Bridget Jones fans can be happy. This is another book about the nice Bridget. Are funny moments. I haven't read the first part, so this book made me want to read it. My opinion is that the adventures of Bridget Jones are nice, and I can also read the first part :)

I don't really know why I still had this book on my TBR because I didn't really like the first book.. but oh well, I dove right into this one anyways.

Okay, so in Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason Bridget starts to suspect that her boyfriend Mark is starting to develop feelings for one of his coworkers, Rebecca. Of course this was a huge misunderstanding on her part because he doesn’t have any feelings for her at all. However, it is Bridget and it wouldn’t be a book if she found out that she was wrong right away. Nope. In the end, she felt foolish for even thinking that and all is right in the world because Rebecca started dating someone else. Right? Wrong. I hated this book so much.

LE SIGH!

Like I said, I didn't like the first book.. so I definitely didn't like this book either. It wasn't funny at all to me. It's like I was fake laughing just to get out of this book faster. I just don't like Bridget at all. She was so annoying and frustrating throughout the whole book. I didn't care what she went through or said throughout the entire thing. I just wanted this book to be over as soon as I started it. Spoiler alert: wine helped me get through this book. A lot of wine.

Overall, I hated this book. I will never ever reread this series. I will not continue this series - no matter what which makes me sad because I hate starting a series and not finishing it but I seriously can't stand Bridget as an MC.

I'm done with this.

Це неймовірно геніально, легко, тупо, життєво, просто й весело. Приблизно як дивитись мелодраму (чим воно і є). Але відволікає дуже. Типу, неможливо сидіти й хвилюватись, коли читаєш, який у Марка був стояк. Ну рілі.
Першу частину прочитала за три вечори, другу - за 4,5 ранків. Ну прям дуже. Нарешті сяду далі за інглиш

What a fucking terrible book. My god.

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!!

Colin Firth was mentioned like 25+ times

After my embarrassing self-discovery review of Bridget Jones's Diary, where I admitted to the world that yes, I was Bridget Jones, I launched into the sequel ready for more relatability and laughs. I was disappointed to learn that Fielding had decided to throw Bridget to the wolves of sequels, and deliver to her readers a multitude of setbacks that became less believable as the diary went on.

Jones in her underwear outside and being happened upon by her ex. Jones finding a small Oriental boy and a bunny rabbit in her boyfriend's bed. Jones arrested for drug trafficking. Jones being targeted by a lunatic murderer. The ridiculousness of it all made the story less funny than its predecessor, as one spent the entire time exasperated by this hapless bad luck magnet. It was so forced. It felt like Fielding was capitalising on Bridget's wit and irrevocable calamity, so she hammed both of these up to an uncomfortable degree. Utter slapstick.

The diary format I so loved in the previous novel failed miserably this time. Fielding opted for longer diary entries, giving the story more of the feel of a novel, where previously the shorter glimpses into Bridget's life gave the air of writing on the go, again in the most unfeasible places. God knows how she managed to smuggle her diary into a Thai prison, or to write exactly 0 minutes after having sex.

A catalogue of stories you'd hear from exaggerating drunks, and, quite frankly, an organised mess. I'm pleased to report I'm no longer Bridget Jones, as (and I struggled to believe this previously) she truly is a fictional being whom I cannot relate to. Fielding lost her everywoman.

No pude soltar este libro… excepto cuando tenía que secarme las lágrimas de risa en prácticamente cada escena

*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.

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.

Вторая книга мне понравилась меньше первой. В целом мне понравилось, были действительно смешные, нелепые моменты.Меня совершенно не раздражали мысли о похудание, или такие та внутренние надуманные самокопания героини, это даже показалось мне забавным.Но вот я абсолютно полностью разочарована в Бриджит Джонс как личности - она глупа, эгоистична, автор очень многое удачно подстраивает под нее, что для меня не работало. Допустим момент с ее работой - на протяжение всей книги она несет бред, а в конце оказывается креативным кадром.Единственное интервью она не просто запорола, она опозорилась. Этот фрагмент мне было даже больно читать. Совершенно не смешно.Не ждала я , конечно, что Бриджит будет разбирать ядерные реакторы, скорее я ждала от нее некой женской смекалки, находчивости, что-то такое простое, женское, что есть в каждой из нас. К сожалению у Бриджит напрочь отсутствую даже банальные женские качества. Так я и не поняла, что за ее полюбил Дарси...

Loved this one just as much as the first one. It's been so long since I first read this and watched the film that the only bit I could remember was her being in a Thai jail. Felt like I was reading it for the first time.

The only thing that makes no sense is Bridget's job. Apart from the odd instances where she embarrasses herself working, she never seems to be doing much work. But then, maybe it's to dull for her to bother writing about it.

I also don't remember Bridget's parents being featured as much in the film, which I think is a good thing, they seem a bit over the top at times.

I'm so annoyed the only film on Netflix is the third one! I really want to watch them again!

Overall very funny follow up book.