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Title: Can't recommend it
Review: My heart goes out to those who say this is the best book they've ever read. Man, they are reading some bad, bad books! I just can't recommend this one. I found it too self-indulgent from an author too self-absorbed. I slogged through to the end because it was a bookclub selection, so was mildly surprised by the tolerable 3rd section, which concentrated on Bali. I did come away feeling I'd learned more about Bali than I have from any other source, not that I've had much exposure there. I know that the book was NOT about the places she'd been, but rather, about herself IN those places. Still, I think any reader is more interested in the place and not the writer's reaction to it. Maybe if she'd been a more compelling character herself, I would have granted her that privilege.
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