Lori A. reviewed on 6/1/2009 + 3 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book was highly recommended to me by a friend, and I started out loving it. I enjoyed the descriptions of Italy, the food, her friends, and her voice throughout the pages. To be honest, a short story about her travels in Italy would have been perfect. I begin to tire of both her writing style and the subject matter half-way through India. She started to grate on my nerves. I almost couldn't finish it when I got to Bali, but because I have a self-imposed rule not to give up on books unless they are absolutely horrible, I continued on until the end. It wasn't really bad -- just very tiring. I have to admit that I skimmed most of the Bali section, just reading enough to get the gist of what happened to her. Elizabeth Gilbert is a very talented writer with a knack for endearing metaphors, but she needs to focus a little less on herself - even in a memoir.

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