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 Fun read I have read Giffin's 3 other books and really enjoyed them...Love The One Your With is a fun book to read. I would not say its my favorite of Giffin's but did really enjoy the read. It seems a little more "serious" than her others but I still really enjoyed it! I read in some reviews that many people didn't like the main character, Ellen...I thought she was fun and real to life. I would recomend this book if you like ChiCk Lit. Shouldn't it be - Love the one you love? While I quite enjoyed the book itself, especially on two flights and a long lazy weekend in between, I can't agree with the title and the happy ending. Are we really supposed to love the ones we're with just because we're with them already? I expected Ellen to divorce her polite rich keeping up appearances bore of a husband and get back to New York to be a single, artistic, free, non-conformist type of a person she used to be. Her Atlanta suburb surroundings are suffocating, her perfect husband's family - a torture, and, most important, her marriage is flat dull! A lot of old couples with grown-up grandchildren have more affectionate and passionate relationships than Ellen and Andy in their second year of marriage. I like Leo much more than Andy. I vote for love and passion, against compromises and stability. I want to read the same book with another ending, even if it's not going to be a sugary-happy one. Then maybe I'll give it the ultimate 5 stars.  Absolutely loved this book! Emily Giffin has once again delivered a wonderfully compelling, can't-put-it-down read. I finished this novel in two sittings over a weekend - it was that good. Any fan of her previous novels has learned to appreciate her amazing ability to develop her characters, and this novel does not disappoint. By the end of the book, I felt like I actually knew these characters, and was sad to let them go. My heart ached for Ellen as she struggled to choose between the two great loves of her life. I do not agree with others that the ending was predictable and disappointing. I found it to be just the opposite! Emily Giffin continues to carve out a niche for herself within the genre of chick-lit. This is chick lit with intelligence and real substance! Good book This is the first Emily Giffin book I've read and I really liked it. Definitely light, but I was in that kind of mood. | |||||||||||||