About 50 pages in I just started skimming through the pages. I might have liked the first Bridget jones and this sequel better had I not already watched and loved the movie. And I admit my poor rating is partially based on the fact that I don't want to think of the movie Mr. Darcy doing or saying some of the stuff described in the book...no! Mr. Darcy does not scream unmanly like when he thinks there is an intruder in the house. Just not!!

*Atención SPOILER si no te has leído el primer libro*

Bridget Jones: Sobreviviré, es la segunda parte de la trilogía de Bridget Jones escrita por Helen Fielding. Todo parece irle bien a la protagonista. Está con el hombre al que ama, Mark Darcy, y su vida parece ir sobre ruedas. Sumergida en manuales de auto-ayuda, iremos descubriendo junto a ella su vida y sus andanzas. Para los fans de la película, lo cierto es que el libro no tiene absolutamente nada que ver con esta. En la cinta, se presenta un argumento mucho más dulce y edulcorado, mientras que en el libro, la historia es algo bastante más oscura. Aunque hay partes del diálogo que sí son exactamente las mismas. (Creo que es la primera vez que diré esto pero… Me gustó más la película).

Si bien es un libro que me ha recordado muchísimo a la primera parte, en esta segunda entrega el personaje de Bridget resulta quizás más ridículo que en el primer libro. Tiene ciertos puntos en los que sentí verdadera vergüenza ajena. En cierto modo es bueno porque hace que te des cuenta de que realmente has empatizado con el personaje, pero creo que a veces la autora peca de ser muy malvada con su creación.

El argumento del libro es más de lo mismo: Bridget intentando hacer cosas y fracasando en ellas. Al principio del libro vemos a una Bridget enamorada que poco a poco va entrando en una espiral de celos que hace temblar los tabiques de su relación. Sin embargo, creo que no aporta nada nuevo, ya que la protagonista siempre se encuentra ante los mismos problemas. Digamos que tropieza varias veces en la misma piedra.

En lo que respecta al estilo de la autora, se mantiene la estructura del primer libro, esto es, está escrita en formato diario. He de puntualizar que he leído la versión traducida, por lo que es posible que se haya perdido originalidad en la traducción. Partiendo de esto, el lenguaje me ha resultado muy llano y simple. Esto por un lado, permite al lector seguir fácilmente el hilo argumental, pero por otro da la sensación de dejadez a la hora de escribir.

Por último, decir que es un libro que ha perdido frescura con respecto al anterior y que peca de tener una trama muy repetitiva. A pesar de ello, lo recomiendo para aquellos que son fans de la primera película y también del primer libro, puesto que es imprescindible para seguir conociendo a Bridget Jones y para descubrir si finalmente es capaz de ser feliz, o si por el contrario, habrá que esperar al tercer libro.

Не дуже хороша книга для початку року.
Я втомилась рахувати кількість фейспалмів, від дій Бріджит.
Але з іншої сторони я хотіла дізнатись, чим ж закінчаться стосунки Марка і Бріджит.

Again this all seemed very abrupt and it was a case of all of a sudden everything fell into place and the book ends. despite that I did thoroughly enjoy this sequel and can't wait to read the third. would recommend to any girl, single or otherwise.

Is there much substance here? No.
Is Bridget an even hotter vapid mess? Yes.

Now that Bridget has what she always wanted, she ends up on a train wreck of self-sabotage through jealousy and lack of self-confidence with much assessment through diary entries.

The running second-timer of how long it has been since sex cracked me up. I know the feeling, Bridget. I also loved the turrets phone call conversations with Magda yelling at her kid in the background.

Biggest criticism: I can't believe we missed this entire Thailand experience in the movie, the 2nd movie failed us hardcore!

I most hate the constant weight assessment and how the toxic friend group continues to hold one another back in life.

Many wondrous quotes, such as
"I can't stand being out in dating hell again. It's an impenetrable sea. I'm going to be on my own forever."

"What am I going to do with my life? I know. Will eat some cheese.”

“She's a jellyfisher: You have a conversation with her that seems all nice and friendly, then you suddenly feel like you've been stung and you don't know where it came from.”

"Have managed to get energy back using Chardonnay"

Imogen Church is spectacular at narration and breathes extra life into the pages.

Solid 3 Star guilty pleasure and light read.

