[fiction] Baby Proof

By: Emily Giffin

This book had a nice concept. But honestly, I thought the ending was rushed. I knew it would work out but--the way it was done was a little lame. Other than that, I absolutely loved it :).

The plot follows Claudia, a grown over 30 woman who is set up on a blind-date with a man named Ben. The both of them aren't intereseted in having children. But things happen, and eventually; one of them changes their mind. But the other stays strong in their arguement for not having children. Eventually a divorce happens. The book shows us that love can work wonders.

It was nice, I mean now i know 30 year old's aren't like old geezers :9. haha. I'm jking. It's nice though, I could actually reflect with somethings in the book, like the moment when everything is wrong but you keep telling yourself it's happening for the best? I mean I'm sure we all do it at some point. Even if it isn't. Everything was nice and realistic. However, even if the ending was as real as could be... I thought it was a little rushed. It was way too weird. Too rushed.

Either way, the book won it's way into my bedtime stories. I'd crawl into bed and read a chapter of this; lots of fun actually. At first I thoguht the concept was new but then I realized, I'd actually read a lot of books with this; (The Last Chinese Chef for instance) but as soon as the issue is singled out it seems so strange.

Now, I'm pretty old-fashioned (influenced by my parents) and I honestly think that having children is good but when you see it like this and you're always asking what made it so strong; I'm just glad Emily gave some reasons that I could beleive. I also liked how nothign was perfect. The writing style was great, and flowing. Sometimes it was very comical and I was laughing. So this book is great :). Even if the ending seemed a little rushed over all, it was great.

The last sentence; despite the way it ended, was pretty affective as well. A good one-liner to end the book haha. Works like a charm right?

Mark: 6/10