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Summary: Grown up female perspective of Adrian Mole
Review: I read the Secret Diary of Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend about 13 years ago, and found Bridget Jones's Diary to be remarkably similar. Swop the sexes around and substitute his measuring the size of his thingy for her constant weight watching and that's about it. I whizzed thorugh it in about a day, and found it very easy going, but felt that it's been done before.
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Summary: Lighten up
Review: Please don't spend time comparing this to "Pride and Prejudice"--enjoy this for what it is: a light-hearted look at being a 30-something Singleton in the 90s. I loved the part about regretting the answering machine message. Who can't relate to that?
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Summary: don't believe all the hype-not uproarisly funny
Review: It was an easy read but did not hold my interest. In fact after reading this book only days before I could hardly remember enough to discuss at book club. A taped interview by the author was the most interesting part of the evening. As a 40's something there was very little I could relate too. In fact at times I wanted to shake Bridget and say-wake up there is a REAL world out there--find it.
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Summary: this book rocks!!
Review: i laughed the entire way through, and i could hardly bear to put it down. through bridget, you get a chance to see what goes on in the scatter-brained mind of today's woman. NOT that we all think like that. but it's a funny perspective.
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Summary: Enjoyable!
Review: Bridget is absolutely light, funny, and easy to read. All women can relate to her neurotic behavior related to men, dieting, and her relationship with her mother. It is laugh-out-loud fun.
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Summary: Bridget Jones, I love you!
Review: Be honest. What woman in the late-20s/early-30s age group hasn't weighed themselves obsessively, dreamed of having little Calvin Klein-clad babies with a man you've only dated once, and been overly ambitious about cooking gourmet meals for friends and family? I know I have. I am a 30-something woman rasised on television ideals, which were reinforced by glamour magazines. I deal with the same addictions as Bridget -- cigarettes, alcohol units, Milk Tray, and similar. I have the same fears as Bridget -- how does my butt look in this skirt. I have the same aspirations as Bridget -- exercise more, eat less chocolate. Helen Fielding's presentation of women in this age group was bright, funny, sweet and honest. I loved Bridget Jones. The novel was v.v. good.
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: A book every girl should read. Easy to relate to and very funny
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Summary: still laughing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: BJD is a wonderfully written book that i first read about in a magazine and then went out and bought the day it hit the bookstores. i read it over and over again and still find it just as funny , interesting , and well written as the first time i read it . I have read a few reviews finding BJD pathetic and boring and my thoughts on that is that those people either didn't read it correct or they just really need a sense of humor and/or to get out more often because if you don't laugh at Bridget and see even just a little bit of her in yourself then something is definitly wrong with you! Everytime i go on a trip , even if i am already reading another book i have to have BJD with me. so if you haven't read it yet , go and buy it , because you will laugh histarically and read it over and over again.
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Summary: Amusing, but not what I expected
Review: This will make you laugh, I think every woman can identify with some element of this book. However, don't believe the reviews you read that scream, "Bridget Jones is me!!!" At least I hope not, because that makes me fear for the future of females in society.
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Summary: The plot is suspiciously similar to "Pride and Prejudice"
Review: I got this book from the library (lucky me). Yes, the book is light reading and has its funny moments. However, pretty quickly, I could already tell the ending of the story. I don't know whether the author deliberately wanted to make a mockery of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and contrast Bridget Jones (a single woman in the 90's) with the collected Elizabeth Benette. It's never clear why Mark Darcey fell in love with Bridget. (I guess you can say the same thing about Mr. Darcy falling for Elizabeth.) The plot about Bridget's mother just seems a little too far-fetched, compared to Elizabeth's sister eloping with a man.What I like about this book is that it is honest. Like when Bridget's mother disappeared, Bridget, while worried, also welcomed the opportunity of being able to be closer to Mark. Similarly, when Bridget's best friend was missing, Bridget got to feel her importantance among the circle of friends as they were all desperately searching for him.
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