April 10, 2013

Eat Pray Love. Whatever.

I had heard good things about this book for years.  I had high hopes that it might give me some wisdom or insight into handling life problems or getting a better outlook on life in general.  I had my doubts around page 35 when the author loses all her money then gets it all back the next day so she can go and pursue her dreams, but I powered through.  Made it to page 48 and threw the book away.  She just HAD to slip in a one liner about her political beliefs.  A nasty, false one liner that can easily be applied to her party of choice (glass houses...).  I'm so sick of this.  There was no reason to add the sentence.  She just did it to make a dig and to try and influence people.  It doesn't help the story at all.  It's completely irrelevant to what she's trying to say.  It left a bad taste in my mouth and now I will never know if the book contains some wisdom for me.  Probably not.  I figured out the kind of person she was from page nine and I don't really buy stories where everything just seems to fall in place right when it needs to.  That just isn't reality.

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1 comment:

  1. I'm really bummed that you stopped reading this book because of one sentence. It's about the journey, not her political beliefs. I really liked it because it reminded me not to take things to seriously and to really be ok with myself. I think it's also about finding inner peace, which is hard! Nothing worth having comes easy....including a happy life.
    Everything takes work. Love you Mama!

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