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Title: Whiny, self-indulgent and dull
Review: Being absurdly coy about the reasons surrounding her spectacular divorce flameout, Gilbert makes it impossible for the reader to empathize or sympathize with her desperate need for self-discovery. Mostly, she just sounds like every woman who's been through a bad time and obsesses about a guy. And yes, it can be bad but hardly worth a book. Worse, however, is her insistence in romanticizing the non-Western Other--Indians and Balinese are reduced to stereotyped portals to her self-awakening. In the end, she may have achieved perceived enlightenment but she certainly seems just as blinkered as she was when she started.
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