〝one minute you're closer to someone than anyone in the whole world, next minute they need only to say the words 'time apart', 'serious talk' or 'maybe you...' and you're never going to see them again and will have to spend the next six months having imaginary conversations in which they beg to come back, and bursting into tears at the sight of their toothbrush.〞

★★★

I'm so mad they did this to some of my favorite characters. I loved the first book but I almost couldn't get through this one. all the characters became so annoying?? it's like the author just flipped a switch. the first book was really funny and relatable but this was just sad and like a bad soap opera. the whole book was just the miscommunication trope in different variations and I HATE the miscommunication trope. like how can bridget talk about becoming an adult and finally growing up and then just be so stupid throughout the whole book?? almost getting arrested? actually getting arrested in thailand?? and then just assuming that you're boyfriend's cheating?? damn this made me so fucking angry. bridget jones should never have become a series.

cawpile: 5.64
ig: @winterrainreads

Helen Fielding is basically the world's greatest feminist. In her first Bridget Jones book, she taught us that no woman is complete unless she has the love of a foppish, sub-Hugh Grant, barely heterosexual posh man to complete her. To add to the confusion, Bridget is in love with the actor Colin Firth, who they end up casting in the film as her actual love interest, Mark Darcy. If that wasn't confusing enough, they throw in Hugh actual Grant as the Bad Boy Whom All Women Are Attracted To In Spite Of Themselves. And he doesn't really play a Hugh Grant type either. Well, he does, but it's more like the Hugh Grant in About A Boy. Or the Hugh Grant in real life, who fucks crack whores in the mouth.

This is a review of the book though, which is not a film. It's not the first book either, it's the sequel to the first book. And it's not the film which is a sequel to the first film. In this book, Bridget gets her dream job, interviewing Colin Firth for some magazine or TV show or whatever. This is very confusing if you've seen the first film, obviously. This is the book though, so we'll carry on.

Does anything of note happen in this book? LOADS of stuff, but none that I can actually remember. There's a scene at the start of it which is funny because foreign people are hilarious, and gay people are icky. I think that's the point the author was trying to make, anyway. The key themes of the book are that women are useless without men, other women stab you in the back at every opportunity, and that no one thin or good looking can be a good person.

Fielding's novels are loosely based on a couple of Jane Austen books, although they're not that much like them; well, except for the fact that their attitudes to women, men and relationships are two hundred years out of date.

Can't wait for the third one!

Funny Bridget. Lots to laugh about, many miscommunication makes for that frustrated feeling, and lots of girl power (kinda. In the end). Loved Shazzer and Jude, hated Rebecca of course (Imogen Church) portrayed her magnificantly. Slightly silly, hugely neurotic with laugh out loud moments. A little draggy in parts, but this was a fun flirty ride. Mark is cool ha ha. And Bridget is, well, Brigdet.

O ile pierwsza część była fajna, tak ta...tragedia. Nie zamierzam jej kończyć. Język prosty, by nie rzec prostacki. Fabuła wybitnie nudna. No po prostu nie.

Just a joy to read!! Just adore Bridget, very loveable character

4/5
Chyba naprawdę potrzebuję w swoim życiu Bridget ze wszystkimi jej pomysłami, załamaniami i dobrym humorem.

Я прочитала десь 70 відсотків і...я просто не хочу і не можу дочитувати.
Мені сумно за Бріджит, від нібито комічних ситуацій мені хочеться плакати.
Ситуації, які можна вирішити простим діалогом, драматизуються і затягуються.
І на кожній сторінці тригер за тригером, які мені знайомі й чомусь я втратила здатність над ними сміятися.

Підрахунок калорій, поділ продуктів на погані та хороші (я цим страждала десь з 15 років, та чорт забирай, це розвиває нездорове ставлення до їжі)
Купа стереотипів і люди навколо, які готові радити свої поради тоді коли ніхто не просить.
Головний герой в якого відсох язик.

В мене таке враження, що ту бідну Бріджит просто усі чмирять, всі, навіть ті люди, які нібито її люблять.

Кількість безглуздих ситуацій міліон...і чомусь мені не смішно...

Я не пишу відгуки, останні роки так взагалі, але ця книга змусила мене це зробити.

Якщо це одна з ваших улюблених книг, то це чудово, але для мене це було важко.

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Ех, йти дочитати чи що...