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Summary: Great Read for Bridget fans...
Review: This book was a great follow-up to the first, and made me laugh out loud. It is a bit hard to read, because of the English slang... but once I caught on it was smooth sailing. This is a book you will pick up and not want to put down until its finished. Keep writing Helen Feilding, I can't wait to read about Bridget's next adventures!
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Summary: Hysterically funny!
Review: I had read the book but had to listen to it on tape. I laughed and giggled myself all over town. Vg Fun!
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Summary: a worthy reprise
Review: The irrepressible Bridget Jones continues her diary for another year with this sequel to "Bridget Jones' Diary", and the hilarity of her adventures is undiminished. Written in the highly comic trademark Bridget style, the new diary recounts Bridget's adventures in her relationship with Mark Darcy, her attempts to have her flat renovated, and her observations of her mother's shenanigans. Although "The Edge of Reason" is necessarily less original than, well, the original (and is clearly not going to spawn an entire subgenre of popular literature the way "Bridget Jones' Diary" did) it's still an excellent read; Fielding is a better inventor of plot, and surely a better stylist, than most of her imitators.
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Summary: Yes, Sequels Can Be As Good As the Original
Review: After thoroughly enjoying Bridget Jones's Diary, I felt let down. The book had ended too soon and I wanted more story. I wanted to know what happened between Bridget and Mark, Colin and Pam, Jude and Vile Richard. I was not let down for long though because I soon discovered this book and I was able to have all my questions answered.
I was pleasantly suprised by this delightful sequel and I read it with the same voracity that I had read the original with. This is a warm and delightful book and readers won't feel let down(except I wouldn't mind a third installment.) If you still haven't read the first book, buy it and read it, then move on to this delightful sequel!
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Summary: Enchanting and Delightful! Love Bridget Jones!
Review: I loved this book and cannot wait for the next installment as well as the movie. I hope others will enjoy it too! Recommend!
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Summary: hmm deja vu
Review: the writing's just as fun but the whole thailand plot...if you've seen the movie Brokedown Palace, you'll experience a few bouts of deja vu reading this sequel as what happens to Bridget is almost exactly what happens to Claire Danes' character in the movie. That irked me a bit, but otherwise it was a quick, fun read.
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Summary: Cute.
Review: This is the continuation of Bridget Jones's Diary. It starts four weeks after the end of its predecessor. Bridget is still the same calorie counting, self-help book guru that she was in the last book, now she is in a thriving relationship with an adult male. But of course, things can't be that easy. Once again, Bridget tries to figure out her relationship with the man she loves, her parents, her peers, and co-workers. Honestly, I thought Bridget lost some of her bravado. That doesn't mean the book wasn't good, but I always saw Bridget being a little "stronger", if you will, that she appeared in this book. Fielding also had a field day making fun of self-help dating book (cheeky satire at best). Bridget and her friends were more obsessed than ever with them, and it did get a little annoying at times. Although I like Bridget, I had to agree with a statement that was made in the book about wanting a person who knew their own mind instead of relying on what self-help books tell them they should do. And I didn't think this book was nearly as amusing as the last. I wouldn't say these books are laugh out loud funny, but they do make me smile a majority of the time. Can't wait until the next one comes out. I'm still interested in seeing how things end for Bridget.
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Summary: Better than the first one
Review: This sequel to "Bridget Jones's Diary", is one that exceeds all expectations, being that it is far better than the first one.
In this book, Helen Fielding cleverly gives her character a whole bunch of new experiences, some of which are truly ingenious (e.g. jail).
Most of the other characters appear and a few new ones as well, while the book offers more pleasure, being thicker than its prequel.
You will definetely enjoy this!
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Summary: Fun, fun, fun!
Review: I found out about the book "Bridget Jones's Diary" from a friend that swore it was one of the best books that she had ever read. I borrowed her copy and fell in love not only with the character of Bridget, but with Helen Fielding's style of writing. As soon as I found out that there was going to be a sequel to the first Bridget Jones, I started stalking the book stores waiting for it to arrive on the shelves. Finally I just pre-ordered it from Amazon. I think I recieved the book "The Edge of Reason" the day that it came out. I rarely am this excited to read a book. And I am pleased to say that Fielding didn't disappoint me in any way. Her writing has a style all of it's own. It seems like you are actually reading a diary, not an author's poor rendition of one. Fielding makes Bridget seem real and her thoughts, no matter how crazy, make sense to the reader.
Some parts of the plot in the novel are a bit hard to believe, but Fielding makes up for it with Bridget's quirky character. With this girl, nothing is too hard to believe. She's one of those people that things just happen to. It's a wonderful story and an interesting trip through a 30-something's mind that even I as a 19 year old can enjoy and sympathize with. Every woman has her insecurities and Bridget displays hers in such a way that it's hard not to laugh at them and even yourself as you realize just how horrible you are for completely over analyzing everything.
The book sends a positive message to all of it's readers, but delivers it in such a way that you don't feel like it's being stuffed down your throat. I hope Bridget's adventures continue on all the way through crows' feet and gray hair. I'll be reading every step of the way. Also recommended: THE LOSERS' CLUB by Richard Perez
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Summary: Calling all single women
Review: After first watching the movie, then reading the book it was based on, I knew I had to get this book. You can sympathize with Jones through all her escapades. As much as I loved reading this book, you can tell that author Helen Fielding must've loved the movie "Brokedown Palace". She "borrowed" that idea for the bulk of Bridget's dilemma. However, if you read the first Jones book and are looking to continue the saga, this is a must read.
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