If you read Eat, Pray, Love and didn't like it (like me and a few of my friends) then this book is your answer. Without spelling it out for the reader, the author presumes to be the ex-husband of the woman in EPL and tells you of his post-divorce adventure. It was more uplifting, funnier, and truer to life than that "other story" which is silly because EPL is non-fiction and DPF is fiction. I only wish I got to read it right after I finished EPL so I could have compared them closer.
My favorite quotes from the book were:
"You want to know how easy it is to play craps? I have played craps before, and I have already gone on record saying I have no idea how to play craps."
"I will not waste your time or my meager brainpower trying to describe how insanely amazing the Grand Canyon is."
I think this is the final book I can fit in for the Well-Seasoned Reader Challenge which asked that you share which book was your favorite from the challenge. I read:
~ Blessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
~ Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
~ Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
~ Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
~ Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
~ Drink, Play, F@#k: One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Las Vegas, and Thailand by Andrew Gottlieb
and although I enjoyed each and every one of them I would have to say...Water for Elephants was my favorite!
Ooh...this book sounds wonderful. Hated Eat, Pray, Love. HATED it.
ReplyDeleteI saw this one in Borders, and the cover made me laugh (Hubby didn't get the joke until I found a copy of Eat, Pray, Love and showed him the two side-by-side). I haven't read EPL (yet...) but this one did look like fun. I thought it was non-fiction, though.
ReplyDeleteOh, and thanks for participating in the challenge! I'm glad you had a good time.
It's fiction, just written like a memoir. I just read it, and loved it. It was so funny!
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