Author: Emily Giffin
# of Pages: 322 (paperback)
Genre: Adult, Chick-Lit, Romance
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Synopsis: Rachel White is the consummate good girl. A hard-working attorney at a large Manhattan law firm and a diligent maid of honor to her charmed best friend Darcy, Rachel has always played by all the rules. Since grade school, she has watched Darcy shine, quietly accepting the sidekick role in their lopsided friendship. But that suddenly changes the night of her thirtieth birthday when Rachel finally confesses her feelings to Darcy's fiance, and is both horrified and thrilled to discover that he feels the same way. As the wedding date draws near, events spiral out of control, and Rachel knows she must make a choice between her heart and conscience. In so doing, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk everything to be true to yourself.
Review: Remember, since this is chick-lit, my expectations for this book were about as low as they could be. That being said, Giffin's writing style is actually pretty enjoyable. I was able to visualize what the characters are doing, and her descriptions seemed realistic enough.
If only her writing talent was not wasted on such a garbage plot. I'm glad to be able to NOT have friends like the group that is described in Something Borrowed. I WISH this book felt more unrealistic because that would mean terrible people like this wouldn't exist. But alas, I fully believe there are people out there in the world that would have the same moral alignment.
If you believe cheating is not acceptable regardless of the context, Something Borrowed will NOT resonate with you. This book spends 322 pages justifying cheating, primarily focused on tearing down Darcy's character to make our protagonist Rachel feel better about cheating with her fiance Dexter. In an even cringier twist, Dexter, who is constantly flip flopping between Rachel and Darcy, isn't even properly crucified for stringing along two women. The narrative of it being a push and pull only between the two women is so dated (which makes sense since this book was published in 2004).
Not something that is worth reading amongst the modern women audience.
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