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Summary: The first one was better
Review: It's hard to top a great book. The Edge of Reason wasn't quite as good as the original Bridget Jones' Diary. Bridget and Mark Darcy are still loveable. And Bridget is closer to the edge of insanity than the edge of reason throughout the book. It made me glad that I'm not still single! What saved the book was when Bridget was wrongly imprisoned in Thailand. This is one book that will probably be better as a movie.
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Summary: For Women Everywhere ! ! !
Review: What else can I say? Read it! And quickly. It's even better (that is - funnier) than the first Bridget Jones novel. So much so that you may not be able to read it in public.This book is so good that I bought a copy for my cousin just so I wouldn't have to lend her mine! Now go get one of your own.... and thank me later. K.
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Summary: Hilarious in unabridged audio...
Review: I have now listened to this particular audio version (by Barbara Rosenblat, Recorded Books) three times in a row, which tells me that a) the book is very very funny (and I enjoyed it!); b) this particular adaptation is very good. Unfortunately, this particular edition is not available via Amazon.com but there is an abridged version available. Check your public library for the Rosenblat version if you want the full fix. I have both books in the Bridget Jones saga. While I read and enjoyed them both, the audio version brings out the full zaniness of this creation. It is hard to refrain from giggling (at work) while listening to particular episodes. Even Bridget's time in a Thai jail becomes hilarious when she is pondering on how to produce a baby with a boring young diplomat rather than have her child-bearing years wasted. The Colin Firth interview is a notable highlight, but so are the descriptions of Bridget's brushes with the British police and the description of Jude's wedding (starting from her dress disaster to the telegraph from Tom). Even that no-good handyman becomes a living breathing person. I believe that it helps to have read BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, but in some respects, this book can stand alone. For me, it brilliantly answers the question - What happens after "Happily Ever After?" Rating = 4.9
Recommended = Very Highly, for Rosenblat's rendition of several characters.
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Summary: The things writers will do for money.
Review: I saw the movie and thought it was pleasantly funny. Renee's Bridget was a charmingly endearing loser who gets the perfect guy at the end. So I got the sequel to see the analysis of finally getting the perfect love. Mistake! I think Ms. Fielding has great talent, but in this rush to get out another book she resorts to things that get you spanked even in a high school creative writing class (nude, schizo Asian in Mark Darcy's bed, Thai prison, drug dealing, death plot, bad contractor, Mark popping up unexpectedly everywhere and then just as quickly disappearing, etc.) This book reads like a choppy, sarcastic harlequin romance. But worse than that is I can't believe all these women identify with Bridget. From this book's description of her, Bridget doesn't seem to have much going for her, she's not intelligent (note the Germany thing or the law society dinner), smokes and drinks too much (not much impulse control for someone in their 30's), and if she were my employee I'd fire her (chronically late, lies, and when given the opportunity to improve her career mucks it up because she's so disorganized and lazy), she also can't cook for herself or clean up after herself. So why does she merit the one dimensional perfect guy? Just 'cause? Just 'cause Bridget likes to shag (plenty of girls do) and she is desparately emotionally needy (oh, guys just love that!) Don't get me wrong, there is some fun dialogue in here amongst her friends, I'm just not sure it's worth the effort.
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Summary: Another Fun Fiasco
Review: The continuing saga of the pitfalls of being Bridget Jones. Just as engaging and funny as the first, the diary format has not yet grown irritating. And what woman can't see a little of herself in Bridget or one of her friends? A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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Summary: Even better than the first...
Review: I loved BJ's Diary, yet Edge of Reason had me laughing so hard, I literally fell out of bed. And every mention of Mark Darcy made me think of Colin Firth ... absolutely yummy. Of course, my boyfriend found the book, and my Firth-fantasies, absolutely annoying.
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Summary: A good quick read!
Review: Didn't read the first, only saw the movie. This one lived up to the first, if a sequel comes out, I'm there!
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Summary: V. Good
Review: On a recent shopping spree through bargain tables I happened to see Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason laying there, calling my name. I absolutely loved the movie and it is one of the few "chick flicks" that not only does my boyfriend stomach but actually enjoys. Thus, I had to buy it. Once in my hands, I could not stop reading and devoured it in two days. The second installment of Bridget Jones begins where the first one stops. Bridget has been with Mark Darcy for four weeks. So what if her job ..., she has a boyfriend. Everything seems wonderful until Mark gets a case of "mentionitis." This disease, made up by Bridget's singleton friends (yes, they are back), refers to the condition in which a person keeps mentioning another person's name. It appears to be casual, when in fact it is not. As Bridget loses confidence in herself and her relationship hilarity ensues. Bridget finds herself in awkward situation taken wrong after awkward situation taken wrong and, like usual, Bridget ruins things for herself. She's unlucky in love, lucky at work. Although Bridget thinks that she messes up everything at work, especially her interview with Colin Firth, things always seem to work out in the end. Bridget's life is turned upside down again and again, but she always seems to bounce back. The highlights of the novel have to be Bridget's time in Thailand (I had to chuckle on and on when I read the very last page), and, of course, her mother. I don't think that anyone else can make singing Madonna songs to a tampon while half naked could pull it off quite like Bridget does. When her mother returned from Africa I was laughing hysterically at both the description of her and the "present" she brought back for Bridget's dad. Edge of Reason brings a new viewpoint of Bridget's mom. While she is always wacky and weird, there is one moment where something she says actually makes incredible sense. I was touched and moved by Bridget's mom's telling of the significance of The Velveteen Rabbit. It seems that Bridget's mother really does understand her. Helen Fielding has brought us a character so real, so vivid, so like ourselves that readers can completely relate to Bridget. This is the secret to Fielding success with Bridget. Bridget makes us feel less like failures, less like incompetents, and less alone because there is someone out there just like us. Edge of Reason is hysterical; I could hardly make it through two pages without having to laugh out loud. The first installment was great, but this one is even better. Get all of your girlfriends to read this book, laugh together, and find out if you are truly a Singleton or a Smug Married.
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Summary: HILARIOUS!!!
Review: I read the first one and the second one, and I must say that Bridget Jones:The Edge of Reason was MUCH funnier than the first. Although at times Bridget's rules of dating do become a little aggrevating, it does not hamper the quality of the book. From all the predicaments and misunderstandings one cannot help but laugh. Especially her interview with Colin Firth in Italy, that was hilarious.Also, with more of a nemesis in this book, that one cannot help but to hate, it makes this book much more interesting, and with a little more conflict, unlike the first when much of the decisions were if Bridget should sleep with Daniel or not. I would recommend this book to anyone, if you like this kind of humor. I suggest that you read it right away, and then read it again, becuase it is that good.
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Summary: still a funny good read
Review: hurrah! bridget has returned! this book was thoroughly funny! though i have to dock it one star because towards the end, it seemed quite predictable & a little cliche (her predicament seemed quite familiar, nothing new...) but Bridget is still hysterical! definitely read the first bridget jones' novel before you read this one.
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