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I was surprised by how recommended this book was. I found it boring and kind of pointless. While Bridget is a very relatable person I found her storyline unimpressive and uninteresting. I'm surprised a movie and musical were made after this.
This is a strange little book. It is a collection of the very first "Bridget Jones" columns that appeared in The Independent and as such comes before both "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason", both of which I have read and enjoyed - and, of course, comes before the film version of the original diary book.However, reading these columns is almost like reading the "Bridget Jones's Diary" film script. It is clear that a lot of the film's contents (Mark Darcy aside) came fr...
I suspect I may have read the actual Diary many years ago and I have seen the film, so I have some familiarity with the characters and plot. This collection of the columns that started it all was interesting reading, very of it’s time (90s) but not as funny or entertaining as I was expecting. For me the best and most interguing bit is how she starts her entires. I love the tally of weight, transgressions and her own opinion of each one. I’m not convinced her scales work though with the impossibl...
An interesting perspective on the books and then films.
Not as sharp as the diaries themselves - reading the first columns is reading a ‘first draft’ and it’s interesting to see how the ideas developed and changed.
Enjoyable read....found it to be light and funny and right on point in regards to relationship issues....loved the way she hit on all types of relationships too.
As well as being hilarious, this book is really interesting to read from a historical perspective. It's now set over 2o years ago, so as an 18-year-old, the events take place before I was born. Since this was published as newspaper columns Bridget gives her brief commentary on certain items that were in the news at the time, which I found interesting. It's strange to see how much British culture and society have changed in a relatively short time, particularly with the introduction of the intern...
Harder to understand than the books but basically the same to some extent. Some of it had nothing to do with storyline.
This little book contains the first columns that were published in The Independent in about 1995. The columns were written before any of the books or firms came out and it's clear that both draw prettily heavily on these columns. It's probably only really going to be enjoyable to those who are interested in seeing how Bridget's character evolved from the first newspaper columns.