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| Love the One You're With | 
 enlarge | Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  269 reviews
Sales Rank: 784
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 342
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 0312348673
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312348670
ASIN: 0312348673
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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 Surprisingly good May 21, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a book that surprised me. Not because I didn't expect it to be good (I have found all of Emily Giffin's novels quite enjoyable), but because of the way in which the story affected me. In some ways, I think the title made me expect a contemporary romance novel, but it actually isn't. What it is is a character study of a woman who is trying to sort through deeply conflicted feelings, both about passionate and familial love, and trying to reconcile the feelings in her heart with what she knows to be the best choice for her life in her head. The majority of the story takes place inside the character's mind (which some have seen as a fault - I see it as a strength) and if you have ever been caught in the position of having two contrasting desires in your life, everything that Ellen thinks throughout this story will be utterly relatable.
In some ways, this book fails as a "chick lit" novel because it forgoes the dramatic fireworks of most of those novels for a more quieter, introspective approach. Yes, there are certainly many elements of the modern-day fairy tale in this story, but if you dig deeper you will find something much more enjoyable and substantive. Make no mistake, it is still a fun beach read type of book, but also a story that reveals a lot of truths about how many people think and feel when they have to make choices with lifelong commitments.
LOVED One You're With May 25, 2008
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Five stars, all the way, as per usual for an Emily Giffin book.
When I read the first chapter of Love the One You're With two years ago when it was in the back of Baby Proof, I got major goosebumps and was DYING to read the book. When I finished it last night, I was sad to be done with it.
The thing about Giffin's books is that you remember her characters. You remember their names. Their personalities. You want to know them. You want to be in the bar with Ellen as she slams the vodka martini when Leo saunters over to her. You can imagine her asking you if she looks cold in her lime green silk tank. You can envision walking through the back slider of Ellen's Atlanta home, helping yourself to a beer in her fridge as Andy says, "Hey, grab me one too." They're that real. You want to sit with Suzanne and bash Margot because she's a little too snooty for you to handle, as much as you know Ellen loves her. They're just normal people. Relatable. Everything that happens in Emily Giffin's books are not contrived. The fiction is all possible, and that's what makes her books so great.
With Love The One You're With, there were so many moments when I was reading and I just stopped, and closed the book, and thought to myself, "I had no idea that was going to happen! That was soooo good!" From the California trip to Margot's friendship deal-breaker, (which INFURIATED and shocked me!) Emily keeps the reader stunned, while keeping it real!
While I pretty much knew who Ellen would end up with, I have to admit, I was rooting for the other. Because I fell in love with the other character! Hot! Hot! Hot! Giffin knows how to write a character a girl could fall in love with. (Oops, sorry I ended a sentence with a preposition!) And as with Something Borrowed and Baby Proof, how the twists are to root for the wrong, well, let's just say I was kind of thinking I wanted the other side of the tracks, although I knew that wasn't the realistic outcome.
But just as Love The One You're With is a song, there's also another great song that comes to mind: You Can't Always Get What You Want, and although I may have wanted Ellen to be with another man, in the end of the book, she got what she needed, and that's also the next line to that song. And as with all Giffin's books, Ellen got a happy ending, she got closure, she got what she was looking for, what she finally needed.
Now, I have to get what I need, and that's another Emily Giffin book!
 Average chick flick in a book. May 29, 2008
9 out of 16 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to a little light, fun reading, but this book was downright boring. The storyline took forever to form and overall it was extremely boring. The characters lacked charisma and depth. Big dissapointment!
lovely book! May 20, 2008
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
i found love the one you're with to be a very well-written and entertaining book. as with all of emily giffin's books, this one was light and fun, but also thoughtfully written and surprisingly insightful. i felt ellen's crisis of conscience vividly and thought her insights into what defines true love and commitment to be very true to life.
the story in this book is very much within the main character, so i can see how others might not have enjoyed it as much. i personally found ellen very compelling and thought this was a very well written book. maybe the author's best yet.
 Her worst to date May 25, 2008
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
I loved all three of Emily Giffin's previous books but this one left a lot to be desired. I couldn't stand Ellen, who was the main character. She was annoying, immature and so obsessed with what everyone else had. She constantly compared herself to others, especially her best friend Margot. It became nauseating.
I didn't like the way this book was written. It seemed to mostly take place in Ellen's head with very little dialect from the other characters, and the characters were DEFINITELY UNDER DEVELOPED. This book felt rushed.
The ending was very abrupt and extremely unrealistic. I wont ruin it for you but it was pretty bad. I was a little angry at the end of Something Borrowed- not at the ending itself but because that was the emotion it evoked. I cried at the end of Something Blue because that book really displayed how much Darcy changed. There was definitely complete character development. I even got a little choked up at the end of Baby Proof, BUT at the end of this book I felt NOTHING. I was annoyed. I thought it was unrealistic and it felt incomplete.
If I were you I'd read this book but don't set your expectations too high. It is a light easy read. You are left wondering, "what is going to happen next?" but the ending doesn't do the book any justice.
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