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Summary: # times I laughed out loud..lost count (v.v.g.)
Review: Did you ever have a feeling that a hidden camera recorded your life? As a 30-something singleton, I felt that I was reading the chronicles of all of those little incidents that I thought only happened to me. Thank God I just found out I'm not alone. This book captures the charm and challenges of a single woman's life so well and with such humor.
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Summary: Summer Reading at its best
Review: I'm a Singleton in a Big City. I'm searching for a man who is not a moron, a misogynist, an idiot or otherwise malfunctional. Bridget is my British doppelganger and she sees everything with so much more wit that I can only DREAM of being like her! (If only she weren't fictional!) I only wish that there was a tiny bit more meat to it--I deVOURed this in one beautiful Sunday of sitting around in my t-shirt and boxer shorts in bed. I wish it weren't over. I don't feel more intellectually stimulated after reading this book, I just feel a lot more lighthearted. I, too, am recommending this to everyone I know.
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Summary: Diary has universal appeal
Review: Bridget Jones may be single in London, but she could be single anywhere! Although sometimes confused by British terminology or references, the experiences and situations Bridget finds herself in are all too familiar. The diary form moves the story along at a nice pace. A quick, fun, poignant read. I read it in two days--and laughed out loud!(even while reading on the treadmill!) Two weeks later, parts, and lines, still pop into my head--like every time I look in the mirror and realize that, like Bridget, a 23 year old would likely think that I'm "squashy!"
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Summary: Very entertaining. Laughed out loud through book.
Review: I very much enjoyed this book. The only problem I had with it was that I was unfamiliar with some catch phrases that the English use. I was able to call a friend who moved to New York from England a few years ago, and follow the meaning of the book more thoroughly. I am in my 30's, single, have parent problems, dating problems, constant weight problems and related to this character better than any other I have ever read. Can't wait for her next book!
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Summary: Embarrassing to read in public...
Review: I guffawed my way through Bridget Jones' Diary during my daily commute, which brought stares from my fellow straphangers and then interest in what I was reading. At least six gals on that downtown Muni express bus have run out to buy their own copy of Bridget Jones' Diary - and are as convinced as I am that they are the San Francisco Bridget Jones. As the author of "29 and Counting: A Chick's Guide to Turning 30", I know for a fact that Helen Feilding has tapped into the psyches of millions of us with the antics of Bridget Jones. Who says we can't be educated, professional women of the '90s and girly-girls at the same time? The books' critics are either too old to understand the malaise of our generation of women or are sour-graping it because they are of this generation and Fielding has them pegged. Save the "Lit'rature" for grad school and bring Bridget Jones Diary to the beach instead.
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Summary: Great!
Review: I'd heard so much hype about this book that I was afraid that it would be too common. However, I read the first diary entry, then the second...and four hours later I was in a funk because I'd finished it so quickly! I want to be Bridget's friend. I can relate to her in so many ways. It is an easy read, but Fielding writes Bridget so well that you don't feel like you're getting a cheap thrill! Bravo for Bridget!
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Summary: Highly Entertaining Plane Reading Material
Review: heard so much about this book that when i finally got it, was a little surprised that there wasn't more to the story. ending weak but the portrayal of this woman is fascinating because i know i was like her when i was younger. the funny thing is that i'm friends with women who are the spitting image of bridget. especially loved the description of bridget dressing one day, only to find a tangle of black nylons and having to iron her blouse. that took me back into the late 80s. want to read more about bridget's life after darcy so hopefully the author will write more. will she become a smug married?
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So funny . . . You just have to hear it out loud!!
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"Thirtysomething, single Bridget Jones may qualify as the funniest fictional character published this year. Tracie Bennett's performance is worthy of a one-woman show. Her voice perfectly captures Bridget's mood as it swings . . . This audio is perfect for beach listening."
-- Billboard
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Summary: Modern British humour at its best!
Review: A friend in London was absolutely adamant that I read Bridget Jones, and when I finally sat down with it, I was hooked. With typical British humour, Helen Fielding sees the absurd and hysterically funny in everyday situations, and is brilliant at capturing where London's 30-something singles are today. Brilliant, I loved it and have recommended it to everyone I know.
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Summary: Hilarious--I bet I said "That's just like me!" 200 times.
Review: This is the funniest book I've read in quite a long time. Helen Fielding's portrayal of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something, single ("singleton") career woman, is so dead-on that I wondered how she researched my life without my knowledge. Bridget's free-form observations about (and obsession with) men, food, cigarettes, alcohol and job are uproarously funny. Side-splitting spasms of laughter nearly caused me to wet my black opaque pantyhose (with run only in toe) several times. Finally, a female character that is not only believable, but someone I came to love and wish I could invite to lunch. Absolutely unforgetable characterization. If I have one minute criticism of the novel, it is that the male characters generally are not very well fleshed-out. The only guys who are not your stereotypical love-'em-and-leave'em neanderthals are gay. However, Bridget's is a woman's story. (And if my social circles are any indication, Ms. Fielding is once again right on target.) Brava!
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