Overall Rating- 4
Cleanliness Rating- 3.5- for language (including the F- word and crude language) and sexual content (but no details). The first one is cleaner than the second.
These books were awesome. Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason are totally laugh out loud funny. These books are written as a diary (hence the title). Everyday, Bridget records her weight, calories, alcohol intake, and cigarettes for the day, among others. It took a little getting used to the format as some of the shorter entries are written in fragments (ex: “Right, am going to be positive about this. Am going to be marvelous: elegant, vivacious, beautifully dressed. Oh, though. Do not have long dress.”) But, the longer entries, where the main stuff is happening is written like a normal book with details and dialogue, etc. Bridget is a totally likable and relatable character that you can’t help but fall in love with and root for. She gets herself into some hilarious, always embarrassing situations. I couldn’t help while reading these books to pictures the characters as the actors who play them in the movie (because they really are cast perfectly- Renee Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as Daniel and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy). The plot of Bridget Jones Diary loosely parallels the plot of Pride and Prejudice, but obviously very modernized! The second book explores what happens after the happily every after. If you are looking for a fun, hilarious read definitely pick these up!
Cleanliness Rating- 3.5- for language (including the F- word and crude language) and sexual content (but no details). The first one is cleaner than the second.
These books were awesome. Bridget Jones’s Diary and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason are totally laugh out loud funny. These books are written as a diary (hence the title). Everyday, Bridget records her weight, calories, alcohol intake, and cigarettes for the day, among others. It took a little getting used to the format as some of the shorter entries are written in fragments (ex: “Right, am going to be positive about this. Am going to be marvelous: elegant, vivacious, beautifully dressed. Oh, though. Do not have long dress.”) But, the longer entries, where the main stuff is happening is written like a normal book with details and dialogue, etc. Bridget is a totally likable and relatable character that you can’t help but fall in love with and root for. She gets herself into some hilarious, always embarrassing situations. I couldn’t help while reading these books to pictures the characters as the actors who play them in the movie (because they really are cast perfectly- Renee Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as Daniel and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy). The plot of Bridget Jones Diary loosely parallels the plot of Pride and Prejudice, but obviously very modernized! The second book explores what happens after the happily every after. If you are looking for a fun, hilarious read definitely pick these up!
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