February Review

Here is my book review for February, sorry it’s a little late, but painting took precedence for the weekend, and I was having some internet issues. Technology can be so unreliable. I wanted to do something a little more deep than a chick lit book but the book I really wanted to review was not at the library when I went, so instead I am choosing to talk about Love the One Your With by Emily Griffin. At first I was not going to choose this one since I did not really care for the book, but decided that good, bad and in between reviews should be written, not everything can be good or have a gushing review. Life just does not work out that way.



Basically this book is all about one woman and her thoughts about her life and where it has taken her. Her old flame and her husband did she make the right choice and I guess you could say the need for closure. Let me start off by saying that yes I’m sure at one point everyone thinks about the past and what might have happened if things turned out differently and then they move on. Instead the main character Ellen dwells on her past almost to the point of wanting to relive it after she randomly runs into her old love interest. Who knew that one woman’s thoughts and a few intermingled conversations could make a book. If that’s the case I over analyze almost everything and should write down my thoughts and call it a book as well.

Shortly after running into the former love of her life he calls up with a job opportunity for her that would really help out her career as a photographer. This is all well and good except for the fact that she never tells her husband who got her the job and that she ran into her ex. Of course it all comes out later, which is more damaging because then it seems as though she has been hiding the truth. All the while the reader is dragged through her random musings on whether or not she should tell her husband everything but she feels that it is too late, therefore justifying her actions or lack there of to herself.

As the story goes on Ellen and her husband Andy make a big change in their lives and move back to his home town of Atlanta, Georgia from New York City. This affects Ellen because she is basically moving to run away from her past, only to return to see if things would have been different. The only thing that stopped her from throwing away her charmed life is her sister who calls Ellen while she is with her ex; therefore saving her from herself and a marriage ruining mistake. I think the main reason I did not enjoy the book was the lack of courage in the main character, which I know was part of the point but still if you are married then move on from the past and go with today and the future. I felt that she was just a bit whinny as well. She had established herself in her field, had a good, new marriage and still seemed too interested in the past that had been over for many years. I would say if you still want to read Love the One Your With, go for it, you might see more than I did.