Amy 
women's fiction
In Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin, Darcy and Rachel are best friends. Darcy is engaged to
Rachel’s law school friend, Dex. Then, Dex and Rachel realize they have
feelings for each other.
This soap opera of a novel was set into motion because of a
toxic “best friend” relationship where one girl, Darcy, was superior and
luckier in every way (not to mention manipulative, narcissistic, and
untruthful) to the point that the other girl, Rachel, never felt she was worthy
of anything special—until it was too late.
Despite their poor character traits, I was sucked right in to the story. The protagonist (Rachel) seems sadly real.
The reader can get behind her thanks to Darcy’s comparatively uglier
personality features and despite the fact that Rachel’s doing something which
is taboo and acting desperate. The crafting of the story is well done and
gripping. Perhaps because reality is too
depressing these days, this story about ridiculous people and their odd
decisions held my interest. Despite the fact that I wanted to knock some sense
into all three of the main characters, I let myself enjoy the drama for what it
was. The sequel is apparently told from
Darcy’s side and I don’t think I’ll be able to muster the desire to read it
since the character is repulsive.
The audiobook was narrated by Jennifer Wiltsie who did a
great job. Her voice acting was spot on
and she had a variety of accents and voices. Her Ls are very L-y which was a
bit disruptive but I’ll give her an A.
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