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Gabrielle Stone actually does have one thing in common with Elizabeth Gilbert, and that is the way her book begins. But I was cringing so hard about Javier and her being madly in love with him after only a few weeks and obsessing over him and even texting his mom and his sister who she had met briefly to discuss private details of her relationship with him when he had told her he only sees her as a friend.
It isn’t that I am boring, the story I have to tell is my own and is all but boring once I tell it to others. I found out about your book just after I had 2 freaking roller coaster relationships and were stuck in the third.While I didn't get to take an epic Europe adventure I think we can all relate to what one goes through to move on and forget something. But she spent the entire trip trying to figure out whether her relationship with Javier was on again or off again.
One woman's journey through love, marriage, divorce and how she decides to change her own life afterwards. I never want to know who Javier really is but I won't lie I stalked her photos for a clue but think the thrill is not actually knowing. Each new person that she introduced to the book, she told them her story of her ex husband and Javier. While there were important messages in this book, they were clouded by uninteresting details, repetitive plot points, and completely unimaginative language.
But nevertheless can I relate so much, since similar things have happened to me the past year and I just kind of feel a connection. Now on my second solo trip to Greece in October your second book gives me the power to get into a no contact with the third roller coaster men.
Starts off strong but then dissolves into a boring washout of whirlwind travel fueled by lack of sleep, heavy partying and constant social time with strangers punctuated by long self involved ramblings interspersed with a tiny few grounded and wise "aha" moments. After a second failed attempt at love and a massive heartbreak, she decided that instead of landing flat on her ass—she’d make a career out of it.
I'm starting to wonder if I somehow accidentally added this as I was scrolling because this didn't seem like a book I'd like very much, and it turns out I didn't.
Thought this book would be more inspiring and really be about moving on after unfortunate circumstances (like divorce) however it was disappointing and annoying to see her fall in love so fast and then complain and dwell on problems with the new guy throughout the entire book instead of focusing on fun and the amazing opportunity to travel and meet new people. I do read a lot of genres and random books without knowing too much what they're about, so it's possible I thought the blurb sounded funny, but really if you've read the blurb you know what the first half of the book is about because most of it is very repetitive. I would have liked her to elaborate on how she had money to travel in Europe for month on a whim or at least acknowledge her privilege in being able to do so?She thinks more highly of the 35 year old who can’t communicate effectively just because “he’s a MAN” and he speaks 5 languages.