Elizabeth Gilbert Backlash

    "Eat, Pray, Love" is now tops on everybody's list of books to bash.

    What's with all the hate? Are people upset about the book's self-absorbed cultural appropriation? Or are they mad because a female author is so successful? We'll let the blogosphere attempt to figure it out.

    Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.