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Summary: A Single Girl's Handbook?
Review: Having read the Adrian Mole Diaries, I found this book to be entertaining and very true to life. Life imitates Art and vice versa! Bridget's neuroticisms are the same which draw us to Ally McBeal because they are so easy to relate to. I think everyone has experienced a situation where they have found themselves bouncing off the walls no matter how educated, well-rounded and confident they normally are. Let's face it, there are those people in life that just know how to push your buttons to insanity be they well-meaning parents, friends, or the stranger that walks through the door and makes you giggle for no aparant reason. Reading Bridget's misadventures is comforting and one wonders what my diary would look like if I kept one for a year. Hats off to BJ!
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Summary: Days to read 2 (v.g.) Fun Units 1000 (excellent)
Review: You might as well pull out the Pride and Prejudice while you're at it and be prepared to run it again. This will extend your experience to 3-4 days (v.v.g) and your Fun Units will just about double (moderately guaranteed). Delightful, funny, diverting view of a life lived as a "singleton" with mothers, boyfriends, work and a plethora of peccadillos mixed in charming proportions. Ms. Fielding's confection is well worth the time. My only regret is that I missed the original weekly newspaper incarnation of Bridget. It would be delightful to have to wait a week for the next entry. Self discipline not being one of my strongpoints, I just devoured the whole thing in two sittings. Perhaps you will have better luck (or better control). Strongly recommended for high fun quotient (life ain't serious all the time, kids).
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Summary: Silly, trite and a little funny
Review: Sure, it really IS funny to be smart, self-conscious and just out of perfection's reach. But, really, the questions remains: So what? Helen Fielding is clever but even she has to know that Bridget is a joke and all that calorie-counting and cigarette tallying isn't very sustainable. If Bridget wants a different life, then why in the world is she obsessed with enumerating the idiocies of the one she has?
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Summary: The Bridget Jones inside all of us
Review: No, Bridget Jones is not a modern heroine of our times. On the contrary, she is this average woman with a terrible loving life, a nerve-racking job and yet a weight problem. She wants to achieve, unachievable goals; she needs to quit bad habits and start a new life but not even cigars and a dose of self-esteem, guidance books can help her. She is a loser but with a point of view. She makes her normal, boring life interesting to the readers and makes us believe that after all, we can do better than that. That is where her charm lies beneath.
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Summary: V. funny modern day Pride & Prejudice comedy!
Review: Number of times have called friends to tell about book 14 (not enough), number of times laughed out loud in public while reading 365 (or more...), number of times have wanted to count weight in stones and marry Mr Darcy: too many, number of emails and messages written Bridget's diary style ALL (yes, annoyed friends) Bridget Jones is a single woman in her thirties, and as Jane Austen might have said it: "It is a fact universally acknowledge that a single woman in her thirties must be unable to find a partner". Thus, her entire family and friends' life goal is to hear Bridget out about any current boyfriends or try to hook her up with someone, anyone. Bridget herself is very much convinced it must be her weight that is keeping her from finding anyone. This very funny diary might remind one a bit of the Adrian Mole diaries, that were written in a similar way and had a main character that dealt with many of the same problems. However, Bridget Jones's diary has more to it than just the every day life of a very funny/desperate woman, it is also a modern day version of Pride & Prejudice, obviously written with the same characters in mind. Bridget being Elisabeth, Mark Darcy being of course Mr. Darcy! If you have seen the 6 hour BBC version of Pride & Prejudice, or have read the actual book by Jane Austen (both are absolutely fabulous and extremely funny, particularly the BBC series, because they star the V. handsome Colin Firh as Darcy), you will have the additional fun of slowly realizing who is who in the book (I won't give it away, it is much more fun to find this out by yourself), and also you will find that Mr. Darcy was written with Colin Firth (who will in fact play Mark Darcy in the upcoming movie) in mind. If you have not seen or read Pride & Prejudice, this book will still be a great read. Any woman who's ever had a relationship, wanted to lose weight, or even had a mother, will identify with Bridget, as she goes through many entertaining crises's and introduces her friends and her not-so-wonderful boyfriend Daniel. Enter Bridget's life for a year (or more, the sequal is already out), you won't be able to put the book down! Don't wait for the movie to come out, the book is fab, funny and a pleasant read.
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Summary: The funniest book I've ever read!
Review: I loved this book! I fell in love with Bridgett and missed her for weeks after I was done reading. I told my best friend about it and she loved it as much as I did, she was in hawaii when she finished reading it, and went all over the island looking for 'The Edge of Reason' to continue the story. Bridgett is soooo funny, her adventures made me laugh so hard that I cried! I wish Helen Fielding would write a third book. If you read The diary you have to read The Edge of Reason, it's even better!
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Summary: v. excited about fun, easy to read typed book-hurrah!
Review: 1 days taken to read book, 3 visits to coffee shop on corner w said book, 5,000,000 fits of v. loud laughter as result of book...love, love, loved this book. was v. hooked from first page, and enthusaistic about fun, easy read throughout. will admit that bridget jones bares frightening resemblance to own single life, but am v. delighted to report that book has infact restored sense of humor about own goofiness. have also read second book and found equally as enjoyable. is most definitely a highly recommended, entertaining-typed book that will induce fits of laughter and general all-around good feeling. hurrah!
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Summary: Neurotically Funny
Review: We've all experienced those little moments of neurosis in our lives: checking to see how many times a certain someone has called; trying so hard to be noticed by someone without looking like we are trying to be noticed; obsessing about weight or smoking and drinking habits, or something similar. "Bridget Jones" writes a no holds barred, self-deprecating, hilarious diary. Bridget starts every entry with her weight, and the amount of alcohol drunk and cigarettes smoked, and sometimes, the number of times she's thought about someone, or checked to see if they've called. Watching as her constant struggle for self-improvement hit various highs and lows is interesting, especially as she wants to lose weight, stop smoking, and stop drinking so very much. So she has a bit of a drinking problem, but at least she's aware of it, and doesn't get drunk *every* day. The diary is an account of a year of her life, for better or for worse. Wonderfully funny and self-aware, Bridget talks about her life and the lives of her (also neurotic) friends. And, I must say, her mother is annoying but hilarious; an over-sterotypical representation of a socialite.
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Summary: LIGHTEN UP!
Review: To all you people who just whine and complain about this book, LIGHTEN UP! This book is meant to entertain. This is not a great work of literature, merely a book to escape the rigors of daily life and associate with a character who many (both men and women) can identify with. Each of you share something with Bridget, whether you like it or not. You could smoke/not smoke, drink, struggle with your body and issues, been dateless, been dumped, been cheated on, been jilted, been fired (almost), have problems with your overbearing parents, or your needy dramatic friends, contemplate intimate relations with someone in your office.... I'm sure many of you can identify with something from the above list. I found this book hilarious. And to all you righteous critics ranting and raving about how horrible this book is...save your time and tackle "actual" works of literature. AND LAUGH A LITTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ!!!
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Simply hilarious! What 30-something Singleton hasn't gone through what Bridget goes through? A delightful, energetic and captivating book. It's a short read - I finished it on the plane on a roundtrip from New York to Texas and back.
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