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

Hardcover - 16 February, 2006 - Viking Adult
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By: Elizabeth Gilbert
ISBN: 0670034711
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 305

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Reviews by readers

Sigh.

I listened to the audio version of this book, amazingly unabridged, and not a few CD's long. It is worth getting this version rather than the book. The author Elizabeth Gilbert herself reads this book. She has a sensitive voice, one of experience and pain, but also full of compassion. It is also a rich voice, yet at times threatens to crack. Her voice is a myriad of emotions and the voices of various characters are done so well, that when she spoke as another person, I only heard that character. Her stories are heartwrenching, uplifting. Some of them made me laugh out loud. They made me want to go to Italy (did), India (didn't), Indonesia (didn't).
Overall, it is a story of transformation, from sadness to happines. This woman's year-long struggle wasn't an easy one. Aren't all of our struggles?
When it was all over, I realized with sadness that I wasn't going to hear Elizabeth Gilbert's voice anymore.
An amazing must-hear. I wish her well.

4.5 stars

Good read, however I gave this four stars since I thought the second section on India was just average, even dull - there was just too much navel gazing and self-pity for my taste. Loved the other two sections. The author has an endearing sense of humor and a resilient attitude to life. She also manages to bring out the complexity of the characters, the woman in Indonesia she tries to help is a particularly memorable episode in the book. This is also a great travel book, made me feel like I was in those places she was talking about.

My Comments on Eat, Pray, Love

I really enjoyed this book. It was well written, entertaining and funny. I think the author could have provided the reader with a little more information about the reason for her divorce (since it is the main reason she proceeds on this journey)-she mainly talks about sitting in the bathroom crying, but we don't know why she thinks so poorly of her husband or why she decides to leave him.

It is a great travel adventure and makes you want to travel to Italy, Indonesia and India.