Totally shallow and self-absorbed characters. No wonder they're alone or in dysfunctional relationships. They only reason an obvious keeper like Mark Darcy would be interested in someone like Bridget Jones is that she would seem like a breath of fresh air when compared to the harpies who prey on s...
Maybe I would have enjoyed this book more if I had been over the age of 9, and living in Britain, in 1996 when it was published. As it was, I spent a good deal of the time reading this book trying to decipher the Shallow, Bitchy, British slang, from 1996. American slang in the 90s was weird enough...
I read this one the first time back in 2000 and I thought it was good. I reread it again and it if it is possible I think it was even better the second time around.
2.5 StarsMaybe I would have liked this more if I hadn't loved the movie so much, but I just didn't get what all the hype was about with this book. I think that if I had read this first, I would have never gone to see the movie. I also found it hard to figure out the slang and the weight conversion...
If something makes me laugh out loud and come back for countless rereads, how could I not give it 5 stars? Bridget is, to me, is the original funny girl of modern British chick lit. I am constantly searching for anything that comes close to her voice, but always come up short. This will always be on...
Some other thoughts/reviews:The Sleepless Reader: http://thesleeplessreader.com/2012/07/23/on-re-reading-bridget-joness-diary-by-helen-fielding/Purplebooky: http://purplebooky.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/bridget-joness-diary-by-helen-fielding-bridget-jones1/
So...She's in her 30s, overweight, very self conscious, talks too much, drinks too much, smokes too much, tends to be socially awkward AND she has two good looking guys fighting over her?In order to make the stretch of imagination slightly more palatable to the rational mind, I suggest it should be ...
A before GR read book. It was my first chicklit book and I loved it. I could not stop laughing while reading this book. Funny, cool and I sure would recommend it. Not to mention she is a Pride and P fan in it ;)
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