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Summary: Accept Bridget, warts and all!
Review: Not since reading Kingsley Aims have I laughed out loud so much. Thank you Helen Fielding for creating such colorful characters. Reading Bridget's diary give a real sense of her moods and (yes) even her personal growth. How refreshing to read an honest story about a single woman without making her too pathetic or precious.
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Summary: I'm not Bridget Jones! And I loved the book anyway!
Review: This book is great. Critics have argued that it's Pride and Prejudice. So what? Pride and Prejudice is my favorite book, and I didn't hold a grudge against Bridget Jones because of it. Critics say she's shallow. She is, but she's also lovable and funny. Who cares if she's not a feminist's dream? She's not real. Fictional. And it's not like anyone will take her for a role model. Lighten up, please. You don't have to emulate her or worship her, just laugh and go along with the story. Some of the plot was contrived, but once more, it's fiction. I will grant she's overly thin and too worried about dieting (I'm sitting here saying 134 pounds and she thinks she needs to diet?), but that's part of her neurotic charm. I know people who are like that about losing weight, and my response basically is to laugh at them for worrying. This book appealed to me, my mom, and all of my friends, and we're not at all like Bridget, though a few things we can relate to; I won't be screaming 'Bridget Jones is me!' any time soon. There are some girls, though, who I know who could possibly become Bridget Jones, so I'm not going to argue that the character is completely unrealistic. For the people who hated British slang, you can figure it out quickly; it's not that hard. Overall, this book is great. Completely enjoyable, and a light read. Some of the sections had me laughing out loud. This book is hilarious. Not just anyone could write snappy dialogue, or write a bestseller. I loved this book, and recommend it. P.S.: For the person who suggested anyone could write this book: Then why don't you give it a shot? Also recommended: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (I know, I know, the latter has nothing to do with this book and isn't like it, but it's one of my favorites.)
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Summary: Did I write this?
Review: I can't prove it but Helen fielding has been sneaking into my room at night and reading my mind!. Bridget is me at my worst and thats why I can relate to her and why I laughed like a loon all the way to Boston while I read it. Much like myself Bridg has one diaster in love after the other and even though she may get alittle negative it's actually what I liked about her, she doesn't try to be nice all the time. She comes off as human, someone you'd go see the new Gabriel Bryne movie with. If your in a bad relationship or no relationship and have a good sense of self mockery you will love this book. If your a smug married with 2.5 kids and a dog your going to hate it and should just stick to "Chicken soap for the bored housewifes soul" or whatever it is you people read. A must read for anyone in her 20's.
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Summary: Fielding's best since Tom
Review: One small complaint: We are never told the precise relation of Bridget to him. Given his proclivities, however, we might reasonably suppose her the harvest of some wild oat or other. BTW, OTOH, IMHO, readers shouldn't have to decode alphabet soup. Let's dispense with the all-uppercase gibberish, shall we? (Read also Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones".)
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Summary: Silly but funny
Review: V.g. I recommended this book to all my friends; perfect for a nice, quiet afternoon, although if you are that kind of person that can't put up with other people's constant blundering, don't read it, it will only get on your nerves.
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Summary: A Jolly Good Time
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I listened to it using the "books on tape" version. I was laughing out loud through many parts of the book. Some of Bridgette's insecurities are so true to life. I would recommend this book to my female friends who need a great laugh!
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Summary: This book was a fast, funny read!
Review: Although I have no misconceptions that this book will become a classic or as widely read and acclaimed as other books, but it provided a day of hilarious reading for me. I actually laughed out loud in some sections, and it was really so true. I reccommend this for someone stil young enough to enjoy such senseless humor and old enough to understand it.
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Summary: Earnestness and vanity
Review: Why do people have to "relate" to something to enjoy it? I am a man (horror of horrors) and enjoyed this enormously. The affectionately drawn portrait of singletonism was recogniseable to men (this one at least) as well as women, but that wasn't necessary for me to have a good time reading the book. Earnest political correctness is almost always the enemy of humour, I'm afraid, as it is of much else. Believe it or not, Fielding was not writing this as a prescription for modern, Amazonian woman, for whom any show of emotion is apparently a sign of weakness (talk about caving in to a male stereotype). In fact, she was not writing prescriptively at all. I happened rather to like Bridget Jones. She seemed infinitely preferable - more fun, more witty and more self-effacing - to some of her critics on this page.
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Summary: you may like it if single and hate your life
Review: Frustrated single white female, very negative attitude, looking for love, drinks too much, weight obsessed even though is already thin, trying to quit smoking, hates her career. That is it in a nutshell. I might have loved this book when I was single and so negative but now that I am a happily married mother, and have experienced a great and happy career, I was bored rather than entertained. Couldn't identify with the character. Kept thinking "get a life" and "she is so shallow". Boring! Novel dragged on with much of the same material over and over, not so much drama and not anything very surprising happens to shake up the boring-ness of it all.
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Summary: A Big Ole' Slice Of Fun
Review: I can't get enough of this book. I read it over and over. I savor it and can't wait for the sequel. Helen Fielding is amazing. She "gets" it and tells the story of most young single women out there. It's an anthem for those of us out there trying to get by. It's a wonderful book.
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