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i really dont understand why are people bothered by her whining about herself.. it's personal journal.. never had diary or anything, but i am pretty sure everybody whines in his/her diary about her/himself 95% of the time, this person only decided to publish it because she knows how to write..like the rest of us dont do the same thing in our heads. :/
it's one thing to whine and moan to yourself, but it's another when you know that everyone and their mom is going to read it. i feel like a writer has the responsibility to be aware of her audience, and i don't think gilbert was. i wouldn't want everyone to read my diary because i write about the things that perplex me, bother me, upset me - things i need to figure out. i don't write in so much depth about the wonderful things because i know and appreciate and understand them. it makes you seem very unbalanced - and it seemed like gilbert didn't have much of an appreciation of how much life had given her beforehand, and it seemed like everything just fell magically into place with her. it was like her life was scripted by a romantic comedy writer. everything is terrible (except it wasn't), so you run away to find yourself (or get paid a ton to come up with something to write about), and in the meanwhile you meet the perfect man (cute and rich, of course).
my biggest complaint is that the whole book is not about italy, india, and bali. it's not about the people liz meets along the way, and it's not about places she explores. it's all about her. if it's going to be an autobiography, just write that on the cover.
haha wow. reading this 3 months later, no idea.just curious; why?
sure there is! you just have to emphasize some things and deemphasize others. we don't always have to share all our angst with everyone, or you can word it in a way that is less of an emotional burden. you can also talk about your issues in ways that relate to others. what do we take away from this book? not much, really. i'm happy for liz that things worked out but i don't really take much away from it personally.but there's no way i can do it
And for all of her self-realization and navel-gazing to end her dependence on men, Ms Gilbert has, as pointed out by anotherAmazon reviewer, married her Brazilian and moved to new Jersey. She could have saved Penguin Books a whole lot of money by getting in her car and going through the Lincoln Tunnel. I wonder how long before she ends up back on the bathroom floor.
FOR REAL.
she sees the world, but fails to see the world. it's extraordinary.