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| Something Borrowed | 
 enlarge | Creator: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  365 reviews
Sales Rank: 1351
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0312321198
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312321192
ASIN: 0312321198
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages.
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Product Description
Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and 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. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness. Something Borrowed is a phenomenal debut novel that will have you laughing, crying, and calling your best friend.
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 Great Book!!! January 28, 2005
99 out of 110 found this review helpful
OK, I normally HATE chick-lit books, and that was what I was expecting when I picked this up, but actually, I loved it! I read all the reviews before starting this, and seeing as how everyone raved about it, I gave it a shot. So glad I did.
Rachel and Darcy have been best friends since their childhood in Indiana. Now they are both living in NYC and Rachel has just turned 30...and also just slept with Darcy's fiance. When I first started reading peoples reviews, I couldn't believe how they all rooted for Rachel and Dex...but after getting deeper and deeper into the book, I was doing the same thing! I actually grew to despise Darcy. She was so incredibly immature for a woman of 29 yrs. How Rachel managed to stay friends with her all that time was beyond me, but I loved the character of Rachel.
She's so down-to-earth, and I found myself saying a bunch of times, 'I know EXACTLY what she means!!', or, 'I've been there, and that's just what I was thinking to'. The ending was also really good. Half of it was a complete surprise, and I was very satisfied with the other half. I'm really looking forward to 'Something Blue' coming out this summer. Hopefully it will continue the saga of this very entertaining group of people. I definitely recommend!!
 Wonderful December 16, 2004
38 out of 52 found this review helpful
I must admit, I was a bit skeptical when I read the back. How on earth was I going to like someone who sleeps with her best friend's fiancee? But I knew I wanted to read it and am so glad I did. The characters are wonderfully developed and once you realize what kind of person Darcy is, you can't help but root for Rachel. This is one of those books you don't want to end. It looks like Emily Giffin has a new book, "Something Blue", I hope it is a continuation of these characters! Even if it isn't a sequel, I can't wait till it comes out, since Giffin does an outstanding job of creating likeable and memorable characters. Highly recommended!
Will keep you guessing until the end May 25, 2005
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
Rachel is a bored attorney at a crossroads in her life. She is not happy with her job, has not had a significant romance in quite awhile, and her best friend Darcy (who has always been somewhat of a nemesis), is about to get married to her former classmate, Dex. After a drunken 30th birthday fiesta, Dex and Rachel sleep together.
Thinking it was just a one night stand, Rachel tries to pretend that it did not happen. But Dex won't let it rest and soon, they are in the throws of a passionate affair, stealing every moment they can to be together (including time at their Hamptons time-share), all the while assisting Darcy with planning her wedding.
It is hard at first to sympathize with what Rachel and Dex are doing, but since Darcy is not exactly the nicest gal (she even stole Rachel's first crush, Ethan, in the fifth grade), but soon the reader is caught up in the relationship and hoping it will turn out in the end. Rachel, who tends to be more of a doormat, is presented as the polar opposite of Darcy in both looks, drive, and personality, and her struggles with her guilt and fear of ruining her friendship with Darcy are drawn so well.
It is a rollicking trip through the past and present and Rachel tries to decide her future, with or without Dex and Darcy, and author Giffin keeps us guessing until the end. I particularly loved the pop culture from the 80's. I thought the end was a bit abrupt - not enough of a catfight and in a sense we were left guessing. Perhaps we will get some closure in the sequel, "Something Blue."
A step beyond "chick lit" July 10, 2004
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
Like so many other current novels, Something Borrowed focuses on good looking, successful, fun, and somewhat outrageous women in Manhattan looking for true love. The similarity to these other books ends there, as Something Borrowed explores an illicit relationship from the perspective of the woman having an affair with her best friend's fiance. Rachel is a transplant from Indiana, unhappily employed in NYC as an associate at a law firm. Her best friend, Darcy, is engaged to marry one of Rachel's friends from law school. Darcy is the perfect girl--pretty, vivacious, always gets what she wants, although somewhat petulant and demanding. Just a few months before the wedding, Rachel has a one night stand with Darcy's fiance that develops into a full fledged love affiar. Emily Giffin treats what could be an awkward topic with respect and empathy for all the characters. Although Darcy is at times portrayed as a stereotype, most likely to be a better foil for Rachel's good girl persona, the reader is also treated to Darcy's sense of fun and loyalty. This is a remarkably well written first novel, and one that I highly recommend.
 I honestly don't know which is more disturbing... April 18, 2006
14 out of 25 found this review helpful
the fact that this book was a New York Times Bestseller, or the fact that it currently has a rating of 4.5/5.0 stars on this website.
The thing that irks me the most about this book is not that it is about infidelity, but that it was a wasted opportunity. Had Darcy been an actual character rather than the stereotypical evil/beautiful friend... had Griffin acknowledged (and embraced) the selfishness and betrayal of Rachel and Dexter instead of making them out to be tragic heroes... this would have been a great read. Because the truth is, people can do horrible things. We aren't always as nice and sweet as we would like to think. The author could have played on this and given us something truly different and fresh. Now that would have been a conflict in every sense of the word!
But alas, what we have here instead is yet another volume of mindless chicklit fluff. Such fluff, in fact, that in the end the author writes a "surprise revelation" that is so predictable and lazy that I literally laughed while reading it. That tidbit served as nothing more than a snap justification for Rachel and Dexter's bahaviour, as if added on to say "See?! They aren't so bad! Look at what DARCY did!"
I recommend passing this one up. Too generic...
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