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Book Review of Bridget Jones's Diary

Bridget Jones's Diary
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Helpful Score: 1


The one that started the whole "I'm single and miserable but I win in the end" genre of chick lit, and still the best. Easy to read, with an updated telling of "Pride and Prejudice" (the male love interest is even blessed with the surname Darcy!), this book is at times howl out loud funny. The movie stunk compared to the book, though I've heard that Helen Fielding had Colin Firth in mind when she wrote Darcy's dialogue for the book.

Anyway, yes, it's vacuous and shallow, but it's still a really fun read, even for a smug married like me.