The Washington Post's Grace Lichtenstein stated that ``The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie.'' Lev Grossman of Time, however, praised the spiritual aspect of the book, stating that ``To read about her struggles with a 182-verse Sanskrit chant, or her (successful) attempt to meditate while being feasted on by mosquitoes, is to come about as close as you can to enlightenment-by-proxy.''
The Washington Post's Grace Lichtenstein stated that ``The only thing wrong with this readable, funny memoir of a magazine writer's yearlong travels across the world in search of pleasure and balance is that it seems so much like a Jennifer Aniston movie.''
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Lev Grossman of Time, however, praised the spiritual aspect of the book, stating that ``To read about her struggles with a 182-verse Sanskrit chant, or her (successful) attempt to meditate while being feasted on by mosquitoes, is to come about as close as you can to enlightenment-by-proxy.''
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