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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
This book totally had me ugly crying by the end!
Strong character development:
Yes
Even though I loved 'Something Borrowed', I really hated Darcy Rhone, and when I found out 'Something Blue' was all about her, I was very skeptical. Much to my surprise though, I LOVED this book. I think I may even like it better than the first one!
The book starts out with a couple chapters rehashing the final pages of the first book when Darcy finds out about Dex and Rachel's affair, and Darcy discovers her own surprise. The following chapters are Darcy being her shallow, manipulative, immature, whiney 'ol self...I still hated her and thought nothing would change that. But about half-way through the book, when she gets to London friendless, man-less, and at her lowest, she finally starts to grow up and take a mature look at her life and where it's heading.
Figuring she needs to end her obsession with Rachel and Dex, find a job, and not be so judgmental based on shallow observations, she sets about trying to right all the wrongs in her life. With the help of her childhood friend Ethan (the one who lives in London), she slowly starts making progress in becoming a better person overall.
Bottom line...this was a marvelous read. I loved the ending and even grew to like Darcy herself. Kudos to Ms. Giffin who has given us two very readable story's that are next to impossible to put down. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for her future novels, she really has a great talent for storytelling.
The book starts out with a couple chapters rehashing the final pages of the first book when Darcy finds out about Dex and Rachel's affair, and Darcy discovers her own surprise. The following chapters are Darcy being her shallow, manipulative, immature, whiney 'ol self...I still hated her and thought nothing would change that. But about half-way through the book, when she gets to London friendless, man-less, and at her lowest, she finally starts to grow up and take a mature look at her life and where it's heading.
Figuring she needs to end her obsession with Rachel and Dex, find a job, and not be so judgmental based on shallow observations, she sets about trying to right all the wrongs in her life. With the help of her childhood friend Ethan (the one who lives in London), she slowly starts making progress in becoming a better person overall.
Bottom line...this was a marvelous read. I loved the ending and even grew to like Darcy herself. Kudos to Ms. Giffin who has given us two very readable story's that are next to impossible to put down. I will definitely be keeping my eye out for her future novels, she really has a great talent for storytelling.
I remember one summer at the lake all of the moms being obsessed with Emily giffin’s books and I’m going to be honest this is terrible. I don’t get it. Something borrowed was bad but it was still kind of fun in a trainwreck kind of way. This had nothing redeeming. I thought Rachel was a bad character since she was “not like other girls” but Darcy is 1000 times worse. Darcy was just so annoying, vapid and judgemental. Her “redemption” was not a redemption. I just didn’t care about her and wanted the lovely Ethan to run as far as he could.
funny
medium-paced
loved darcy’s development. cried happy tears at the end
I had always been a huge Darcy fan by comparison (Rachel bored me), so I was seriously looking forward to the second installment which is Something Blue and fortunately, unlike Something Borrowed, I finished it in the span of seven hours! I was totally in-love with Darcy's brilliant transformation - from a 30-year-old psychotic preggo-bitch to a sweet and compassionate momma of two twin boys.
Despite being annoying in the first few chapters - complaining and whining and being totally oblivious to Marcus' lame-ness -, I was still head over heels with her spunk and determination, especially the part where she got a brash reality check from Ethan. Who would've thought?! :") I was kinda on the edge when she was torn between Geoffrey and Ethan too. I keep thinking that she is gonna switch back to the old shallow Darcy any minute and pick the hot, buff and loaded ob-gyne over geeky but sweet novelist! *sighs* Who would've thought? :")
Despite being annoying in the first few chapters - complaining and whining and being totally oblivious to Marcus' lame-ness -, I was still head over heels with her spunk and determination, especially the part where she got a brash reality check from Ethan. Who would've thought?! :") I was kinda on the edge when she was torn between Geoffrey and Ethan too. I keep thinking that she is gonna switch back to the old shallow Darcy any minute and pick the hot, buff and loaded ob-gyne over geeky but sweet novelist! *sighs* Who would've thought? :")
Reread December 2023 I always have to read this one after I read Something Borrowed… even though I don’t like it as much. Well, actually, the first half or so is just as good… but then it falls off. I think I honestly like Darcy better before she becomes a better person. At least she was entertaining! And kinda funny, in a ridiculous way.
Still, I like this enough to have read it a dozen times, so that’s probably worth something. I just love the Rachel & Darcy world. I don’t know why; I recognize they’re both pretty shitty people, for different reasons. Rachel is definitely better off without Darcy though, as opposed to the opposite. So it was nice to see Darcy realize that.
Original read: 2016ish
Still, I like this enough to have read it a dozen times, so that’s probably worth something. I just love the Rachel & Darcy world. I don’t know why; I recognize they’re both pretty shitty people, for different reasons. Rachel is definitely better off without Darcy though, as opposed to the opposite. So it was nice to see Darcy realize that.
Original read: 2016ish
Continuation after all the events of Something Borrowed. Also really cute!