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Book Summary InformationAuthor: Emily Giffin Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2007-05-15 ISBN: 0312348657 Number of pages: 368 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Product features: - ISBN13: 9780312348656
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Baby ProofBook Review: Disappointing. Summary: 3 Stars
`Baby Proof' is Emily Giffin's third book, and it definitely does not live up to the previously fabulous books she has written. It does offer some endearing and comical moments, but it is too long and does not have those fresh, inventive qualities her other books possessed. It is also missing the phenomenal character development with the observant and gifted writing we have come to know and love in Emily Giffin's books.
`Baby Proof' starts out with the main character, Claudia, happily married and facing a future with her wonderful hubby, Ben, who, like Claudia, has no desire to have children. As the book continues, Ben thinks he may want children after all, and thus begins the Ben/Claudia/children/no children conflict for most of the entire 340 pages. There are a few subplots as the story progresses involving Ben, her roommate and sisters; however, it seems these are just attempts by Giffin to fill the book with more pages, and as a result, these subplots don't really amount to much of anything. Initially, the book does draw you in, but as you go on, you find that the next chapter is just a reworked version of the previous chapter, and it seems to go on and on ad nauseam about how Claudia doesn't want children and her husband does and people don't get her, etc., etc. The creative writing devolves into hackneyed musings and commonplace observations, and it seems Giffin is using the same shtick over and over without much inventiveness or creativity. Although the initial concept of `Baby Proof' is very original, by the end of the first 150 pages, it had lost its originality and had become redundant.
Finally, as compared to her first two books, Something Borrowed and Something Blue, the writing in `Baby Proof' is overly descriptive, which added absolutely nothing to the story and only increased the length of the book. The characters in this novel seemed very, very flat in that they didn't have the usual "joie de vivre" or excitement emanating from them commonly attributed to characters in her other books. Emily Giffin is truly a very gifted writer, but `Baby Proof' seems to have been churned out as per a contract, or it was during a time when she had some serious writer's block. It does not live up to the standards of her other two books, which were so inventive and interesting you just couldn't put them down. If you've read the first two books, you could probably just stop with those and avoid coming away from this book very disappointed. Luckily, she's not done with writing, and you can keep your fingers crossed with the hope that her next book, 'Love the One You're With', (which comes out in 2008) is more like the first two.
Summary of Baby ProofA novel that explores the question: Is there ever a deal-breaker when it comes to true love? Claudia Parr has everything going for her. A successful editor at a publishing house in Manhattan, she's also a devoted sister, aunt, and friend. Yet she's never wanted to become a mother--which she discovers is a major hurdle to marriage, something she desperately wants. Then she meets her soul mate Ben who, miraculously, feels the same way about parenthood. The two fall in love and marry, committed to one another and their life of adventure and discovery. All's well until one of them has a change of heart. Someone wants a baby after all. This is the witty, heartfelt story about what happens to the perfect couple when they suddenly want different things and there is no compromise. It's about deciding what is most important in life and wagering everything to get it. And most of all, it's about the things we will--and won't--do for love.
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