Eat, Pray, Love - Have you read this book?

[Sagres]

I read it recently and some how had no idea there was going to be a movie, I think I live under a rock

Like others have said, I found the writer to be very self centered. I wouldn't go as far as to say the whole book was total self indulgent cr@p - there are parts where you warm a little more to Liz - but it is hard to get over the 'I am the centre of the universe' writing style. Like nickle says there is nothing wrong with documenting you spiritual journey and spending a bit of time contemplating how you work and what makes you tick, but this crosses some kind of line that makes it a bit tiresome.

I assume this book fits in a bit better with the culture in the USA? I don't mean that as bad as it sounds, I am not trying to say all Americans are self-centered, I just get the impressions that they have a bit of a different perspective on the individual and the importance of the individual, meaning this book is found to be less jarring than we find it?

Anywho I am looking forward to seeing the movie because I think it would be hard to be as self centered as the book in movie form.

[kelebek]

I just recently bought the book and I enjoy it when I get time to read it I can see what other posters are saying about it being self-indulgent but because I am looking for ways to be happy within myself I relate to what she is trying to do even if I could never do it her way (hope that made sense)

[MummaSue]

I keep meaning to read it but have also heard others say that it's self indulgent so have been a little put off by that. But have also heard really good things about it too!

[Beach Mama]

I just recently bought the book and I enjoy it when I get time to read it I can see what other posters are saying about it being self-indulgent but because I am looking for ways to be happy within myself I relate to what she is trying to do even if I could never do it her way (hope that made sense)

Totally get you hun, that is exactly where I am with it. I have a Christian background, and without a church home for the last 10+ years feel that I am floundering at times, reading this book somehow grounds me and for all her flaws I really like her. (Haven't we all got some??)

[Manhattan]

I read it a couple of years back. Was so excited becuase of the rave reviews it had gotten, but I was sooooooooo disappointed. I love love love reading, but I found it extremely difficult to get into it. Like Heaven, I was pretty bored with it. I did read it to the end though just to see if it got better, lol.

Hope you enjoy it though Daintree x

[bon]

I enjoyed it, although I did get bored by the time she got to Bali and ended up skipping to the end. The part where she is in India was my favourite. I did think it was self-indulgent, and also the fact that she spends a year of her life travelling to different countries and finding herself is something that is out of reach for most people - lovely for her that she could do it, but most of us can't just pack up and leave our lives for a year. But I think that was the point really - she wrote the book for herself, about herself and doesn't apologise for that.

I did end up feeling very sorry for her ex-husband. She does not paint him favourably at all, makes him look like the bad guy and I couldn't help wondering how he felt about all of it. Two sides to every story, and I was left wanting to know his.