Finished 10-31-09, rating 3.5/5, fiction, pub. 1996
completely exhausted by entire day of date-preparation. Being a woman is worse than being a farmer–there is so much harvesting and crop spraying to be done: legs to be waxed, underarms shaved, eyebrows plucked, feet pumiced, skin exfoliated and moisturized, spots cleansed, roots dyed, eyelashes tinted, nails filed, cellulite massaged, stomach muscles exercised. The whole performance is so highly tuned you only need to neglect it for a few days for the whole thing to go to seed.
Sunday 15 January
Bridget is a single thirty-something Londoner in a dead-end job who is shagging her boss. This is her diary of a year that details her weight, alcohol intake, cigarettes smoked and is an irreverent look at a woman not sure who she is or what she wants. Well, besides shagging her boss. She’s barely able to run her own life. let alone those of her parents, who are splitting up. Bridget is helpless, funny, and charming.
I was shocked to realize as I finished this book that I actually preferred the movie. Granted it is a favorite of mine, so expectations were high, but I really thought the movie was more fun and more romantic. The book had a harder edge and while I usually like that, the movie had already won me over. The mother in this movie was horrible and I was surprised that the movie did not really include the character of Tom, who I really liked.
This book was good and I liked it. Bridget is a character was easy to fall in love with and hard to forget. I think I’m going to watch the movie tonight and relive the laughs. Look for my review of the movie tomorrow.
This was from my personal library.
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I loved the book and the movie. The book is a bit darker but still hilarious. Completely forgot who Tom is.
Well, he was in the movie, the gay, ex-pop star, but in the book his role was a bit bigger with more storyline.
I thought the movie was better too, but I saw it before I read the book and I wondered if that was the reason.
My husband thinks so too, but I don’t know.
I love both equally. I do love the “It’s raining men” fight scene in the movie though. Classic!
Love that scene! I thought the music choices were great for the movie.
I found the same. I saw the movie first and really didn’t like the book at all. Of course, it’s not the genre I usually read. I’m not really into “chick-lit” but I love it in movie format. Go figure. I also thought the second book was better than the first, though again, I thought the movie was better. And this time I had read the book first.
Glad I’m not the only one who liked the movie better. Not sure that I have any desire to read the next one, although I did see the movie.
Oh yeah, the “It’s raining me” fight scene is my fave too!
I love when they stopped fighting to sing Happy Birthday in the restaurant 🙂
I like the movie on this one but not the book…
I liked the book, but didn’t love it.
I have the book but never read it. Go figure, a movie can be better than a book.
I picked up the book last month because it was on Clearance at Half-Priced Books. Glad I read it, just a little disappointed.
I’ve just never been tempted to read this or see the movie.
I hope someday you’ll be tempted to see the movie 🙂