Book Review - Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin

Synopsis: Meet Rachel White, a young attorney living & working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl - until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend Darcy throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiance. Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. In her wildest dreams (or worst nightmare?) this is the last thing on earth Rachel could ever have imagined happening. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right & wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, & sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness.

First Line: "I was in the fifth grade the first time I thought about turning thirty."

Random Quote: "She gives me the two-cheek Euro kiss hello as I smile, try to act natural."

Review: Full Disclosure: I don't often like chick lit, not fond of chick flicks, either. I did like The Devil Wears Prada, both the book& the movie, but that was because I really adored Miranda Priestly (who I think was supposed to be the villain). I thought our heroine in those books was whiny & entitled & I just wanted Miranda to smack her around som

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I try to keep an open mind so when I won this from GoodReads I figured I'd give it a shot (despite the fact that cover is pink & has a diamond ring on it).

At the end of the day this turns out to be a story about two "best friends" cheating on each other & on their partners. Rachel sleeps with Darcy's fiance (Dex), but that's okay because Darcy is evil &, anyway, she slept with (& got pregnant by!) Dex's best friend (Marcus)! It's exhausting, if mildly entertaining.

I didn't hate this book, but I wasn't wild about it, either. It was a relatively entertaining & mindless read. As usual I liked the villain more than the heroine - Darcy had a spine & went out & got what she wanted from the world where Rachel tended to mope about & whine & wait for things to happen to her. Ugh. When are women going to stop feeding these stereotypes to each other? Is it possible to get a more nuanced view of other women & our friendships with them?