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Title: talented but self-important writer
Review: E. G.'s novel "Stern Men" is one of my all-time favourite books, so I had high expectations for Eat Pray Love. I also enjoyed "Pilgrims" very much. This book was disappointing. Granted it's an autobiography/memoir; but as I read I found myself becoming so irritated with Gilbert's self-absorption that I quit half-way through. Maybe I'm cynical, but the fact that she already had a big advance and contract for the book under her belt before undertaking this so-called quest to find some meaning and balance in her life makes me wonder how authentic the characters and experiences really are. Someone told me, "it's a very inspirational story." It only inspired me never to read anything other than fiction by Elizabeth Gilbert.
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