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Title: didn't like it
Review: Irritating and wordy, straordinario, my favorite Italian word, does not describe this book. A tale I could only barely get through a third of, about an insecure, neurotic, gluttonous and self-absorbed woman who is basically trying to make herself (and others apparently) even more sick of herself. It's overwrought and self aggrandizing ... 'when i'm an old lady, i wanna be like Rome' ...? ok. Gilbert, and how crafty it was, 'used' a mala as a model of construction. For a journey of identity discovery, enough of it seems a bit second hand with paths already too well beaten to be authentic. I think i will aver - traverse ...
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