Eat Pray Love is much different than The Shack. It addresses a less tragic and a more relateable situation; heartbreak and boy problems. This book is a very personal and Elizabeth Gilbert does not hide even the embarrassing thoughts that she has. " I mean, check yourself out. You're a pathetic mess, unrecognizable even to your own eyes." and "David was catnip and kryptnonite to me" are just a few examples. She is very honest and real. This book has a wide variety of imagery, similies and analogies.
This book has unique setting changes. At the very beginning she explains the three places shes going to travel. Then explains a certain story then fast forwards into her life. "Grasping this realitiy, I let go of my bag, drop to my knees and press my forehead against the floor....and since I am already down ther in supplication on the floor, let me hold that position as I reach back in time three years earlier to the moment when this entire story began-- a moment which also found me in this exact same posture on my knees, on a floor, praying." I haven't really read anything as honest or uniquely structured as this book.
Elizabeth (Liz), the main character and the author, is a married woman with a house and nice things. However, something in her life didn't seem right. She felt obligated and expected to have children. She knew it wasn't right and tried to force herself to feel differently. What she really wanted to do was travel and not settle down. I'm intrested to continue reading and see how she overcomes her obstacles and deals with her miserable marriage filled with expectations and obligations.
