75/ eat, pray, love by elizabeth gilbert

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read: 22.10.18 - 29.10.18

book: Eat, Pray, Love

author: Elizabeth Gilbert

blurb: Around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned thirty, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. She had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want—a husband, a house, a successful career. But instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. She went through a divorce, a crushing depression, another failed love, and the eradication of everything she ever thought she was supposed to be.

To recover from all this, Gilbert took a radical step. In order to give herself the time and space to find out who she really was and what she really wanted, she got rid of her belongings, quit her job, and undertook a yearlong journey around the world—all alone. Eat, Pray, Love is the absorbing chronicle of that year. Her aim was to visit three places where she could examine one aspect of her own nature set against the backdrop of a culture that has traditionally done that one thing very well. In Rome, she studied the art of pleasure, learning to speak Italian and gaining the twenty-three happiest pounds of her life. India was for the art of devotion, and with the help of a native guru and a surprisingly wise cowboy from Texas, she embarked on four uninterrupted months of spiritual exploration. In Bali, she studied the art of balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence. She became the pupil of an elderly medicine man and also fell in love the best way—unexpectedly.

review: I think it's safe to say that I was not the target audience for this book, but in my defence I didn't quite know what I was getting into when I began reading it. This is definitely a book for someone a bit older, and someone who has experienced a little more in life, but I did enjoy parts of it.

For starters, I really liked learning about the all the places she went to and learning the little gems of information that she had collected along her travels. I also really liked some of the ideas she brought forward, specifically the idea that we all have a word which sums us up completely. I don't know what my word is but I'm working on finding it out.

Overall, I think this wasn't really for me but I can't say it was a bad book.

rating: 7/10