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Summary: Funny as ever, Fielding scores again!
Review: I liked the first installment of Bridget's misadventures in singleness a great deal, and I had high expectations going into round two, "The Edge of Reason." Despite my high expectations, Fielding's sequel delivered on every count, perhaps going even further than the first novel in its engagement with the more comic side of contemporary gender relations in British culture.If you liked "Bridget Jones's Diary," I have a hard time believing you wouldn't like this book just as much as the first. The tone is similar but more assured (the diary data at the outset of each chapter, for example, are far more varied and inventive in this second book), and we get more hijinks with our favorite wackoes from the first book (including the pathetic Daniel Cleaver) and meet even newer wackoes, like Gary the professional Builder but impassioned part-time...angler? What I liked even better about this book, though, was that Fielding pulls no emplotment punches and riddles the narrative with one out-of-left-field surprise after another. These surprises often amount to little more than local episodes that are opened and wrapped within a chapter or two, but others become jokes that run (and run well) for the duration of the novel, including the mishaps in Thailand, the speculations over the sexual orientation of one of Bridget's uncles, and the ridiculously exoticist treatment of a young African man by Bridget's mother. Which leads me (in a roundabout way) to the final thing that makes this novel, for me at least, as timely as it is fun: "The Edge of Reason" seems more willing to address (even if only via satire) contemporary social ills than Fielding's first novel did. While "Bridget Jones's Diary" seemed to confine its attention to Bridget's relationship woes (and I'm not complaining about that focus at all), "The Edge of Reason" parodies British attitudes toward race, globalization, sexuality, and broader discussions of gender (the constant pokes at Nick Hornby's figuring of today's British male are especially funny). While the engagement with these topics is far from thorough, I do think that it broaches its chosen social themes in a gentle way. In short, I am confident that fans of the first volume of Bridget's diary will like this second tome at least as much. Does Fielding have another one in her? I hope so.
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Summary: Can't put it down!
Review: I read Bridget Jones' Diary in an afternoon. It moved so quickly and I found myself choking back giggles as to not disturb my boyfriend. I had been hearing great things about this book for over a year and I'm so glad I finally read it for myself. Every great thing you've heard is true!
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Summary: Sequel That Is Better Than The Orginal
Review: I truely adored this book. I liked it so much that I read it in just one day. I thought the sequel was better than the first simply because I thought this one was funnier. The only problem I had with it though was the whole trip to Thailand. The part was just silly. The book would have been 10,000 times funnier without it, but I digress. Do your self a favor a check out this book.
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Summary: Nice read BUT why all this racism ..
Review: I cant deny the fact that it s an enjoyable and easy read book. Actually, I can relate to it very much, even though I come from a different background. The thing that turned me off was the amount of racism that you included in your book. You put it in a funny way and pretty light humor, but as I am Muslim and African, I didnt really appreciate the Attitude. Mentioning my prophet as a subject to dating is pretty humiliating in our religion. Along with ohter parts in the book, which talk about Kuran. You need to know that these things are sacred to us and they are not a subject of humor and sarcasm.
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Summary: Great follow-up to Bridget Jones' Diary
Review: Although not packing quite the punch of its predecessor, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is still relatively witty and amusing as poor Bridget bumbles through her life and the series of many mishaps, coincidences and a strange, out-of-place, but intriguing ending. Definitely a good book to pick up when you're feeling the effects of Bridget Withdrawal!
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: This book is one of the funniest, silliest books I've ever read. Far better than its counterpart, event hough both are great, I laughed out loud by myself on a rainy day as I read this book from cover to cover. I was turned off to the original book until seeing the movie. After that I rushed out, bought this, and had a great time reading it. Bridget Jones is a character everyone should be able to relate to, appreciate and laugh with.
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Summary: Hilarious and fun
Review: This book is one of the funniest, silliest books. Far better than its counterpart, event hough both are great, I laughed out loud by myself on a rainy day as I read this book from cover to cover. I was turned off to the original book until seeing the movie. After that I rushed out, bought this, and had a great time reading it. Bridget Jones is a character everyone should be able to relate to, appreciate and laugh with.
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Summary: Bridget Jones-The Edge of Reason
Review: This book was ok and definitely not as good as the first one. I felt that it did not explain some parts as well and left you wondering "what was that all about". Some parts there was too much description about things you could have cared less about. Don't get me wrong though it was a fun book to read when it came to the funny parts and it did have a your typical good ending!
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Summary: if you liked the first one. . .
Review: All you really need to know is that this is a satisfying sequel. You've probably read the first one and are just worried that the second may be monotonous and redundant. Well, it's a little redudant, but in a thoroughly enjoyable way. Who doesn't want to watch Bridget fumble through a relationship in much the same way she fumbled through being single? Liked the first one, you'll like the second one. 'Nuff said.
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Summary: Hilarously Funny! Better than the first Bridget Jones novel
Review: This was a quick, hilarious read. I was laughing so hard I starting snorting! No novel in recent memory has made me laugh so much. The first half of the book is non-stop laughter and Bridget's relationship woes throughout the book are a comic delight. The book becomes a wonderful comedy of errors and misunderstandings that could happen to anyone of us. I will say I was disgusted with the Jed subplot. The Thailand holiday mishap was not only unrealistic, but it brought back memories of a recent movie with the same plot. However, this book is so hilarious it hardly registers. Kudos to Helen Fielding on writing one of the funniest novels in recent years!
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