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Summary: Funny/easy
Review: Not often do you find a truly funny book that at the same time has very human qualities--and foibles we recognize as applying to our own sins. Sometimes we need the odd book with which we can relax and simply enjoy. Now I await the sequel!
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Summary: Mary Tyler Moore in the insecure modern 90's
Review: I absolutely loved this book, Helen Fielding writes with amazing clarity and comedy to produce a book that had me rolling on the floor in laughter. I would recommend this book to anyone, espically single women, in need of a good laugh!
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Summary: A Funny Look At The Trials Of Modern Living
Review: Given all of the hype surrounding this book, I was expecting to be slightly disappointed by the actual product. I'm pleased to say that it surprised me. It was as funny and poignant as I had heard. Fielding's insights into the stresses and small pleasures of modern life are on the mark. I could easily relate to Bridget's experiences. And that's not easy to do to a thirtysomething male with his own batch of ****wittage with which to deal.The book isn't perfect. Some of the jokes will probably be over the heads of readers who haven't been to Great Britain recently (like the Jenny Eclair in Edinburgh minor insult). And the ending is a little too neat for a messy life like Bridget's (getting a boyfriend on Christmas Day is much too blatent for me). Still, these are minor quibbles for an otherwise outstanding book. Overall, the humorous insights make it a book worth purchasing.
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Summary: Fun,diffrent and easy to read!!!!!
Review: "Bridget Jone's Diary" was a true work of art. Once you get over the terms Fag=cigarette, nip around the corner, etc. it's a really fun book. I too have been there with the weight obsession, cigarette count(still do), and whether or not my cellulite has improved. Poor Bridget has been cajoled, harrassed, dumped, almost fired and definitely chased. She is a basic role model for us all in one way or another. I might just try this experiment myself.
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Summary: Funny in spots, but frequently absurd
Review: Perhaps British women mature more slowly than Americans? I doubt that -- yet don't know how else to account for this novel. Everyone says how true-to-life it is. Yes, very much so, but for what age group? I was Bridget Jones in my late teens and twenties, but she purports to be in her 30s!! I'm now 33, a professional "singleton" myself, and I don't behave much like Bridget. The key difference is one between content and degree. I do worry about my weight and strive for "inner poise" and want to find a nice man... yet the degree to which Bridget obsesses about these things is embarrassing and absurd in a woman her age. She has a startling lack of composure or self-knowledge. All the 30-something women I know are more mature than this, even if sharing some of the same general concerns. Nonetheless, there are parts of the novel that are extremely funny... I especially liked her summation of the agonies of preparing for a large dinner party. I listened to the Audio-Cassette version on a very long drive. It's good for this purpose -- entertaining, doesn't require much concentration. But for God's sake, ignore the hype that says this book truly reflects modern women. It doesn't.
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Summary: A funny account of one woman's struggle to have inner poise
Review: I noticed many people criticize this book as anti-feminist and how it does not speak for all women. Yes, that is true. That is why this a NOVEL, not a non-fiction book. It's supposed to be an acocunt of just ONE woman and her struggle to be the perfect woman with the perfect body, the great job, with the sensitive boyfriend that society expects from her. I related to Bridget Jones in many ways. Her lack of culinary skills, her disastrous mornings in getting ready for work, her uninspired job...etc. I give it 4 starts because of the "fairy-tale ending". Fielding should have known better than giving this book a "happy ever after" feel at the end.
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Summary: Laugh Out Loud Funny
Review: Thirtysomething neurotic single woman - who no one would like to be like - is Bridget Jones. Her year is nearly a disaster but at least it's funny for the readers. No this book isn't deep but it is simple pleasure. And best of all it isn't about another woman trying to come to terms with her relationship with her mother!!
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Summary: Fluffy Fun
Review: Don't take the book so seriously ... it's just some fluffy fun to read quickly. I enjoyed it alot. It's not "great literature" but neither is Stephen King and I enjoy his work too!
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Summary: Unmissable, impossible to put down and an education for men!
Review: Once you start this book, you cannot put it down. It is Pride and Prejudice brought screaming into the 1990s. It made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion and made me realise that running in and dialling 1471 is a usual passtime of thirtysomething singletons!! If you don't beg steal or borrow a copy of this book then you are seriously missing out - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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Summary: What a remarkable book!
Review: As a twenty-something singleton, I simply adored this book and have passed it around to all my friends. Even the smug marrieds enjoy it. When I finished reading it, I missed her. I have never connected to a character that way.
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