Elizabeth Gilbert

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Anonymous wrote:I guess I am in the minority in saying that I think she is a very good writer and somewhat transparent about her bullsh*t. She isn’t really doing self help which I appreciate. More Anne Lamott than Glenon Doyle.

I'll be even more the minority and say I like her fiction (Sig of All Things & City of Girls) and liked Eat Pray Love. I read the latter though way before it became a mega-bestseller, thought it was mildy funny, and did not really get all the drama and debate thereafter (either negative or positive). She may be a narc, but as someone said, isn't basically anyone who writes multiple memoirs? Real question is whether you write them well!

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3nQFjhCNXBkjewK2lxv2Ea?si=B-47b_ZbQ2-dFEOhQBVJXg

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Didn't the first husband remarry and have kids? Bet him and his wife are having a hearty eye rolling laugh right now.

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Anonymous wrote:She is a narc with main character syndrome. Good writer though

Is there anyone who writes autobiographically who doesn’t have main character syndrome?

This! Admittedly, memoirs are not my favorite genre but oh how I hated Eat, Pray, Love.

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Anonymous wrote:I find her insufferable. She’s the epitome of that word.

I had this exact same thought as I listened to her interview with Rachel Martin on NPR today. (I also wondered if perhaps the Trump cuts to NPR were justified if their editorial judgment is so terrible that they broadcast 5 minutes of a wealthy, overhyped, mediocre writer telling the world that she has come to accept that she is an inherently wonderful human being or as she put it "child of this world." So horrifically cringeworthy.)

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She was planning to murder her girlfriend

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She reminds me of Glennon Doyle.

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Anonymous wrote:She reminds me of Glennon Doyle.

She walked so that Glennon could run ...

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Anonymous wrote:She reminds me of Glennon Doyle.

My brain is convinced they are the same person.

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Anonymous wrote:I may be the only person on the planet who did not like Eat, Pray, Love. Like really, really hated it. It looks like she has a new book out detailing the relationship with the person she met at the end of Eat, Pray, Love.

My question. For those of you who loved Eat, Pray, Love, are you disappointed by her other books? How do you feel about this new one outlining the drug situation?

I remember the author of Julie & Julia getting pretty unfavorable reviews when her second book came out about her own marriage. Wondering if this will be similar or if fans like her too much.

If you hated it why do you want our opinions?

Because that is what readers do, share opinions - good and bad.

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She and Glennon Doyle are geniuses at monetizing self absorption. Both are not good writers. Both cheapen themselves. Pass.

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I really enjoyed her fiction, City of Girls and especially Signature of All Things. But I thought Eat, Pray, Love was unimpressive and irritating so I won’t be reading this latest memoir.