Book info

• Title Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
• Author Helen Fielding
• Year 1999
• Genre Contemporary

The Wilderness Years are over! But for how long? Bridget's second diary takes us through a year that begins with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy (who never does the washing up) and lurches onwards through a sea of self-help books and lunatic advice from her mad friends. Struggling with the challenges of a boyfriend-stealing beauty, an eight-foot hole in the wall and a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish, Bridget decides it's time for a spiritual epiphany. And so she departs Notting Hill for the sparkling shores of Thailand... Bridget is back. V.g.

Thoughts

Was a bit wary of reading this, as I recall disliking the second film very, very much, although I can’t really remember very much about it. But of course, books are not always like the films they are made into and this was fun, a bizarre year in the life of someone desperately trying to fit in.

I had to dip in and out of the book, as I couldn’t take too much Bridget all in one go, but in small doses, it was funny. I don’t relate to her very much at all, but then there’s the occasional insight that makes perfect sense, and it’s those bits that make it worthwhile.

This felt a bit more adventurous than the first, what with a Thailand jail, a visitor from Africa, and a bullet in the post. But still it’s the same old Bridget, and if you liked the first book, you’ll like the second.

Rating: 3 / 5