About this title: From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Something Borrowed" comes a novel that shows how someone with a "perfect life" can lose it all--and then find everything.
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Description: Very Good. B0018SWA56 **Softcover**--Very mild shelf wear. No personalizations, writing or marks in the text. Clean, Tight and Neat. Absolutely no spine creasing. Ships Quickly-IN STOCK-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780312323868ISBN:0312323867
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice condition, has remnants of a price sticker on cover. This is NOT a remainder! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 356 p. Audience: General/trade. Ships First Class with Delivery Confirmation to most U.S. locations for no extra charge. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Date Published: 2006-03-21
ISBN-13:9780312323868ISBN:0312323867
Description: Like New. Like new softcover in excellent condition, no writing, non-smoking home, clean text, binding tight, Christian business. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Griffin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780312323868ISBN:0312323867
Description: Very Good. Cover has marks, bumping, chipping, edgewear, residue-Bumped / dogeared pgs-Marks on edges & few pgs-Edgewear-Spine slant. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780312323868ISBN:0312323867
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" 356 page book in good condition with slight edgewear and slight scuffing of cover. This book is about a woman, Darcy Rhone who thought she had it all figured out until her neat, perfect world turns upside-down when her best friend steals her fiance and she finds herself alone for the first time in her life with a baby on the way. This is a novel about one woman's surprising discoveries about the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever ... read more
"Something Blue is the sequel to Something Borrowed in Emily Giffin's series. In this novel, we see the saga of Rachel, Darcy, and Dex from Darcy's perspective. Darcy's story demonstrates how the "perfect" girl who seemed to have everything can "lose it all-and find everything," according to Giffin's review. Giffin's characterization of Darcy is uncanny, as everything we know about her from Something Borrowed, we see in its truest form in Something Blue. Darcy, the girl who had the better everything- looks, clothes, boyfriend, learns that life can change in an instant when her best friend and fiancé fall in love. She struggles as she tries to recreate her perfect life, but finds that her ignorant outlook on everything isn't acceptable like she thought. Recognizing that the world does not revolve around her and her "rules" is a step to self awareness and realization for Darcy, as she struggles with picking up the pieces of her life and starting a new one. This novel represents Darcy's journey as a character-we begin feeling no sympathy and almost disgust for her ignorant ways, but find ourselves applauding her self-discovery. Through these characters, Giffin reveals the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever-after. "It's a novel for anyone who has ever, even secretly, wondered if the last thing you want is really the one thing you need" -Emily Giffin."
"Wow! This follow-up novel to 'Something Borrowed' really sealed the deal for author Emily Giffin. She's not a 'one novel wonder' at all! She can write...and write really good! In fact, I like this sequel to Something Borrowed even better! The story of Something Blue (by the way, the title is really clever! Just when you thought it was a use of the bridal expressiong 'something borrowed, something blue...', what it stands for is an introduction of Darcy's story as a soon-to-be single parent!) is narrated by Darcy, and therefore you get to see her perspective on what happened with the Rachel-Dex-Darcy-Marcus saga. Just when I had cast Darcy Rhone as the completely narcisstic and manipulating friend to have (a judgement I based on the first book), I find out that she, in fact, is a victim of her environment and her upbringing. She is born beautiful and she is treated 'special' all throughout her life. She has thus morphed into a completely jaded person, whose sole basis for happiness are all things material. Her statement summarizes this, "...I understoond that at a tender age of three that with beauty comes with perks and power." But even if Darcy does relish the advantages that comes with her looks, she also can't help but feel insecure next to her bestfriend Rachel, the brainy girl with the average looks. This is dangerous because both friends would then nurture a hidden competition with each other, which would eventually would culminate in the deterioration, and then eventual loss of the friendship. The readers are then challenged...how can you forgive betrayal? Darcy couldn't have put it any better when she said, "It suddenly occurred to me that no matter when his affair with Rachel had begun, she hadn't been the cause of our breakup. Dex and I had split because we weren't right for each other, and because of that fact, he had been able to fall in love with her. Had we been on solid ground, Dex wouldn't have cheated on me. The realization was somehow freeing, and it enabled me to let go of another sliver of resentment toward both of them." That ephiphany on Darcy's part says a lot. Darcy, by the end of the novel, becomes a heroine. She realized her mistakes, she owned up to them, and she courageously changed for the better. In other words, she took the readers in an engaging ride to maturity and ended up to be someone a person can truly admire."
""Something Blue" is a continuation of sorts from "Something Borrowed" but the main character in this book is Darcy, the conceited best friend to Rachael who just stole Darcy's fiance Dex. Sounds sort of soap opera-y because it is. After having lost her fiance as well as her fling (whom she also cheated with on her fiance), Darcy finds herself pregnant and alone. Looking for a change of scenery, Darcy heads off to London to spend sometime with a so-so close friend, Ethan.
Again, not wanting to spoil the story for anyone reading it, I won't go any further.
I didn't enjoy "Something Blue" as much only because I didn't really enjoy Darcy's character. Sure Emily Giffin goes on to change this character, but I never quite got the bad impression out of my head. It was fun and I even found myself laughting out loud or "oh my gosh"-ing during particular moments.
In keeping with Emily Giffin's previous book, "Something Blue" is also fun and lightweight, easy reading that serious readers could finish in about a day."
"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 why it gets two stars.
Darcy is a lousy person and the basis of this book is that she wants to be a better person and so she "changes." Huh. Yah. Right. Whatever.
In my experience, not very many people are able to make a significant personality change. But then, I have to remind myself that this is JUST a fictional story. So, as I repeatedly told myself this during the book, I was able to chill out and enjoy the book - for the most part. However, there were "f" words and one sex scene that gave TMI.
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