After loving the first book in the series, I was excited to read The Edge of Reason but I was met with disappointment fairly early on in the book. There was a lot of drama (not the enjoyable kind) and not much humour in it.

Bridget starts to suspect that may be she is not enough for Mark and may be Mark is having an affair with his colleague. I really wanted to like this and wanted to laugh, in fact, I was desperate to laugh at anything but I just found myself getting frustrated and roll my eyes at Bridget. I loved her self-loathing in the first book and she got me into the chick-lit genre but I couldn't like her in this. I did like the writing though and of course Mark Darcy.

2.5 stars just for Mark Darcy.

As I've mentioned, I'm relistening to the Bridget Jones books because the new one is out and I'll be reading/listening to it soon; I feel I need to brush up on what happened ten billion years ago.

So.
Bridget.
I never liked this story as well as the first one, though time has mellowed my viewpoint a bit. I remember thinking that there is no way that much could happen to one person in the course of one year and not have more of an effect. I mean, hello! She got her boyfriend, she met Colin Firth, she hung out with her mother's African...um...what was he? Guest. We'll call him a guest. Because "pet" is demeaning. She got arrested coming home from Thailand, she got to experience The Fantasy that all people go through when someone breaks up with them (the whole crawling back/turns out he was pathetic thing) and she's still a flake after ALL THAT?
But looking back, I have had lots of adventures, some scary moments, plus big events and small and if I were really honest with myself? I can't say I've grown much, either. I might be a little wiser but I think that comes more from winding down toward a sedentary lifestyle and less from learning things, meaning I'm too lazy to fight or care anymore and don't do as many crazy things as a result. So maybe her year wouldn't have changed me, either, despite what I'd self-righteously believed the first time I read this story.

Still. I liked the first book better.

This is certainly an entertaining read that comes with a few cringe-worthy downsides. I got the book from my local library which is why I probably don't mind some of its flaws and will continue to read the series.

I love the fact that Colin Firth stars in the movies while Bridget swoons over him in the books. The character of Bridget seems to be the strength as well as the weakness of the novel. While I like her attitude sometimes and she is an easy-to-relate-to character (hello procrastination), other times she's plain annoying.
It's also a bit scary to see how much some aspects of the genre changed since the turn of the millennium while other themes sadly stayed the same. I like to believe that the series wouldn't be that popular if it had been published recently.

Nevertheless, looking forward to the next book. Never giving up the hope that it'll surprise me.

A second installment of this formatted fun written by Fielding delivered some laughs and was a joy to read. I know there was a little less enthusiasm being the second adventure had many of the same elements of the first. I did find Bridget to be an endearing character with many flaws that humanized her in her pursuit for a relationship. Good fun.

As much as I love Bridget Jones as a character unfortunately the second instalment fell flat for me - it just dragged and dragged. The only real highlights for me were the Colin Firth interview and the Thailand trip, the rest just felt very same-y and honestly a little whiney. While the first diary championed Bridget being a Singleton, all she did in diary two was mope and pine over Mark Darcy which got tiring pretty quickly. Also had the same issue of having seen the film too often cropped up, in this instance the second film was far better than the book for me. Won’t be continuing with the Bridget Jones Diaries.

Gahhh! Lol love Bridget jones. I actually laughed out loud numerous times. Now going to watch the movies

Ihastuttava kirja ja myös hauska. Tosin pidin elokuvasta kuitenkin enemmän. Kirjailija osaa kirjoittaa sujuvasti ja mielenkiintoa herättävästi. Päiväkirjamuotoon kirjoitettu teksti ei ehkä toimi kaikkein parhaiten kuunnellessa niin kuin nyt olen näiden kohdalla tehnyt - tämänkin osan olen lukenut joskus aikoja sitten ennenkin. Kirjoittaessa se toimii paremmin.

I found the fact that most of the characters are just not able to communicate effectively infuriating but I still devoured the last two thirds in one sitting so 3 stars seems too low.

A solid 3.5 I'd say. I was entertained.

Cripplingly millennial. I’m sure that 30-40 year old white women eat this shit up, and objectively I can draw parallels between Bridget’s actions/emotions and my own realities, but the way with which she describes/goes about things is exhausting. I’m exhausted just reading this book. If I knew a Bridget IRL I would be saying “I want her to be happy and healthy but can she be happy and healthy several hundred kilometres away from me.”

Conclusion: I can handle tragedy but I can’t handle second hand embarrassment.

I hate say this but I hate this book , can be much better if Helen fielding just wrote bridge Jones's diary and stop

This is one of the few series that actually makes me laugh out loud. Bridget Jones is like an old friend and this was a very fun 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
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