women's fiction
I know it’s surprising but I had never read Bridget Jones’s Diary nor watched the movie. So, after my 2017 book-a-day calendar
recommended it and then another book (The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend,
Katarina Bivald) recommended it, I decided it was time. Bridget Jones is a
30-something year old single woman trying to find love and happiness in a world
where most people her age seem to be paired off already and the cards appear to
be stacked against her. The novel is written as diary entries (as one would
expect from the title). I’m sure I would have enjoyed this novel more in my
younger days but it was cute. Although, my life has been nothing like
Bridget’s, I could certainly relate to a meddling mother, separated parents,
and the wish to find my place in life. The reader can’t help but pull for
Bridget.
I did not love the forced stand-up comedy sections when Bridget goes off-storyline to tell us her opinions on some facet of life. For some reason, I’ve never loved “comedic novels”. I prefer to watch my comedy live or acted out. So, I tended to skim those sections. I also skimmed all the pre-entry statistics (weight, number of alcoholic units consumed, number of cigarettes smoked, etc.) because that is the kind of stuff I have no patience for and why it’s hard for me to love this novel. I just wanted Bridget to buck up and take control of herself. But, I do totally understand how tough it is for people to get settled into post-college, pre-relationship life. There’s a lot going on and it’s tough to meet new people.
After telling the ladies in my book club that I was reading this book, they told me that Hugh Grant played Daniel and Colin Firth played Mark in the movie. So, the funniest thing about this novel to me was that both actors are named within! I suppose that the author, Helen Fielding, was in heaven when actors she clearly had been envisioning actually took major roles in the movie of her book! How fun!
I did not love the forced stand-up comedy sections when Bridget goes off-storyline to tell us her opinions on some facet of life. For some reason, I’ve never loved “comedic novels”. I prefer to watch my comedy live or acted out. So, I tended to skim those sections. I also skimmed all the pre-entry statistics (weight, number of alcoholic units consumed, number of cigarettes smoked, etc.) because that is the kind of stuff I have no patience for and why it’s hard for me to love this novel. I just wanted Bridget to buck up and take control of herself. But, I do totally understand how tough it is for people to get settled into post-college, pre-relationship life. There’s a lot going on and it’s tough to meet new people.
After telling the ladies in my book club that I was reading this book, they told me that Hugh Grant played Daniel and Colin Firth played Mark in the movie. So, the funniest thing about this novel to me was that both actors are named within! I suppose that the author, Helen Fielding, was in heaven when actors she clearly had been envisioning actually took major roles in the movie of her book! How fun!
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