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Summary: I am so glad that this is NOT American!
Review: Thank God this comes from the other side of the Atlantic. This book speaks to all that is trash in American (and I suppose British) culture. It's popularity is regrettable but not shocking. The writing is horrid and the dribble, worthless. This is talk-show pathetics at its worst! Does anybody really care what she weighs and smokes and drinks? Sadly, the answer to my question is apparently, YES. Somebody, please give B.J. some prozac! I am 24 and female and an avid reader. Most of my friends loved this. I can't for the life of me figure out why, but I felt I had to write in when Amazon recommended it.
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Summary: What is the deal???
Review: I found this so pathetic. I realize that I am in the minority on this one, still, I though I'd share my views. I really didn't want to hear about another person's whiny obsessions with dieting, bad boy friends and parents (which is essentially what the book is). I have plenty of friends who do that all day. The only good thing here was that it was a book and I could slam it shut.
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Summary: Fabulous reading for both singletons and smug marrieds!
Review: This book is a hilarious read to be thoroughly enjoyed by all sexes! Uniquely and engrossingly written, you will not be able to put it down ... bring it to the beach! Buy the hardcover ... you'll want this book to last forever.
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Summary: Very funny book!
Review: My mother gave me this book when we were on vacation together in Germany. She was laughing so hard while reading it I asked her to give it to me when she was finished. Bridget Jone's is a 30-something woman living in London who keeps track of her life via her diary. She starts every day by counting her weight, alcohol units, cigarettes, lottery ticket purchases, obsessive calls to voice mail account to see if men have called, etc. This book is a total hoot! Especially for single women in their 30's who can relate. I found myself nodding my head "yes" to many of her pages as I had experienced similar things in my life. It is good, light reading that will give you many laughs! I hope Fielding will write another!
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Summary: Hysterically funny
Review: I first listened to this book as a "book on tape" when I got it out of the library. It was so hysterical and I enjoyed it so much, I ended up buying the hard copy for myself. While the written work is good, the book on tape is OUTSTANDING. The actress who narrates is able to suspend reality with the use of her voice and make you think that a number of different people are actually speaking. I don't usually give 5 stars but this book is fun.
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Summary: It's fanatical and hilariously funny...
Review: My God! Bridget Jones, a life of a women traced into a steps of mirror, we are actually following a woman of the nineties? I believe women ay shrugged but it is, so stereotypical! They are the anti-tradition, they are the new hip-hop and sex crazy Goddess... My...my Bridget Jones really brightens up my day with the humour cast upon the creative skills of Helen Fieldings, well, this is a shot of good book, I call this a great book not a literary exceptional book, a good thought for a life of laughter...
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Summary: A great read!!!!
Review: Gee people, why do you find it hard to call a spade what it is? A SPADE. This book was fun. I didn't go to sleep until I finished it. Literary Classics are great but this is great too. You read and come across scenarios that apply to some experience you've had in your life. Most women go through what Bridget Jones has gone through. I'm in my twenties but gosh, I seem to be already familiar with a lot of what Helen Fielding is writing about. I really enjoyed reading this and for all you critics who think giving a bad review makes you seem more knowledgeable, you may wanna rethink. It doesn't hurt to see what is good and admit it. And feminists, GET A LIFE! Also for people who read a few pages and cast the book off as boring, you may need to learn the virtue called patience. You shouldn't really be reviewing anything after a chapter or a couple of pages. You could actually try reading the book to the very last page before you bless us with your comments.
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Summary: Laughed out-loud and was very bummed to finish the book.
Review: From the very beginning, I had a smile on my face and knew why so many people have raved about this book. The caption on the inside flap sums it all up "Bridget Jones is me!!". I thoroughly enjoyed the scheming and the plotting her family goes through to set her up, and her description of the 'smug Marrieds' is brilliant. It made me very happy to be single and provided some quality girly-giggles. Cannot say enough and I WANT A SEQUEL!!
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Summary: The truth hurts so good
Review: This book has received some of the most vicious and petty reviews of any in recent history. Of course if Fielding had been a man, she would have been universally appluaded for her exhuberent wit and candor and entertainment skills. As a woman she is ripe for marginilization and outright crucifixtion. How sad that we as a culture havent evolved to a sense of humor about ourselves as women -- that every heroine must be living alone and loving it, performing neurosurgery for charity, or ladling soup to ophans unless she is to be praised. The fact that this book rocketed to the bestseller list and stayed there speaks for itself. I found it fun, hilarious, fresh, charming and a great read -- bridget is self deprecating, doesnt claim to be mother theresa or ghandi. why must we wish that on her? nick hornby wrote with wit and irreverence about his sex life and everyone just about broke a leg trying to deify him (I love him too) but helen fielding is being skewered with red hot needles, and I'm not sure why. she wrote a comic novel, not a sequel to The Feminine Mystique. So what? And it may be true that this book doesnt hit everyone's mirth spot -- then why not just ignore it? why go out of one's way to throw poison darts? I think I know why. It's called Jealousy, and it's been aorund since the beginning of time. Ms Fielding deserves not derision, but applause -- for a sharply honed novel and for starting a Bad girl trend that moves away from the banal let's not-offend-anyone-or-tell-too-many-truths claptrap that female writers seem doomed to. Helen? I say write another book, make it even more shocking and irreverent, and send your critics a superbly wrapped lemon they can suck on. I thought her plot was skillfill and would make a terrific film, especilly the finale. Loved it, and that doesn;t make me a mindless idiot. It makes me human.
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Summary: Shallow, Stupid, Boring and Completely Self-Absorbed
Review: If you spend all of your time obsessing about your weight, the amount of cigarettes you smoke per day, the calorie content of every drink, and the best way to let some loser guy get into your bed while an obviously good one gets your cold shoulder, than READ ON. If you have more important concerns, you will hate it. I just wish I could have given it zero stars.
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