Something Borrowed | Emily Giffin

Title: Something Borrowed
Author: Emily Giffin


I have a lot of issues with this book. A lot of issues. First of all, I don't like reading a book where the protagonist (Rachel) is completely unlikable. She is weak, and the entire plot of the book is about her doing something completely despicable to her best friend (Darcy). Not that Darcy is an angel. She's terrible, too. Two of the main guys in the book (Dex and Marcus) are also horrendous. Then there are the other girls in the book--Claire, Hillary, and Annalise. Claire is horrible. Annalise is weak like Rachel. Hillary is the only female that is remotely sympathetic, but I find her pretty abrasive and I hate how she condones what Rachel is doing throughout the book. The only person in the book that is completely likable is Ethan. But what is the point of him even being in the book? He literally serves no purpose except as an excuse for what Rachel does to Darcy.

All of this said, despite all of the issues I have with the characters and the way the book ends, it was surprisingly fun to read. I found out there's a movie with Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin, and I wanted to watch it, but it's not streaming on anything. I console myself with the fact that it has a 15% Rotten Tomatoes rating, so probably it is terrible anyway.

I guess I'll give it three out of five stars, because the juicy drama was straight out of someone's twisted real life problems. I feel like I've seen this play out somewhere before.

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READING PROGRESS:
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon: 76%
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: 32%
Needful Things by Stephen King: 5%
The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata: 2%
Dracula by Bram Stoker: NOW STARTING

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