Book info

• Title Bridget Jones's Baby
• Author Helen Fielding
• Year 2016
• Genre Contemporary

8.45 P.M. Realise there have been so many times in my life when have fantasised about going to a scan with Mark or Daniel: just not both at the same time. Before motherhood, before marriage, Bridget, with biological clock ticking very, very loudly, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant at the eleventh hour: a joyful pregnancy which is dominated, however, by a crucial but terribly awkward question - who is the father? Mark Darcy: honourable, decent, notable human rights lawyer? Or Daniel Cleaver: charming, witty, notable fuckwit? 9.45 P.M. It's like they're two halves of the perfect man, who'll spend the rest of their lives each wanting to outdo the other one. And now it's all enacting itself in my stomach. In this gloriously funny, touching story of baby-deadline panic, maternal bliss, and social, professional, technological, culinary and childbirth chaos, Bridget Jones - global phenomenon and the world's favourite Singleton - is back with a bump.

Thoughts

Ah, Bridget, always able to cause a catastrophe no matter what she does. This is the story of how Bridget’s first child came into the world and the crazy antics that surround trying to figure out who the father is and also navigate the worrying nine months of pregnancy.

I ripped through this book in a matter of moments, it was eminently readable and wonderfully comic so that you feel swept up in the highs and lows of Bridget’s journey. I did think, though, that was also a detriment because it felt rushed and there are a lot more details that I would have liked to know about.

Nevertheless, it’s always good to catch up with characters you know quite well, and it’s disappointing to know the film doesn’t feature Daniel in the same way.

Rating: 3 / 5