Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

I read this book as a part of an online book club I joined. It is about a woman who has an affair with her best friend's fiance. But she is the hero of the book and actually is the good guy in all of this. I'm sure the book jacket makes it sound much more interesting. Below is what I wrote about my impression of the book:

It only took me a couple of days to read this book, and it was interesting to read, I kept reading so much because I just wanted to find out what happened. However, I can't say that I really liked the story very much. The entire time, I kept thinking about how wrong everything was. I especially did not like the ending. It was a happy ending and everything, but then everything seemed to work out just right for everyone. A little too convenient.

I noticed at the end of the book that there is a sequel, the story's continuation told from the friend's point of view. I'm trying to decide if I should read it or not. I'm kind of interested to see what it's like, but at the same time I don't want to be disappointed.

(Since I wrote this, I decided that I definitely don't want to spend my time reading the next books. I don't think they would be worth the time it would take to read them, and I'm not convinced that they will prove to be better for my mind or soul than the first one was.)

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