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    arodriguez.romero: I read this book at the request of my book club, but I am really the odd duck in the club. I liked it far more than I thought I would. But g-damn she ... more »
    AuntPenny: I found this book to be a very good emetic. By page 84, I'd lost ten pounds! more »
    Hana Maru, used up old slutbag on the pole: OMG. Elizabeth Gilbert is my sister?! more »
    elephantshoes: I'm really surprised at all the hate Liz and her writing is getting here. It's coming across as jealously due to her happy ending. I read the book and... more »
    Sukie in the Graveyard: God Forbid we find a way to make ourselves happy... more »
    rocknrollunicorn: I really don't get the bashing. Read it or don't read it. Why do you care if 1/2 the ladies on the train are reading it? Jealousy is really unattractive. more »
    jigglyball: Her modest Connecticut background didn't give her enough material??? So there was this lifelong New England dweller named Emily Dickinson, and despite... more »
    PhillyLass: The 'Drink, Cry, Hate' tag makes me irrationally happy. more »
    mfnher: I've heard good things about this book. Can anyone tell me if it's religious in nature? That makes a big difference to me. My stepmother-in-law keeps ... more »
    YourScreenplaySucks: She wrote Stern Men & The Last American Man, right? Which I liked. But judging from the barrage of hate here, I'm going to ignore EPL, whose titl... more »
    Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: yeah, i'm about to punch confessional literature and all it's gagtasticness in the fucking throat. more »
    ArtfulSlinger: I understood where she was coming from and that feeling of lost, but I thought the book wasn't as all encompassing as I expected after all the hoopla.... more »
    ItchykooParker: It was a memoir, which, by definition, includes quite a bit of "navel gazing". I loved the book, and I didn't find her annoying whatsoever. I do agree... more »
    clevernamehere: I really hated Eat, Pray, Love and I hate when people write off dislike of the book to some kind of girl on girl envy. I found her self-involved and i... more »
    southernbitch: oh, ps. another thing. after spending several years traveling through developing countries trying to discover some deeper truths about humanity or w... more »
    chicaferoza: I disliked this book for many reasons, and in my cumulative dislike, I missed the most important reason to hate it. The fact that Gilbert couldn't ... more »
    NellCethegus: Why hate this book? Oh I don't know. Her entitlement? Her claim that she sat at the right hand of god? That fact that she bitches and moans about ... more »
    BeckySharper: I fail to see what's wrong with anything she said. It was honest (but not self-aggrandizing) and reflects the experience of a lot of women I know. The... more »
    PilgrimSoul: I haven't read this book because I don't do well with the "self-discovery" genre - I discovered my "self" around age 10 and we have kind of a love-hat... more »
    Nicolars: Eat, Pray, Love is for sociopaths. I've never read another book with such a self-centered protagonist, except possibly American Psycho. more »
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    Eat, Pray, Love Author Talks To Guardian, Engages Gag Reflex

    Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert recently gave the Guardian the kind of interview that is a lesson in the dangers of, well, interviews... coming off as entitled, ditsy, and bizarrely lacking in self-awareness. More »