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Summary: This book is great!
Review: This book is one of the best books I've ever read! If you like books that will keep you laughing than this is the book for you! Even though I'm only 15, I could easily relate to many of Bridget's mishaps throughout the entire story. I can't wait to go see the movie and read the second book! This is a definately a book that's hard to put down once you start reading it. My overall rating - V.G.
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Summary: It's a Fad
Review: Good book or no? It's an OK contemporary comical abstract of a modern woman's conflicts and struggles. Alrighty, that about sums it up. The book is easy to read, not too serious, not too deep, good for a laugh. It's NOT Jane Austen, I guarantee you that.
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Summary: The books, the movie, and the reviewers
Review: Okay, Bridget Jones is not great literature. If you are looking for depth and life changing revelations, this book is not for you. Yes, the plot is from Jane Austen, which Helen Fielding makes perfectly obvious from the BBC series and Darcy references. That doesn't take away from the book's charm, and for me, actually increased the fun. (By the way, Pride and Prejudice is not exactly deep literature, either, but I love Austen.) Yes, Bridget is definately insecure and disfunctional. To argue her faults misses the point. How interesting are perfect characters? I don't think she was meant to represent "every woman" or act as a moral compass. She's a character, and a surprisingly three-dimensional one, given the format of the book. She is a mess and I liked her and I enjoyed reading about her. I've read both books and have seen the movie and thought they were all very fun. Wasn't that the point? The character really resonated for me, perhaps because I'm a 30-something singleton who is a few pounds heavier than the media ideal, not dating anyone, and definately indulging in some of Bridget's vices. Should women stop obsessing about their weight, their calorie, alcohol, and cigarette intake, and their dating status? Of course! But a lot of us do, and it doesn't matter if you belong to this category, because Bridget is a character, not a reflection of the reader's life. It's possible to have a good career, good family, and good friends and still have insecurities. If anything, Bridget is a wonderful balance of bad and good, functional and disfunctional, pessimism and optimism. She's fun and funny and a really good companion to have when you aren't participating in your own social life. And that, dear reviewers, is my definition of a good book. I liked both books, but preferred the second because it developed Mark Darcy and the relationship more. The movie was a good adaptation, and wisely did not try to mirror the book. The casting was perfect, and I did enjoy the Hugh Grant/Colin Firth references in the book. Why the four stars? Like Bridget, the book is not perfect. But who wants to read a perfect review?
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Summary: see the movie, skip the book
Review: I never thought I would promote a movie over a book... but I can't help it. I read Bridget Jone's when it first came out, and found it fairly unthrilling. There was so much hype surrounding its humor, and I couldn't wait to laugh out loud. It struck me as man obsessed, and a bit dull. The movie, however, I adored! It was funny, and made Bridget seem more real and loveable. I must add in that I think what the media did in regards to Renee Zewelleger's weight was absoulutely despicable. She wasn't fat at all!
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Summary: a great laugh
Review: I can't see why anyone would give this book any less than 5 stars. I'd give it more if I could.I love the format of the book, how it is all written as a diary. The heroine is as wacky as they get, and Helen Fielding really hits the nail on what women have issues with. After I read this book I immediately bought the sequel, which is equally as good. If you're a woman, you definitely have to read this book. It's fun, light, summer reading, and it goes really quick too. I just have to say I was never much of a book person until I read this. This book has re-introduced me to the wonderful world of books.
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Summary: Saw movie, had to read book
Review: After seeing this in the movies, I had to read the book! At first, the choppy sentences and British language was a little hard to read, but I quickly fell in to a comfortable speed and understand and totally loved this book. It made me laugh out loud at times and feel like this book was written about me! It is the story about the life of a 30-something single girl, but this presents it in a hilarious way and makes us realize that we all do silly things to impress friends and men!
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Summary: enough with the insecurities!!
Review: At the beginning of this novel I was surprisingly pleased with the funny way she spoke of the insecurities that plague allmost all women in this day and age. We all have the fat day, the too many drinks day, the hate all men and wish they would all spontainously combust day etc. I found myself laughing out loud at certian points relating to the character. But, then about half way through I started to get quite annoyed. I mean her largest weight, once translated from stones to pounds, is like 130lbs, and then the book started to wear on me like a friend that constantly complains ablout her weight searching for you to tell her, no hon you look great. I became bothered by the fact that this women could not find anything about herself too be happy about, that she could not find any measure of peace alone and that only in finding of a man would her life be fulfilled. By the end of the book I felt that she had become a character that bothered me, so I couldn't root for her, instead I felt like grabbing her and yelling, "suck it up for gods sake"!!
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Summary: 2nd book, better than the first
Review: Having read "Bridget Jones Diary" first and then the "Edge of Reason", I was glad that I had read the first, just to have the background to understand the second. I found the first book to be so-so as far as entertainment value. It is basically just an ordinary single womens view of life.
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Summary: Hilarious and surprisingly touching.
Review: The heroine is as lovable as they come, and the story is always amusing as we watch poor Bridget blush again and again. Triumphant story of hopelessly vain Singleton, seeking to be self-assured and happy in an obstacle-course world of smugness. Makes you glad your life isn't as sad as hers, or if we're truly honest with ourselves, makes you glad you're not alone in your humiliations. Good for light, feel-good reading (summer).
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Summary: Entertaining story of being single
Review: This is a very funny novel. The story of Bridget and her friends brings back some memories of being single, but her adventures are pretty extreme. Her liquor salesman must be quite wealthy, I'm amazed at her alcohol consumption(and went to a college with a well known rep as a party school). Bridget's take on being a singleton is not to be missed, enjoy.
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