CarlaG - , reviewed on 7/20/2008 + 3 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I hated the first part--I thought that Elizabeth Gilbert was way too self-absorbed, too immature for my liking, too trite and wrote too much "fluff." It was difficult for me to keep going. I would not have continued reading except for my reading group. But once I got into the part about her experiences in India. I got the point--it was to show her transformation!

I ended up loving this book. No, it is not one of the best books I've ever read, but as a personal memoir by an "ordinary" person, I think it's pretty good. I loved her description of her act of altruism and what became of it.

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