What do you do when a girlfriend's 60th birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend's 30th? Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating? Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice? Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is it his assistant? Is technology now the fifth element? Or is that wood? Is sleeping with someone after 2 dates and 6 weeks of texting the same as getting married after 2 meetings and 6 months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day? Pondering these, and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of single-motherhood, tweeting, texting and redisovering her sexuality in what some people rudely and outdatedly call 'middle age'. The long-awaited return of a much-loved character, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious.
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"I laughed, I cried and most of all loved. Bridget's back - which is nothing short of 'totes amazog' as she herself now likes to say. Hurrah!" -- Sara Lawrence Daily Mail "Fielding is entertaining and insightful, her timing immaculate." -- Nicola Shulman Mail on Sunday "Those of us who loved her the first time will be glad to welcome her back - big pants, fillers and all." -- Stephanie Merritt Observer "The advances of communications technology since the mid-Nineties were made for Bridget's more obsessive side." -- Susie Boyt Independent "Bridget is a bit older, no wiser and still funny." -- Katy Guest Independent on Sunday
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A new Bridget Jones novel by Helen Fielding
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Lynn Pearce
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
this is a travesty - a book about nothing with a heroine that doesn't have the appeal she did int he earlier books. Not worth the money
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
I was really looking forward to this, being an avid Bridget fan but I've been disappointed so far. The other two books had me gripped from start to finish but I've struggled to keep reading this one.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Steph
Format:Hardcover
Shallow, unfunny, dated, badly written..... oh the list goes on. How Bridget Jones manages to have friends and even lovers is beyond me. She is simply too annoying for words. Fielding is doing womankind no favours having created a 'heroine' this vacant and unintelligent. I really liked the first books but Bridget #3 is just too much of an idiot.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By ARabet
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Puerile. Not funny or tragic or interesting. Just a collection of unbelievable situtations and flimsy characters that were obviously put together for the next film rather than to please or entertain the reader. Very disappointing.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By Welsh lady
Format:Hardcover
I was looking forward to this book so much as I loved reading the other books. However, unlike the others, I didn't enjoy this at all. For some strange reason, Bridget is now around fifty years old and with very young children ( her youngest is four!). Why's that, when she married Mark Darcy when she was in her early thirties! Helen Fielding should have thought of this! Most of Bridget's fans were all around the same age as her and could relate to her. That's why the first two books were so successful! We're not interested in nits and toy boys! We've grown up and matured but she clearly hasn't!
I read the first half of the book and then had to give up. Couldn't bear to read any more drivel!
I read the first half of the book and then had to give up. Couldn't bear to read any more drivel!
133 of 152 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Contrived, poorly researched, insulting to austerity era parents. Bit of a guilty pleasure then.
6 Nov 2013
Format:Hardcover
First things first; I am a man. A not very fabulous man at that.
Feel free to disregard the rest of my review if you wish as clearly I am not Helen Fielding's target market either now or 15 years ago. In my defense, I did read and enjoy Bridget Jones' Diary back in the day. Oh and I have childcare responsibilities so a grown up Bridget should be right up my street.....
ANYWAY. Now you know my credentials or lack there of let's get on with the review:
I agree with every one of the 1 star reviews here, this is a dreadful book. All the points scored against it are easy shots:
The character has not changed in any way in 15 years despite parenthood and two significant bereavements
The tragic events glossed over in the recap are far more interesting then the trivia that makes up the actual plot of the novel, is Helen Fielding scared of depth?
It reads like a synopsis for a movie with Hugh Grant's character shoe horned in purely so the producers of the inevitable film can include his name on the poster
It is not funny - the comedy is horribly contrived and falls flat on it's bottom at every turn
The story is utter trivia - did I mention that already? It bears repeating!
And you will no doubt find your own list of personal pet hates.
Here are mine:
The dismal cultural research (Plants Vs Zombies is not a game in which children use zombies to destroy plants, there are no 'levels' to complete in Minecraft, the last time a child said "Epic Fail" in real life was 2010 and even then they were eternally shunned by their peers for using such dated parlance).
The constant product placement masquerading as authenticity (Apple and Grazia must be delighted among many, many others). Read more ›
Feel free to disregard the rest of my review if you wish as clearly I am not Helen Fielding's target market either now or 15 years ago. In my defense, I did read and enjoy Bridget Jones' Diary back in the day. Oh and I have childcare responsibilities so a grown up Bridget should be right up my street.....
ANYWAY. Now you know my credentials or lack there of let's get on with the review:
I agree with every one of the 1 star reviews here, this is a dreadful book. All the points scored against it are easy shots:
The character has not changed in any way in 15 years despite parenthood and two significant bereavements
The tragic events glossed over in the recap are far more interesting then the trivia that makes up the actual plot of the novel, is Helen Fielding scared of depth?
It reads like a synopsis for a movie with Hugh Grant's character shoe horned in purely so the producers of the inevitable film can include his name on the poster
It is not funny - the comedy is horribly contrived and falls flat on it's bottom at every turn
The story is utter trivia - did I mention that already? It bears repeating!
And you will no doubt find your own list of personal pet hates.
Here are mine:
The dismal cultural research (Plants Vs Zombies is not a game in which children use zombies to destroy plants, there are no 'levels' to complete in Minecraft, the last time a child said "Epic Fail" in real life was 2010 and even then they were eternally shunned by their peers for using such dated parlance).
