"I have just finished reading Elizabeth Gilbert's new book and, like most of the internet, I have thoughts. Before I dive in though, let me tell you where I stand on Gilbert because after over two decades in the public eye, three novels, four memoirs, two film adaptations and millions upon millions of dollars, Gilbert is literary Marmite."
"Her novel, The Signature Of All Things, is one of the best I've ever read. Maybe I'd call myself an Admiring Detractor,thoughthe "admiring" part has been tested by her latest wave-making non-fiction outing, All The Way To The River, which charts her wife Rayya's terminal cancer diagnosis, savage relapse into addiction and eventual death. It's been described by the New York Times as "saccharine and self- indulgent" and "excruciating" by The Guardian."
Elizabeth Gilbert achieved global prominence after Eat Pray Love and sustained a high-profile career marked by three novels, four memoirs, two film adaptations, and substantial earnings. Public responses to her work remain sharply divided between detractors and admirers. The narrator identifies as an Admiring Detractor who values Gilbert's fiction—The Signature Of All Things is praised highly—but feels unsettled by the recent non-fiction All The Way To The River. The recent work centers on Gilbert's wife Rayya, detailing a terminal cancer diagnosis, relapse into addiction, and death. Major outlets described the work as "saccharine and self- indulgent" and "excruciating."
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