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Title: Over-hyped, self-involved drivel
Review: This book was recommended to me by people whose intelligence I respect, so I began it with the expectation of loving it. For the first part, I did indeed like it somewhat despite being annoyed by the self-centeredness of the writer. I found the visual, sensory description of Italy simply wonderful -- at first. But, increasingly, the sense that the author was using everyone around her (and her readers) wore me down. By India, I took a serious dislike to her story. By Indonesia, I couldn't stand her and her story and couldn't finish this tripe.
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