Elizabeth Gilbert

[Anonymous]

Is her book worth a hate-read?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is her book worth a hate-read?

Not even. It's just so self-indulgent and annoying. I loved it when I was 22, which tells you all you need to know about it. Tried to read it later and was like what is this garbage?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is her book worth a hate-read?

Just rent the movie. At least you'll get some nice scenery (am including Javier Bardhem in that).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is her book worth a hate-read?

Just rent the movie. At least you'll get some nice scenery (am including Javier Bardhem in that).

+1. The movie was okay (for the reasons mentioned above), the book was mindlessly self-indulgent. That ~live your truth~ shit is so contrived and selfish.

[Anonymous]

eat, pray, (and eventually) lots of cats

[Anonymous]

Agree with everyone. She is insufferable. An actual narcissist for sure.

[Anonymous]

Not sure if narcissist applies, but yes, she's self-involved. (She's a writer!)

[Anonymous]

wow I am kind of an apologist for her ... but yeah massive eye roll! of COURSE she would fall passionately and publicly in love with her dying friend. sounds extremely BPD or bipolar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is her book worth a hate-read?

Not even. It's just so self-indulgent and annoying. I loved it when I was 22, which tells you all you need to know about it. Tried to read it later and was like what is this garbage?!

I really loved it but I also read it when I was early 20s. I wonder what I would think now… Although that was only five or six years ago. Ha

[Anonymous]

Well, she is quite the navel gazer. But I also find her to be sincere and a pretty good writer. I liked EPL and for all of you who hated it, would you have hated it as much if it was a little obscure book you happened upon? I think a lot of people hate the fame surrounding that book.
This is quite a dramatic turn in her life but the Facebook sounded real to me. She has no kids so she is not breaking up a family and she is going public with the sort of thing that most people keep to themselves. I didn't take it to mean she was discovering she was gay, but that she was in love with this particular woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, she is quite the navel gazer. But I also find her to be sincere and a pretty good writer. I liked EPL and for all of you who hated it, would you have hated it as much if it was a little obscure book you happened upon? I think a lot of people hate the fame surrounding that book.
This is quite a dramatic turn in her life but the Facebook sounded real to me. She has no kids so she is not breaking up a family and she is going public with the sort of thing that most people keep to themselves. I didn't take it to mean she was discovering she was gay, but that she was in love with this particular woman.

The thing about EPL is it NEVER could have been an obscure little book. She got a $200k advance for it which is how she was able to go to Italy and India and Bali to even write the book. The whole thing was plotted and calculated. And yes, as an adult, I would roll my eyes at any adult woman who asks for s divorce, gets it, and then needs to devote an entire year to self-indulgence to cope with the choice. It was always juvenile and self absorbed, even if she's technically a good writer (and she is). Her material is just herself though and how did this make Liz feel? It gets old.

Her best friend is dying and that's awful but a healthy person doesn't assume that means they are a lesbian in love with their friend and get another divorce over it so they can be loud and proud for a few months til the friend dies. She is making such a spectacle and when her friend does die I hardly believe Liz Gilbert will continue living life as a lesbian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, she is quite the navel gazer. But I also find her to be sincere and a pretty good writer. I liked EPL and for all of you who hated it, would you have hated it as much if it was a little obscure book you happened upon? I think a lot of people hate the fame surrounding that book.
This is quite a dramatic turn in her life but the Facebook sounded real to me. She has no kids so she is not breaking up a family and she is going public with the sort of thing that most people keep to themselves. I didn't take it to mean she was discovering she was gay, but that she was in love with this particular woman.

The thing about EPL is it NEVER could have been an obscure little book. She got a $200k advance for it which is how she was able to go to Italy and India and Bali to even write the book. The whole thing was plotted and calculated. And yes, as an adult, I would roll my eyes at any adult woman who asks for s divorce, gets it, and then needs to devote an entire year to self-indulgence to cope with the choice. It was always juvenile and self absorbed, even if she's technically a good writer (and she is). Her material is just herself though and how did this make Liz feel? It gets old.

Her best friend is dying and that's awful but a healthy person doesn't assume that means they are a lesbian in love with their friend and get another divorce over it so they can be loud and proud for a few months til the friend dies. She is making such a spectacle and when her friend does die I hardly believe Liz Gilbert will continue living life as a lesbian.

She saw a possible new book topic to write about and lunged at it. Her next book is going to be Joan Didion a'la A year of Magical Thinking-esque. All about her pain and what she sacrificed and what she went through for the love of her life... only less sincere and 100% contrived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, she is quite the navel gazer. But I also find her to be sincere and a pretty good writer. I liked EPL and for all of you who hated it, would you have hated it as much if it was a little obscure book you happened upon? I think a lot of people hate the fame surrounding that book.
This is quite a dramatic turn in her life but the Facebook sounded real to me. She has no kids so she is not breaking up a family and she is going public with the sort of thing that most people keep to themselves. I didn't take it to mean she was discovering she was gay, but that she was in love with this particular woman.

The thing about EPL is it NEVER could have been an obscure little book. She got a $200k advance for it which is how she was able to go to Italy and India and Bali to even write the book. The whole thing was plotted and calculated. And yes, as an adult, I would roll my eyes at any adult woman who asks for s divorce, gets it, and then needs to devote an entire year to self-indulgence to cope with the choice. It was always juvenile and self absorbed, even if she's technically a good writer (and she is). Her material is just herself though and how did this make Liz feel? It gets old.

Her best friend is dying and that's awful but a healthy person doesn't assume that means they are a lesbian in love with their friend and get another divorce over it so they can be loud and proud for a few months til the friend dies. She is making such a spectacle and when her friend does die I hardly believe Liz Gilbert will continue living life as a lesbian.

I enjoyed the book, especially the Italian section, because she's not a bad writer, but it's so clear from the book that she's totally, completely, utterly self-centered and self-indulgent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, she is quite the navel gazer. But I also find her to be sincere and a pretty good writer. I liked EPL and for all of you who hated it, would you have hated it as much if it was a little obscure book you happened upon? I think a lot of people hate the fame surrounding that book.
This is quite a dramatic turn in her life but the Facebook sounded real to me. She has no kids so she is not breaking up a family and she is going public with the sort of thing that most people keep to themselves. I didn't take it to mean she was discovering she was gay, but that she was in love with this particular woman.

The thing about EPL is it NEVER could have been an obscure little book. She got a $200k advance for it which is how she was able to go to Italy and India and Bali to even write the book. The whole thing was plotted and calculated. And yes, as an adult, I would roll my eyes at any adult woman who asks for s divorce, gets it, and then needs to devote an entire year to self-indulgence to cope with the choice. It was always juvenile and self absorbed, even if she's technically a good writer (and she is). Her material is just herself though and how did this make Liz feel? It gets old.

Her best friend is dying and that's awful but a healthy person doesn't assume that means they are a lesbian in love with their friend and get another divorce over it so they can be loud and proud for a few months til the friend dies. She is making such a spectacle and when her friend does die I hardly believe Liz Gilbert will continue living life as a lesbian.

I wonder if she'd be so open and "living your truth" about this if she were in love with another man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I promise that taking care of her dying friend will be the subject of her next book. Gilbert is a total narcissist.

Agree. She is in love with falling in love in ways that will make for good material.