Books 2014: Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
From crime to chick lit:) My second book this year was the third Bridget Jones-book. Helen Fielding was met with a lot of criticism when it became known that Mark Darcy died sometime between book 2 and 3. This doesn't really matter much for the book, it will have a far stronger impact on the film. IF there will be a film. Rumours have it that Zellwegger isn't too keen on doing a third movie and that she and Fielding doesn't really get along. Or something like that. Anyway. I really wanted the book to be great. And I really feared the book would be horrible. It is neither. It is simply funny and good entertainment, written in the same style as the previous two novels. Bridget has turned 50 and is now a widow with to smallish children. Still obsessed with her weight (though probably not more than any other women out there) and still as able to create chaos and mess wherever she goes. Which we of course love about her. The main goal of the book is of course to find a new m...