Book Reivew: Baby Proof

Baby Proof by Emily Giffin

I loved Emily Giffin's Something Blue and Something Borrowed. So much so that when I learned her other books had nothing to do with Darcy or Rachel I decided I wasn't going to read them. Then this summer, before heading out to the pool one day, I saw Baby Proof sitting on my shelf and decided I would give it a shot.

I laughed, I cried, I hoped and I wished for things along with the characters in this straight-to-the-heart novel. In Baby Proof Emily Giffin captures the reader, which is one of the most important things to me when reading a book. I want to feel as though I know the characters on a personal level and that I am experiencing the situations with them. When they feel sad I want to be sad with them and hope things turn around, when they are happy I want to be happy for them- as if I were their friend in real life.

Claudia Parr never imagined she could meet the man of her dreams. It wasn't that she wasn't pretty or fun, it wasn't that she didn't have a good job or envisioned herself to be single the rest of her life.  She didn't have a weird quirk or out of the box habit. It's because she didn't want children. You heard the girl, she doesn't want children. She loves traveling and her career in publishing so much so that she would rather be an exceptional aunt to her sisters children instead of being a mother to her own. And just like that she decides she's not going to have kids. After countless dates and failed attempts, she meets the one. His name is Ben.

Ben is dreamy. He loves traveling just as much as Claudia. He loves living in the city of Manhattan. He loves having a carefree lifestyle. On their first date Claudia goes out on a whim and asks Ben if he wants kids or imagines himself with kids in the future. She figures it is better to get an answer now, then wait and find out only to be disappointed in the end. Turns out Ben doesn't want children. And just like that, you have the perfect match.

They get married, have a great place in New York City, are the picture perfect couple people could only dream of being and they travel on the spur of a moment to the most exotic and beautiful locations one could imagine. In any great love story there is always a challenge, so as expected things begin going downhill. One decides they want a child, someone of their own whom they can take care of and nurture. 

This idea of a child stirs the marriage and Claudia and Ben's relationship is put to the test. Struggling with the battles of what each has always wanted, but their deep love for each other, it's a whirlwind of emotion and joy for both the reader and the characters.

If you love Giffin, you'll love Baby Proof. After finishing this book in a total of 4 days, I've decided to give Heart of the Matter and Love the One You're With a try. It seems as though I was wrong, Giffin can in fact touch the reader outside of the Darcy and Rachel story line.

All I can hope for is that Baby Proof will be turned into a movie, because this is one that I am dying to see! Hey, Something Borrowed wasn't SO bad as a movie :)


Rating: ★★★★★