Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Eat, Pray, Love was a book I was interested in reading, mainly because I knew it had been made into a movie with Julia Roberts. I had not seen the movie before reading the book (actually, still have not seen the movie) so I started the book with no real expectations for the story. I thought it was interesting that author Elizabeth Gilbert is also the main character, so I quickly figured out this is a memoir of sorts of her life. Gilbert realizes that she is unhappy and unfilled in her life, so after a divorce she plans a year long trip of discovery to visit Rome, Mumbai, and Bali.
I’ll be honest in my review – I really didn’t enjoy the book. I realized from the first few chapters in that I couldn’t remember the pages I had already read. Nothing stuck with me. As I’m trying to write this review and give a synopsis of the story, I really can’t because I started speed-reading to get through it. I wish I knew what it was about the book that made me so uninterested. Maybe I’m just not into memoirs or self-discovery? I am surprised though because I’m a fanatic about traveling, so I really thought the scenes and descriptions of her travels would excite me, but I was wrong there. Overall, not something I would recommend unless you know you happen to love memoirs about self-discovery. Just wasn’t my cup of tea.
[Rating: 2]