Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
By Helen Fielding
- Release Date: 2013-10-15
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Bridget Jones—one of the most beloved characters in modern literature (v.g.)—is back! In Helen Fielding's wildly funny, hotly anticipated new novel, Bridget faces a few rather pressing questions:
What do you do when your girlfriend’s sixtieth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend’s thirtieth?
Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because you’re so wrinkly?
Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating?
Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice?
Is it normal to be too vain to put on your reading glasses when checking your toy boy for head lice?
Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is it his assistant?
Is it normal to get fewer followers the more you tweet?
Is technology now the fifth element? Or is that wood?
If you put lip plumper on your hands do you get plump hands?
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?
Pondering these and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of loss, single motherhood, tweeting, texting, technology, and rediscovering her sexuality in—Warning! Bad, outdated phrase approaching!—middle age.
In a triumphant return after fourteen years of silence, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is timely, tender, touching, page-turning, witty, wise, outrageous, and bloody hilarious.
TODAY Book Club Selection
Reviews
Not quite the same
3By AlwaysSmiling;-)It was with high enthusiasm that I bought the book as I had enjoyed the previous ones and the title was very enticing. But I must admit I had a hard time to get into it. I felt bored at times with the whole Roxter story. But I desperately wanted to know how it would end so I kept reading and in the last 200 pages read it fast. By the way the Part Four is written Part One in the pages so needs to be corrected. I knew I was long gone from Part One ! 😳😄. Still this is our Bridget and I still love her !Loved it!
4By Jean1391Mad About The Boy, had me laughing and crying throughout the book! Definitely a great read!Bridget Jones Mad about the Boy
1By Millie CalderonDisappointing! I'm a fifty year old woman but could not relate to the character. I did in the previous books, it took a lot of strength for me to finish reading the book. Bridget was so in mature and foolish all togetherBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
5By PN JunkieUnrealistic and predictable but still entertaining.Mad about the boy
5By MaddMax2013Great book, unbelievably entertaining. I laughed a lot, and cried a little.Very satisfying
4By CabriniSecondBridget Jones was such a part of my early middle adulthood, I was a little bereft at not having another installment. Mad About the Boy was a perfect trajectory for our heroine. Traveling in the same life phases as Jonesy, I really felt for her, at times tearing up with her in the tome. It's the right progression IMHO and a very satisfying read.My old friend is back!
4By Rt_aggieI loved this book! If you loved Bridget in the first two books I don't know how you could resist this one! She's older now, life has changed, so it may not be exactly what you are expecting, but it's her voice- and I for one am glad to hear it again!Loved it
5By G LearyWhat I love about Bridget is that she is perfectly imperfect. It is what makes her so easy to relate to. This book had me laughing. It has me crying - I hope Bridget comes back again!Mad about the boy
5By mpo5Quirky and funny just like the originals- but I liked it even better due to Bridget's many trials and errors with her children. A warming lesson in humanity- even if people make mistakes, as long as their hearts are in the right place, we should always forgive them. I would love to have a friend like her!Laughter and Tears
5By ANI1448Loved this book; started it Saturday morning and finished it Sunday night! Sad and funny and tears and laughter and wishing there were more pages to read!
