Eat, Pray, #FML

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She keeps saying she’s a famous actress but I had to google her and she barely scratches the surface of D movies. Gabrielle had been married for about a year and a half when she discovered her husband had been having an affair for six months, so she filed for divorce. Every interaction she has with Javier seems fabricated and I actually rather read a book from his point of view. They’re both flighty, superficial, ridiculous, immature people who cannot operate even the most basic of relationships. The majority of women who read this book will at some stage feel the pain and know exactly what she has gone through.

Her energy spoke to me and I wanted to hear more about how she went from heartbreak to smiling and sharing her story.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. I came across this book on my library’s Libby app, as I am trying to read as many travel books and memoirs as possible. It’s definitely a version of Eat, Pray, Love if you sub Pray with Party and Love with DTF, all of which are fine but a bit disingenuous. 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.

If you read the story you know that a certain couple are social influencers and just all-around terrible people and I would not put it past them to have a hand in voting those bad reviews.Gabrielle captured the emotional rollercoaster of relationships, solo travel, and discovering yourself and she bares her soul in this book. The celebrity name dropping, the shock and awe of others finding out she is verified on Instagram, the famous parents, the constant talk of movie projects she is working on, the mind onion, the inability to take responsibility for her own actions, the constant contradictions, the fat shaming… I felt like I was reading a 13 year old’s journal and I need to put it back in its hiding place forever. After the rug was vigorously pulled out from under her when her husband’s affair came to light, she found herself falling into the arms of another man. After many years in the industry herself, Stone transitioned from meaty acting roles to writing and directing. It gave zero depth into her travels, and what she “learned” sounds like what she thinks we want to hear.