Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

I started reading Emily Giffin books apparently in the wrong order, I started with 'Love the One You're With' then 'Heart of the Matter', and then when I found out that 'Something Borrowed' was becoming a movie I learned that there was kind of an order to her books.

Just finished, 'Something Borrowed'
I absolutely LOVED the book and it was hard to put down. In the beginning of the book, all I could see was myself as Rachel and my cousin was Darcy. Although I love my cousin to pieces, I couldn't help but think that our relationship was too similar to Rachel and Darcy's. As I kept on reading the book, I was beginning to despise Darcy, and I decided that my relationship with my cousin isn't as bad as their friendship, but there was still similarities.
I really enjoy the way Emily Giffin writes, she makes it easy for the reader to emotionally connect with the main character, in this case, Rachel. Although in this book the main character is 'in the wrong', you can't help but feel for her. I thought to myself, if I was in her position, I would likely do what she was doing, so does that make me a bad person??
'Something Borrowed', highly recommended. A good summer read!

So now that I am done with this book, it is on to her next one, 'Something Blue'. I was really excited to read it. Then I read the back of the book, and it's ALL about Darcy, not so excited! Since I know the way Emily Giffin writes, I am thinking that by the end of the book, I might end up really liking Darcy as well. I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

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