Something Borrowed (A Book Review) | Clare

A month ago I saw the movie version of this book. I actually didn’t know that it was based on a book until a friend of mine told me about it. Since I was a little disappointed with how the movie turned out I decided read the book instead. It reminds me of something I saw on Tumblr: Do not judge a book by its movie.

In a way it was good that I saw the movie first because it gave me people to picture the characters as. I have to say though, I think that I like Colin Egglesfield’s Dex than the Dex in the book. At least the movie version had some sort of internal conflict because of his parents that made him hesitant to give up marrying Darcy. In the book he didn’t have that. Why couldn’t he man up from the time he showed interest in Rachel?

Other than the portrayal of Dex, the rest of the book was really good. I liked that there was a lot of back story on Rachel and Darcy’s relationship that gave a good foundation of what kind of friendship they had and of what Rachel was really giving up. There was so much more about the personality of the characters in the book that I guess a movie just don’t have time to cover.

I was surprised that Ethan’s character in the book is different from the movie. In the book, Hilary (someone who wasn’t even in the movie) was the confidant of Rachel and not Ethan (who was in London the entire time in this book). Plus, he wasn’t secretly in love with Rachel either. Then again, Claire was totally different in the book too.

Even in the book version I found myself being able to relate to Rachel. The way she felt about her life is what I feel about mine. I also had a friend who was pretty much the Darcy to my Rachel so that was something I know a lot about. It was like seeing that friendship through another person’s eyes for me. There was just so much in common (well, except for the fiancee-stealing part).

Apart from Dex, I thought the book was better than the movie because there was so much more that went on that made me understand the characters’ actions and motives a little better. I also read the other book Something Blue, which is connected to this one and is also going to be made into a movie (I’m assuming with the same cast). I think I want to watch that one too. I feel a little bit emotionally invested in the characters of the books now that I’d love to see them all again.

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