Search - Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure

I was excited to read this book because I love to travel and would like to go to India someday. It started off decent, but definitely hit a snag partway through and I lost interest. It did pick back up near the end, save for when she visits her husband in Pakistan. That was a verbose chapter to get to a point, in my opinion. In fact, that was often a problem for the author. I could see what she was wanting to get to, but she would take the long way to get there. I am a sucker for alliteration and the author does have some rather excellent alliteration sprinkled throughout. But, it wasn't always necessary. I think this book would have been much better if had been condensed a bit. It needs some of the superfluous content cut and it would be much more enjoyable.

Loved the author's unique view and the way her character came through in the novel. Also felt I learned a fair bit about the various spiritual groups she discovered. A fun read.

i was a little worried about this book, thinking it was going to be another eat, pray love, which i hated. it starts of with sarah moving from sydney to india to be with her soon to be husband whos landed a job there. she goes into india with a closed mind and her descriptions seem really prejudiced and negative. (though maybe thats what india is like?) as she spends time there, travelling, meeting people, finding herself, she becomes much more positive and open. her journeys are amazing and i can relate to her search to find a religion- some sort of belief system.

i like the fact that this is a year of her life, the reader goes through her changes- and its a funny, sad, real story. i also learned a little about each of the (major) religions in india which was interesting.

a good, quick read.

I like the narrative voice. She whines at times, but the cultural aspects of the book are very interesting.

Very good book- interesting look at so many different religons and philosophies. A travel book- in two different senses: traveling around India, Pakistan; and the author's philosophical travels.

Very interesting story of a woman finding herself in India. I had no idea there were so many different religions in India. It gets a little slow in parts, but very thought provoking.