The constant product placement masquerading as authenticity (Apple and Grazia must be delighted among many, many others). Read more ›
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Pink-Lady
Format:Hardcover
I loved the first two Bridget Jones books and looked forward to reading this one. I'd heard about the Mark Darcy controversy and I have say that what the author did there was not a good thing. I'm assuming it gave her the justification to invent new singleton/dating dramas for Bridget. Although there are one or two very funny moments, on the whole it just doesn't work. Bridget is a mum now, yet she appears to care more about Twitter, getting laid and stuffing her face with bags of grated cheese (so gross! surely no one does that in real life do they???) than she does her kids. That doesn't sit well with me and makes Bridget come across as immature and irresponsible. The odd poignant moments where Bridget realises her children are more important than anything are ruined because you turn the page and once again she's obsessing over something stupid.
I noticed the author thanks Colin Firth and Hugh Grant but not Renee Zellwigger, which is a shame because Renee did a good job in the films.
I'm glad to have read it to find out what happens next. It was an ok read but disappointing, and I'm glad I borrowed it from the library rather than bought it.
I noticed the author thanks Colin Firth and Hugh Grant but not Renee Zellwigger, which is a shame because Renee did a good job in the films.
I'm glad to have read it to find out what happens next. It was an ok read but disappointing, and I'm glad I borrowed it from the library rather than bought it.
136 of 158 people found the following review helpful
By K. Jones
Format:Kindle Edition
I'm not giving this book one star lightly. Indeed, the writing is at the upper end of chick lit and Bridget is an immensely likeable character despite being completely unchanged by the last 15+ years. If this had been a story about another fifty-something called Jane Smith or if this was the first time I'd read any of the Bridget Jones series I'd be giving it at least two more stars. However it wasn't and it's not.
Here come the spoilers*****
Since we left Bridget to live happily ever after with Mark Darcy they've had a few years of very happy marriage, then she lost her dad to cancer and had two gorgeous children. When her youngest child was three months old Darcy goes and gets himself killed doing noble things for a good cause, leaving her financially secure and never having to work again. Bridget has spent the proceeding four years being sad, getting fat changing nappies and not having sex. And only now does the third instalment dip into Bridget's infamous diary?? Sorry did Fielding feel none of the above would make a good novel? Well perhaps the next year of or so of Bridget's life was going to be totally mind blowing?
Errr no. Bridget is back at square one. Disastrous dates, too many self help books, diets galore, crazy supportive friends and a selection of suitors with the plot throughout the book being which will she end up with. Instead of career drama and office politics we now see Bridget drawn into childcare drama and playground politics and we have the added issues around dating in an Internet age. Daniel Cleaver made up with Mark before his death and is still around to provide amusing cameo appearances, sadly he's not around enough to rescue this poor third instalment. Read more ›
Here come the spoilers*****
Since we left Bridget to live happily ever after with Mark Darcy they've had a few years of very happy marriage, then she lost her dad to cancer and had two gorgeous children. When her youngest child was three months old Darcy goes and gets himself killed doing noble things for a good cause, leaving her financially secure and never having to work again. Bridget has spent the proceeding four years being sad, getting fat changing nappies and not having sex. And only now does the third instalment dip into Bridget's infamous diary?? Sorry did Fielding feel none of the above would make a good novel? Well perhaps the next year of or so of Bridget's life was going to be totally mind blowing?
Errr no. Bridget is back at square one. Disastrous dates, too many self help books, diets galore, crazy supportive friends and a selection of suitors with the plot throughout the book being which will she end up with. Instead of career drama and office politics we now see Bridget drawn into childcare drama and playground politics and we have the added issues around dating in an Internet age. Daniel Cleaver made up with Mark before his death and is still around to provide amusing cameo appearances, sadly he's not around enough to rescue this poor third instalment. Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Very hard to get into
Maybe this book is for the younger person as all about herself and tweeter to be honest a load of rubbish
Published 4 minutes ago by jayne mitchell
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mad about the boy
Thought this was a very poor sequel to the previous books. Very little story line, and feels like it was written just because people wanted a new book. Read more
Published 7 minutes ago by Hilary Pask
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Endearing read
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. After reading the previous books it was difficult to accept the loss of a character. Read more
Published 5 hours ago by Miss Donna McAllister
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's just fiction people!
I don't usually write reviews but felt compelled to after reading so many harsh ones! To me it was the perfect chick lit and matched my expectations. Read more
Published 7 hours ago by Hayley Standaloft
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read
I had been waiting ages to read this book and it didn't disappoint. book is full of funny, tearful, typical Bridget moments.
Published 8 hours ago by Miss Louisa E. MacDonald
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best
Not read the others just seen the film's but love this book. Especially suits mind with young kids who want a laugh and bit of a cry.
Published 9 hours ago by Gisella Salerno
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love this
Fabulous, fabulous, nutty, funny Bridget.
Sad, happy, funny, enjoyed this so much, made me laugh and cry, please make this into a film too
Sad, happy, funny, enjoyed this so much, made me laugh and cry, please make this into a film too
Published 9 hours ago by Malli75
5.0 out of 5 stars
FABULOUS
Thoroughly enjoyed the final installment of Bridget's happy ever after and a good few laugh out loud moments in there too. Read more
Published 12 hours ago by Rachael Webster
4.0 out of 5 stars
I enjoyed this far more than I probably should have
I really wasn't sure about this book, and to be honest, if it hadn't been �1.99 in the Kindle sale, I wouldn't have dreamed of buying it. Read more
Published 13 hours ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loved it
Great book. Would recommend it to anyone who liked the original Bridget Jones.Just as amusing! Looking forward to the movie.
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