Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones #3)
Great comic writers are as rare as hen's teeth. And Helen is one of a very select band who have created a character of whom the very thought makes you smile. Bridget Jones' Diary, charting the life of a 30-something singleton in London in the 1990s was a huge international bestseller, published in 40 countries and selling over 15 million copies worldwide. Its sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, published soon after was also a major international bestseller. Both were made into films starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
Set in the present, the new novel will explore a different phase in Bridget's life with an entirely new scenario. As Helen Fielding has said: "If people laugh as much reading it as I am while writing it then we'll all be very happy."
I preordered it! So excited. It's ridiculous how people judge the book without reading it... The ratings should be blocked until the release...I just read it! I love that Bridget still is the same beloved and funny Bridget we met before. I enjoyed her toy boy adventure, I really love the character of Billy and I think the ending didnt disappoint!Its funny, exciting and so easy to read. Really enjoyable.
You have no idea how excited I am about this.(view spoiler)[Even though Mark Darcy is dead.(view spoiler)[I'm trying to figure out whether I should buy it on Kindle or hardcover.10 - 16- 13 : I'm going to wait until the price goes WAY down. I'm not feeling it. 11-3-13 : I do not like it omfg I'm returning to buy Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]
Diabolical.Lovable, cuddly, foot-in-mouth, just-the-way-you-are Bridget is long gone. In her place is a 51 year old widow obsessed with finding a man (yes, still,- and while we're on the subject, what kind of a name is Roxster?!), losing weight (yes, still, - a referral to an obesity clinic at a size 14? Really Helen? Way to relate to a huge chunk of your original fans there...) and booze (mouthful of wine in the middle of a children's diarrhea/vomit incident? Really?)As for "hilarious" - if you
Bridget is back! But this time around I found myself, much to my surprise, wanting to staple things to her forehead. Whence such blasphemy? Well...Mark Darcy is dead now, which I understand as an artistic decision--as Chekhov, or was it Ibsen, once said, "All happy families are [boring]." A novel about Mark and Bridget being happy in love and raising their children would have been colossally dull and treacly. But Darcy's untimely extinction means that Bridget is a wealthy widow with no need to
Number of days expected to take to read this book: 1, number of days actually took to read this book: 9, number of times expected to be able to put down this book: 0, number of times actually put down this book: 100+I loved Bridget Jones; I avidly read the weekly column before the books came out and excitedly awaited the release of the third book. As all fans are aware, Bridget's appeal was that women, whatever their background, could identify with her. Sadly, this is no longer the case: she is
Helen Fielding
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Title | : | Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones #3) |
Author | : | Helen Fielding |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
Published | : | October 15th 2013 by Knopf Canada |
Categories | : | Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fiction. Romance. Humor. Contemporary. Audiobook. Adult |
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Bridget Jones is back!Great comic writers are as rare as hen's teeth. And Helen is one of a very select band who have created a character of whom the very thought makes you smile. Bridget Jones' Diary, charting the life of a 30-something singleton in London in the 1990s was a huge international bestseller, published in 40 countries and selling over 15 million copies worldwide. Its sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, published soon after was also a major international bestseller. Both were made into films starring Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth.
Set in the present, the new novel will explore a different phase in Bridget's life with an entirely new scenario. As Helen Fielding has said: "If people laugh as much reading it as I am while writing it then we'll all be very happy."
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Original Title: | Mad About the Boy |
ISBN: | 0345807952 (ISBN13: 9780345807953) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Bridget Jones #3 |
Characters: | Bridget Jones |
Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
Literary Awards: | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Humor (2013) |
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Ratings: 3.35 From 45658 Users | 5904 ReviewsPiece Based On Books Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones #3)
Helen Fielding and her iconic character, Bridget Jones are the grande dames of Chick Lit, and Mad About the Boy doesn't disappoint. In most ways, that is. As usual, I won't spoiler the plot or tell anything that you can't read for yourself online. Suffice to say, this book will make you laugh and cry at the same time. For us 'women of a certain age', it's easy to relate to the fact that Bridget's voice, and that of her partners in crime, doesn't change, that people don't change, just their lifeI preordered it! So excited. It's ridiculous how people judge the book without reading it... The ratings should be blocked until the release...I just read it! I love that Bridget still is the same beloved and funny Bridget we met before. I enjoyed her toy boy adventure, I really love the character of Billy and I think the ending didnt disappoint!Its funny, exciting and so easy to read. Really enjoyable.
You have no idea how excited I am about this.(view spoiler)[Even though Mark Darcy is dead.(view spoiler)[I'm trying to figure out whether I should buy it on Kindle or hardcover.10 - 16- 13 : I'm going to wait until the price goes WAY down. I'm not feeling it. 11-3-13 : I do not like it omfg I'm returning to buy Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)]
Diabolical.Lovable, cuddly, foot-in-mouth, just-the-way-you-are Bridget is long gone. In her place is a 51 year old widow obsessed with finding a man (yes, still,- and while we're on the subject, what kind of a name is Roxster?!), losing weight (yes, still, - a referral to an obesity clinic at a size 14? Really Helen? Way to relate to a huge chunk of your original fans there...) and booze (mouthful of wine in the middle of a children's diarrhea/vomit incident? Really?)As for "hilarious" - if you
Bridget is back! But this time around I found myself, much to my surprise, wanting to staple things to her forehead. Whence such blasphemy? Well...Mark Darcy is dead now, which I understand as an artistic decision--as Chekhov, or was it Ibsen, once said, "All happy families are [boring]." A novel about Mark and Bridget being happy in love and raising their children would have been colossally dull and treacly. But Darcy's untimely extinction means that Bridget is a wealthy widow with no need to
Number of days expected to take to read this book: 1, number of days actually took to read this book: 9, number of times expected to be able to put down this book: 0, number of times actually put down this book: 100+I loved Bridget Jones; I avidly read the weekly column before the books came out and excitedly awaited the release of the third book. As all fans are aware, Bridget's appeal was that women, whatever their background, could identify with her. Sadly, this is no longer the case: she is
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