It has been fourteen years and a lot has happened since we met Bridget Jones first in Diary and then in Edge of Reason. Now author Helen Fielding is back with current technology, slick dialogue, texts, and tweets, and a widowed Bridget. Alas, Mark Darcy died in an overseas peacekeeping mission five years ago, leaving Bridget with a toddler, Billy, and a baby, Mabel.
Fast forward and the kids are in school, Bridget's working on a screenplay, and she's lonely. Her friends all agree it's time to date, but Bridget is out of the social media loop and all the new lingo.
Middle age single motherhood is not for the feint of heart. Bridget Jones Darcy bumbles her way through in Mad About the Boy, a funny heartwarming, timely tale. The cover blurb offers typical Fielding laugh-out-loud lines:
"Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because you're so wrinkly?
Is it normal to get fewer followers the more you tweet?
What do you do when your girlfriend's sixtieth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend's thirtieth?"
Yes, Bridget dates a boy toy for awhile, suffers writer rejection, is constantly late for her children's school programs, and can't bare the thought of Facebook. Mad About the Boy is a quick breezy read. It's mind candy and you'll chuckle all the way through.
"Is sleeping with someone after two dates and six weeks of texting the same as getting married after two meetings and six months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day?"
I chuckled. I think Helen Fielding is clever and this book is not rocket science - it's fluff, but good fluff. Read it with a mouthful of leftover Christmas chocolates. Enjoy
Hmm, I'm not sure about this. I'm disappointed she killed off Mark Darcy, after all the effort poor Bridget went to to get him in the first place. A separation would have been kinder. I might give it a go, one day, though.
ReplyDeleteSounds funny. I like the second to the last paragraph. Something to think about! ;0)
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