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Title: Self-discovery? Nah, just self-absorbed
Review: You have to really like someone to put up with their extended, detailed descriptions of self-discovery. Otherwise, they come across as hugely self-absorbed and self-centered. Despite Ms. Gilbert's proclamations throughout the book that she is extremely likeable, that she has many, many friends who find her likeable, and that even God finds her likeable...she comes across firmly in the `hugely self-absorbed' category to me. Some of her descriptions of people and places are funny and worthwhile, but mostly she's like listening to an annoying pseudo-friend who asks you `how you are' because they really only want to tell YOU how THEY are.
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