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published
March 21st 2006
(first published 2005)
by St. Martin's Griffin
binding
Paperback, 338 pages
isbn
0312323867
(isbn13: 9780312323868)
description
Follow up book to Something Borrowed
Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life...more
Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life...more
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Read in July, 2007
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anyone who read something borrowed
Okay, so I hated that this book focused on Darcy and not Rachel. I left Something Borrowed really hating that character. 254 pages in, and I still thought she sucked. The plot was fairly predictable--you knew she was seeking redemption in the novel as well as with the reader, and the ending was equally predictable.
I loved the focus on Ethan as he was one of my favorite characters from Something Borrowed.
I was completely resistant to the movement as I knew where this...more
I loved the focus on Ethan as he was one of my favorite characters from Something Borrowed.
I was completely resistant to the movement as I knew where this...more
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Read in February, 2009
This is the follow-up to Something Borrowed told from the perspective of the best friend Darcy. In the first book, we meet Darcy and learn that she is the beautiful best friend who has everything handed to her on a silver platter. After her plain-jane best friend, Rachel, steals her perfect fiance in the first book, you feel like Darcy got a good dose of karma. She did, after all, cheat on her fiance too and ended up pregnant while still engaged.
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Read in March, 2008
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I was blown away by this book. If you hate the main character when you start reading, don't worry, you're supposed to!!!! But, keep reading because the story is incredible and you will learn to root for Darcy Rhone whether you like it or not! Fantastic read!!! (Be sure to read "Something Borrowed" first or this book will not make as much sense)
Spoiler Alert: Some of the other reviews I have read of this book are very cynical regarding Darcy's transformation...however, the...more
Spoiler Alert: Some of the other reviews I have read of this book are very cynical regarding Darcy's transformation...however, the...more
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Read in January, 2008
So I read this, the follow-up to "Something Borrowed", this morning. It follows narcissist Darcy after lifelong-best-friend Rachel steals her fiancé Dex. And while it was great to see Darcy's development as a character, I didn't feel like this book was quite as eventful as the last one. Maybe it's just that I find pregnancy to be less exciting than l-o-v-e. Still, Darcy holing up in London but not really knowing anyone didn't provide the same opportunities for learning experiences...more
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Read in November, 2007
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Read in January, 2008
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I start this book with a jaded view of this character. She only confirms that she is as narcicistic as her friend suspected. This book is fun to read in that you get a totally different point of view of the story in Something Borrowed; however, it is also a continuation of this book. Something Blue follows Darcy, the friend of Rachel from the book Something Borrowed. Darcy is pregnant and looking to move on with her life. As I said, the book goes back and talks about some of the things in S...more
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Read in July, 2006
I have tried desperately to like Emily Giffin's books Something Borrowed and Baby Proof, but neither of them struck the right chord with me. As she seems to be a critical favorite right now, I thought that maybe I just didn't get it. Not so, I learned after finishing this wonderful follow-up to Something Borrowed in just one day. The plot is stronger and flows better. The characers are the same, but for some reason it just works better this time around. Darcy is everything that I normally hate i...more
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Read in June, 2007
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Something Blue is the follow-up to Something Borrowed. This story is from Darcy's point of view. I loved this book and it is a very quick read. I have to admit I hated Darcy in Something Borrowed and even did at the beginning of Something Blue. I felt that she was finally getting what she deserved when everything started to go down hill for her. Part of me even started to feel sorry for her at her lowest points.
What I liked in this book, is that Ethan, her childhood friend, fi...more
What I liked in this book, is that Ethan, her childhood friend, fi...more
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Read in February, 2009
This book is the sequel to Something Borrowed which I have not yet read. The first book is voiced from the friend who ends up with her best friend's fiance. The second book Something Blue is voiced from the soon to be bride that recently lost her fiance to her best friend. Going into this I thought I would feel terrible for the soon to be bride but when you find out more about her you, you soon realize that she is so full of herself and she has also done somethings wrong. I wanted to keep re...more
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Read in June, 2006
I was looking forward to reading this book. I had just finished an excellent book and was ready to start another. Boy was I in for a shock! This book was bad. It was actually a chore to keep reading, but I hate to leave a book unfinished. My husband was actually hiding the book around the apartment so that I wouldn't have to read any more of it. This book is chick-lit at it's poorest. The main character was flat and the plot was ludicrous.
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Not as good as "Something Borrowed", but an OK book.
It seemed unrealistic how quickly the main character flips from being completely self-centered to a giving and ready mother. The small dramas in "Something Borrowed" were petty and common, but they were also heartbreaking. In this book, the drama is petty and less interesting.
For example, Darcy realizes after a hundred pages that she needs to stop drinking cocktails because it could hurt her unborn ...more
It seemed unrealistic how quickly the main character flips from being completely self-centered to a giving and ready mother. The small dramas in "Something Borrowed" were petty and common, but they were also heartbreaking. In this book, the drama is petty and less interesting.
