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alatinaandherbooks's review
1.0
This book was so boring, predictable and definitely written for a specific race and class of people. Very unrepeatable.
demiheinemann's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
alyssalowyo's review
3.25
i have such a love hate relationship with emily giffin. definitely middle of the road in terms of her novels
tatyanavogt's review
2.0
I had a lot of emotions throughout this book, but it was really the end that made me happy. Otherwise, it really wasn't what I was looking for, but I think it was a good book none the less.
allisondenae's review
3.0
Probably my least favorite of Giffin's books, but I liked it none the less.
Recently re-read because I thought I had to have misjudged it. I loved Something Borrowed and Something Blue so much, I had to re-try. Yup. Still not good.
Recently re-read because I thought I had to have misjudged it. I loved Something Borrowed and Something Blue so much, I had to re-try. Yup. Still not good.
craesreads's review against another edition
3.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️🌶️ Ellen was horrible! This whole book is about Ellen making poor choices while living a perfect life.
* I would like to describe the book as a marriage in crisis but it’s more a wife in crisis. Andy is damn near perfect while Ellen is in a constant state of question &day dreaming of her ex Leo.
* Andy wants to move closer to his family. Ellen happily agrees even though she isn’t sure &then is so angry once they get there. Ellen is picking fights with Andy to make it seem like her thoughts aren’t wrong. She kept trying to bring out the worst in him to prove she was doing the right thing. Then Ellen’s mad that Andy’s mad about her wanting to go visit her ex boyfriend for the first time in 8 years. How dare Andy demand her not to go when Ellen admits she may still have feelings for her ex 🤬.
* Ellen seeks validation from her sister for her shitty choices &ways to justify them but she’s married! There’s no justifying cheating &seeking out another man when you’re MARRIED.
* If you’ve ever questioned your relationship &if you should’ve married someone else I’m sure you’d really relate &love this book. Otherwise I’m not sure who else would. I would give it less starts because I hated the content. But the book was well written &made me feel so many emotions &give me a different perspective.
Themes:
* What if
* Lost love
* Cheating
* The one that got away
* I would like to describe the book as a marriage in crisis but it’s more a wife in crisis. Andy is damn near perfect while Ellen is in a constant state of question &day dreaming of her ex Leo.
* Andy wants to move closer to his family. Ellen happily agrees even though she isn’t sure &then is so angry once they get there. Ellen is picking fights with Andy to make it seem like her thoughts aren’t wrong. She kept trying to bring out the worst in him to prove she was doing the right thing. Then Ellen’s mad that Andy’s mad about her wanting to go visit her ex boyfriend for the first time in 8 years. How dare Andy demand her not to go when Ellen admits she may still have feelings for her ex 🤬.
* Ellen seeks validation from her sister for her shitty choices &ways to justify them but she’s married! There’s no justifying cheating &seeking out another man when you’re MARRIED.
* If you’ve ever questioned your relationship &if you should’ve married someone else I’m sure you’d really relate &love this book. Otherwise I’m not sure who else would. I would give it less starts because I hated the content. But the book was well written &made me feel so many emotions &give me a different perspective.
Themes:
* What if
* Lost love
* Cheating
* The one that got away
stephxsu's review
2.0
Several months after the start of Ellen and Andy’s perfect married life, Ellen chances upon Leo at a New York intersection, and both of their worlds are rocked. For Leo is Ellen’s most significant ex, the one who broke her heart almost eight years ago. What they had was intense, passionate, and deep. It blew Ellen’s mind away, but it ended badly and then, two years later, Ellen started dating her best friend Margot’s old brother, Andy. The Grahams accept and love Ellen like she is a second daughter, and she knows that she has something really good, healthy, and stable with Andy, who is a great man.
So why all the rebirth of feelings towards Leo? As Ellen starts to lead a double life—having dinner parties with Andy and Margot’s Atlanta friends, keeping her photo shoots for articles that Leo is writing quiet from everyone—she begins to have doubts about where she truly belongs. Their move to Atlanta makes Andy extremely happy, but Ellen feels stifled without her photography work back in the Big Apple. Leo seems to bring that excitement and nervous back into her stable life, and now Ellen needs to decide what is best for her: her steadfast, unwavering, caring husband, or the one man who managed to bring out the best and worst in her.
Emily Giffin’s fourth novel does not have the deep character-reader connection her debut novel, SOMETHING BORROWED, did, but it is a fine book of its own. The characters are well-drawn, and the plot may be thin sometimes (for instance, I felt as if the thing about Ellen’s mother’s death could have been more employed), but overall it is a good book.
So why all the rebirth of feelings towards Leo? As Ellen starts to lead a double life—having dinner parties with Andy and Margot’s Atlanta friends, keeping her photo shoots for articles that Leo is writing quiet from everyone—she begins to have doubts about where she truly belongs. Their move to Atlanta makes Andy extremely happy, but Ellen feels stifled without her photography work back in the Big Apple. Leo seems to bring that excitement and nervous back into her stable life, and now Ellen needs to decide what is best for her: her steadfast, unwavering, caring husband, or the one man who managed to bring out the best and worst in her.
Emily Giffin’s fourth novel does not have the deep character-reader connection her debut novel, SOMETHING BORROWED, did, but it is a fine book of its own. The characters are well-drawn, and the plot may be thin sometimes (for instance, I felt as if the thing about Ellen’s mother’s death could have been more employed), but overall it is a good book.