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July 9, 2012
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July 9, 2012
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July 9, 2012
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"Enjoying this! Started at 11pm and had trouble putting it down last night."
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July 23, 2012
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34.6%
"Enjoying this! Started at 11pm and had trouble putting it down last night."
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July 23, 2012
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34.6%
"As usual, I start great books and become distracted/exhausted by kid activities to keep up the aggressive pace I start out with. The book is still intriguing me and I find myself dreaming of hiking alone in the wilderness, but there is something missing here. I still highly recommend this book."
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August 29, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012 12:53PM
Finally finished. Read it. A writer's read. This one has the raw honesty and emotional intensity of 'The Bride Stripped Bare' and 'A Million Little Pieces.' I also recommend Cheryl Strayed's other book 'Tiny Beautiful Things.'
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What do mean "without all the whining" ? That's ALL she did was whine! She didn't learn a damn thing from that whole experience!
She hasn't stopped whining. Not once.
I think finding yourself, no matter what the journey, allows for self doubt. I did not find this whiny.
Totally agree with the Eat, Pray, Love comparison!
I thought it reminded me Eat Pray Love as well, BECAUSE of the whining!
Whining? Who cares. I found this book incredibly powerful. Would you at any age embark on a journey wo daunting and perilous? Sure, the author did some stupid things, but the purpose of her journey was to put some distance between her current life and make radical life altering changes. She needed some perspectives and strengths that this journey has afforded her. Memoirs always include some whining. why else write them?
I agree Rachel -- if there is any "whining", which I did not really find as I did in EPL, readers should remember the author was only 20-something when she undertook this life-changing journey. I could not have done it when I was her age. Her questionable decisions were part of where and who she was at the time, and I think many people forget that.
I also agree wit the Eat, Pray, Love comparison--both books by whiny entitled women that I absolutely loathed!
Lol--love that review!! I thought I was the only one annoys by EPL... I just want to slap the shit out of the author. To have money to travel for a year to find herself is not a luxury the majority of the world has. Rather than finding her inspiring, I found her arrogant and ungrateful. But wait.. We ate supposed to talk about "wild." Lol--love Wild--violently dislike EPL.
I live the comparison to Eat, love pray....agree wholeheartedly. It also has elements of A walk in the Wiids (Bill Bryson) - although not as funny. Both are ill- prepared for backpacking and both run into major obstacles because of it.
Whining? She didn't whine at all. She was on a journey to find herself. She was lost, she was exploring her inner thoughts, wrestling her inner demons. If people wanted a straight up book about the PCT, go get a travel guide. Sheesh.
To me, all Cheryl did was whine!
Agree, both books had a lot of whining, but Wild at least has good reasons for it.
Oh, the whining is coming you just haven't gotten there yet.
Actually I felt there was plenty of whining!
There was lots of whining. But it was Eat, Pray, Love that was actually interesting, engaging and something I read all the way through.
Are you kidding? Its all about whining!
Funny, I had the same thought: "Eat, Pray, Love *could* have been like this one if only she'd whined less." Sure, there was some self-doubt and self-pity, but the difference was that there was no wallowing here. Elizabeth Gilbert wallowed. Cheryl Strayed got it over with and moved on down the trail.
Dark Confessions of an Extraordinary, Ordinary Woman is like Eat, Pray, Love without the whining. I highly recommend it!
"So far"? Who can't wait to actually finish a book before having to post a review?
if this does not have the same degree of whining I really don't want to read eat pray love
Like EPL but well written!
Are you telling me there is a book on this planet with MORE WHINING! I don't believe it, but I thank you heartily for saving me from EPL
She wasn't 20 when she wrote it -- which makes those direct quotes a tad dubious. There are ways to intelligently, articulately and artistically describe a really crappy time in your life without sounding like a whiny snot ball the entire time.
50% of the content is attentions-seeking whining!!