For example, Darcy realizes after a hundred pages that she needs to stop drinking cocktails because it could hurt her unborn ...more
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Read in March, 2009
I enjoyed this book much better than Something Borrowed. Maybe because I knew of Darcy from Rachels point of view and was anxious to see what she was really like. The story flowed much better than the previous book and there was never a dull moment in this one and the ending was just perfect.
A quick easy read. I was able to read this book in two sittings.
A quick easy read. I was able to read this book in two sittings.
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Read in March, 2009
I was skeptical about reading this sequel after finishing the preview in the back of Something Borrowed. I rushed off to pick up Something Blue and I have to say I absolutely hated Darcy in the first book and I finished Something Blue with lukewarm feelings. I suppose, as a fan of Rachel, it was easy to hate Darcy in the first book and it was quite difficult to shake my opinion of her while reading Something Blue. However, I absolutely loved Giffin's idea of writing Something Blue from Darcy'...more
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At the end of SOMETHING BORROWED, Rachel’s life seemed to be on the upswing, while her ex-best friend Darcy’s was going downhill fast. Darcy was pregnant with Marcus’ baby, while she found out that Dex, her ex-fiancé, had been having an affair with Rachel—that traitor!—for the whole summer. It’s enough to give any girl used to luxury, comfort, and coddling (like Darcy is) a major migraine that even a shopping spree won’t help. Darcy intends to marry Marcus and raise their baby tog...more
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Read in July, 2008
All I can say is .....WOW, July 22, 2008
I read this book with low expectations. I had read Baby Proof by Emily Griffin and found it to be somewhat average. I read this only because the reviews were so high. (and I haven't read Something Borrowed Yet).
It is a wonderful, touching story about an initially, selfish, superficial woman who worries too much abou having the best, being the best, the most loved, most wanted etc.
She has an affair with her fiancee's friend re...more
I read this book with low expectations. I had read Baby Proof by Emily Griffin and found it to be somewhat average. I read this only because the reviews were so high. (and I haven't read Something Borrowed Yet).
It is a wonderful, touching story about an initially, selfish, superficial woman who worries too much abou having the best, being the best, the most loved, most wanted etc.
She has an affair with her fiancee's friend re...more
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Read in May, 2009
This was a dumb book, but I couldn't help myself. After reading Something Borrowed, I had to read the second book to find out what happens to all of the characters. When I read the description and saw that this book was from Darcy's perspective, I thought, "Do I really want to read a book from Darcy's shallow self-centered point of view?" Well, apparently I was curious.
Even though it was totally unbelievable, I had to keep reading to find out how it would end. So - that's w...more
Even though it was totally unbelievable, I had to keep reading to find out how it would end. So - that's w...more
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This book is the second book in the series by Emily Giffin. The book is told in Darcy's perspective, after her fiance,Dex, and her bestfriend, Rachel, are caught having an affair. Darcy reveals her side of the story, where she tells the reader that she had an affair Dex's Marcus, who Rachel was seeing at the time. She tells Rachel she is pregnant and right after catches Dex in Rachel's closet. She goes to England to visit their old friend, Ethan, and plans to stay there forever.
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Read in June, 2009
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Read in May, 2009
This was a good follow-up to Something Borrowed, but not quite as good. I would like to do 3.5 stars, but Goodreads still doesn't allow for it. So, I rounded down. Usually I round up, but I had given Something Borrowed 4 stars, and didn't feel it was right to give this book the same rating, as I felt it was not at the same level.
For one thing, it was way too predictable. For one, I knew with whom she was going to end up before even reading the book. I also knew she wasn't right in he...more
For one thing, it was way too predictable. For one, I knew with whom she was going to end up before even reading the book. I also knew she wasn't right in he...more
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Read in July, 2008
Darcy Rhone is the poor man's version of a combination of Jane Austen's Emma and Sophie Kinsella's Becky Blomwood. And I don't like Becky at all. Sadly, Giffin spent too much time setting up Darcy's character and not enough time making me like her, so it was basically an entire book with an unsympathetic, spoiled, annoying main character I wanted to slap. The only reason I finished it was because it's just "lite" enough to read while laying out in the sun, and that's what I was doing.
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"Anxiety was not an emotion I could ever remember feeling when I went out in New York, and I wondered why tonight felt so different. Maybe it was because I no longer had a boyfriend or fiance. I suddenly recognized that there was safety in having someone, as well as a lack of pressure to shine. Ironically, this had cultivated a certain free-spiritedness that had, in turn, allowed me to be the life of the party and hoard the affection of additional men....But that had all changed. I didn't have a boyfriend, a perfect figure, or alcohol-induced outrageousness to fall back on."
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