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Love The One You're With: A Novel | 
| Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martins Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 0312348673
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312348670
ASIN: 0312348673
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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 At the very least, I learned something. July 4, 2008
'Show, don't tell.'
This is a primary Writer's Credo. And this novel is a monument to disregarding it. In fact, it celebrates 'telling', as opposed to the more inclusive (and collaborative) 'showing'. As a burgeoning writer, I found it a fascinating experience, reading this book...in the same way that as a screenwriter, I learn more from bad films than from good ones.
Don't get me wrong; I enjoyed this book. It had its moments. (I'm currently reading a slew of 'chick-lit' novels as research; I have one on the go in this genre) Putting aside the facile nature of the exposition (it gets a little tedious declaring character by way of possessions, no matter how much supporting, corroborative narrative is provided), and the pedestrian plotline, 'Love the One You're With' is capably written...if perhaps owning too low a set of aspirations. There's little that will 'surprise' here, little that will transform, or otherwise make reading the novel some kind of special experience. It is, in a very real sense, a Hallmark/Women's Channel film-as-book. (If nothing else, Ms Griffin writes confidently.)
But I'd have been curious to read how much different this story might have been in the third-person omniscient...without so much 'telling' going on.
We'll never know.
P. S. What did I learn? That a novel can be flawed, yet engaging. That there is a place for all artists...it's just a question of getting the product to market, and finding your audience.
Not what I was expecting June 13, 2008
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I was really excited about reading this novel because I really thought that this would be an awesome comeback from Baby Proof especially since I adored Something Borrowed and Something Blue and also because of the reviews, but I was still a bit disappointed with this one. I thought that the story dragged on until the last 50 pages of the three hundred something book it took me over two weeks to read, when her other two took me 2 days. I wouldn't recommend it as a great read, but it's not horrible either, I thought that Baby Proof was way worse.
 Love it!! May 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved Emily Giffin from the first moment I read the first sentence in Something Blue. Although I was slightly disappointed with Baby Proof, Love The One You're With captures Emily Giffin at her best. I loved the story from finish to end and could not put it down. The character, Ellen, is completely relatable. I love the people, the story and the setting. Love it Love it Love it!!! Just read it!!
Another winner! May 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Emily Giffen is back! I was disappointed with her last book (Baby Proof), but she is back to top form with Love The One You're With! With witty dialouge, great characters, and some great plot twists she has you laughing out loud and reaching for the kleenx, and also asking that age old question, what if....
The main character Ellen has what she thinks is the perfect life with her husband Andy... until a chance meeting with an ex-boyfriend has her questioning it all. When Ellen runs into Leo on a street corner all her old feelings bubble to the surface. On one hand she has a steady loving husband in Andy... he is her safty net. Then on the other hand, Leo was a spontaneous passionate love, full of ups and downs. Ellen begins to wonder what her life could have been like had Leo not broken up with her. What follows is a wonderful story of love, loss and friendship.
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