditation/chanting cave part got a bit long in the tooth.

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3.25

jackieavila's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

raqwaz_8's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.75

i probably should have researched better before i read this because i didn’t realised until i was a decent way through that this is in fact a memoir and not a piece of fiction… and this fact greatly influenced my opinion, because i was not going into it w the intention to read about someone’s inner turmoil and journey dealing with their problems, but rather a nice story about a woman travelling and indulging herself. and so, i felt like the first two thirds dragged too much for me because they were so heavily focused on her inner experiences. i enjoyed the bali third as it was more her actual experiences travelling and living in bali, however the last two chapters dragged a bit again… 🥴

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4.0

This took me a while to get through, which is unusual for me. But I found the book at the exact right time in my life. Dealing with pain and confusion, I connected immediately to Liz’s quest to find herself and to achieve some kind of balance in the chaos of life.

I had to slow down and re-read parts of the book that really spoke to me, especially the part where she sits on a beach and examines each sorrow, anger, and shame in her life. So powerful.

4.5/5 stars