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Rating: - Ok book
This book is about a woman who didn't wants kids and that eventually led to her divorce. While she tried to move on, she witnessed baby-related things happened to her friends and family and wondered if she made the right choice...

This is an ok book because I skipped some parts which I think are very unecessary to throw into this book. A little draggy toward the end.
Some people said that this book is against feminism because she **************spoiler********** decided to have kids for her husband but I din't think so. Yes, she changed her mind but the reason she didn't like to have kid in the beginning is because she didn't want to be like her mother (who cheated, abandoned their kids,...), it's not because of her career and other random stuffs (yes, she did says that those are her reasons but they are only excuses because she really didn't want to face her real reason, IMO)

I LOVE the fact that Giffin squeezed in the after-marriage life of Ethan and Darce, I was really surprise when I got to that part and can't stop smiling knowing that they are still madly in love, and have a baby GIRL on the way.

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Rating: - my favorite so far
i thought this was emily giffin's "smartest" book yet. while i really liked something borrowed and something blue, the characters felt a little too conventional at times (rachel the "good girl" and darcy the "selfish girl"). i thought claudia was a more real, human character, a smart and thoughtful woman with her own set of issues and flaws. i found her sense of betrayal at ben to be authentic and really enjoyed her romance with richard and her ultimate decision in figuring out how she wants her life to be. aside from darcy in something blue, i also thought that claudia was the character who developed the most from the beginning to the end of the story. the side issue of whether to have kids or not was an interesting backdrop for this love story.

definitely my favorite giffin book so far and i am looking forward to reading love the one you're with.

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Rating: - Eh.
Loved Something Blue and Something Borrowed. Did not like this book @ all. Read the whole thing hoping it would get better. The story/plot is unrealistic, far fetched, messy, and not well thought through.

Seems like the author wrote this book to meet contract obligations under deadline and/or was under duress.

Going to read her 4th book. I hope it's consistent w/the other two books.

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Rating: - Boring
I loved "Something Borrowed" and "Something Blue" so I had high hopes for this book. I really had to force myself to get through this book. I thought too much of the focus was put on the secondary characters and by the end of the book I didn't really care about what happened to Claudia and Ben. Jess was the best character and it seemed like she should have been the focus of the story. I think it would have been more interesting had Claudia actually gotten pregnant in the book and reading about how she went through all the pregnancy milestones as someone not naturally wanting to be a mom. The book was a real disappointment. I had to force myself to get through it. I never leave a book unfinished, but this one was close.