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I gave this 2.5 stars.
Similar to [b: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail|12262741|Wild From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail|Cheryl Strayed|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1453189881s/12262741.jpg|17237712] by Cheryl Strayed, this book is packaged as a travel memoir about a woman who's gone off the beaten path for "self-discovery," but instead ends up really just being 200+ pages of one woman's persistent pursuit of an orgasm. Now, I love a good romance/ "take charge of your love life (née sex life)" book just as much as the next girl. However, when I pick up a travel memoir, I want to hear about the places the author has been and things she/he has seen and done, NOT so much about the who he/she has done in such rapid succession as I'm reading.
I low key believe that [b: Eat, Pray, Love|19501|Eat, Pray, Love|Elizabeth Gilbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503066414s/19501.jpg|3352398] by Elizabeth Gilbert spoiled this genre for me in a way. No other author has been able to strike that same delicate balance between writing about travel and love or relationships while traveling for me. Mind you, I'm totally aware of the "privilege" aspect of traveling writing that comes about in this genre, but Strayed and Newman's aforementioned books really laid it on thick.
Note: I'm still working on [b: Kinky Gazpacho|1333770|Kinky Gazpacho Life, Love & Spain|Lori L. Tharps|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390142746s/1333770.jpg|1323289] by Lori L. Tharps so there may still be hope?
Similar to [b: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail|12262741|Wild From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail|Cheryl Strayed|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1453189881s/12262741.jpg|17237712] by Cheryl Strayed, this book is packaged as a travel memoir about a woman who's gone off the beaten path for "self-discovery," but instead ends up really just being 200+ pages of one woman's persistent pursuit of an orgasm. Now, I love a good romance/ "take charge of your love life (née sex life)" book just as much as the next girl. However, when I pick up a travel memoir, I want to hear about the places the author has been and things she/he has seen and done, NOT so much about the who he/she has done in such rapid succession as I'm reading.
I low key believe that [b: Eat, Pray, Love|19501|Eat, Pray, Love|Elizabeth Gilbert|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503066414s/19501.jpg|3352398] by Elizabeth Gilbert spoiled this genre for me in a way. No other author has been able to strike that same delicate balance between writing about travel and love or relationships while traveling for me. Mind you, I'm totally aware of the "privilege" aspect of traveling writing that comes about in this genre, but Strayed and Newman's aforementioned books really laid it on thick.
Note: I'm still working on [b: Kinky Gazpacho|1333770|Kinky Gazpacho Life, Love & Spain|Lori L. Tharps|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1390142746s/1333770.jpg|1323289] by Lori L. Tharps so there may still be hope?
