As a mom I liked this Bridget best in my revisiting Bridget adventures. A solid chick lit adventure though a bit drawn out. ( )

GR needs a zero star option for books that deserve it. ( )

While I didn't enjoy this Bridget Jones book as much as the previous two, it was still a fun and light-hearted read.

My biggest issue with this book was in structure. Bridget's now around 50 years old, has two kids, and is widowed. The book starts with her dating a man named Roxster, then jumps back in time a year, and then catches up to the start. This mainly confused me and in my opinion detracted.

It also took at least a quarter of the book to discover that Bridget had been widowed. This whole section I was wondering if she'd been divorced or separated or what exactly had happened, and that took away from the book.

I didn't really like Roxster, and I'm not sure why. Initially I disliked him very intensely, probably due to the way he was introduced and had replaced Bridget's dead husband (who I adored in the second book). I grew to like him a bit more when I heard about how he and Bridget met, but still, meh.

Additionally, I thought the portrayal of screenwriting in this book was inaccurate--if only the industry was that easy to get into!

Despite these flaws, the writing style of this book was fantastic and I enjoyed hearing about Bridget's antics. Her voice is just as real as it was in earlier books, and I appreciated that despite her age she was still as lovable and relatable. Her children added a new element of fun and hilarity.

I absolutely adored the use of social media in this book. Bridget learns how to work Twitter and ends up checking it obsessively and tweets some highly entertaining things, especially when drunk or frazzled or on first dates. This was a lot of fun.

Though not as strong as the other two due to structure, this was a great conclusion to the Bridget Jones trilogy. ( )

Honestly, the first half of this was absolutely terrible, but it got slightly better the second half .... but on overall I think 3 stars best sums it up, because it's not nearly as good as the first two books (I looove those).

Killing of Mark Darcy was a stupid move. I'm sorry, but it was, and I'm not accepting it. He's alive, they're raising their kids, and it's all good. Idk, I would have loved to read a book about a happily married Bridget fighting with the other soccer moms and trying to get her script turned into a movie ... not a widowed Bridget dating "toyboys" (isn't it boytoy???).

The first half is just so not Bridget to me. She somehow manages to lose 20 kg in like a year? Hahahah yeah fucking right. Not a chance. Then, of course, the book has to deal with all the new technology and TWITTER and oh my gods, kill me, kill me now. You don't slowly build up a following of 600 only to lose them by one night of drunk tweeting, THEN becoming a hashtag and getting a new batch of 500 followers. NO. That's not how going viral works. And the whole "my tweet was retweeted 5 times and I got 12 new followers because of it" ahahahahahah WHAT!? No. Just. No. Stop trying to write about something you clearly know nothing about.

The second half of the book is slightly better, because it is more Bridget, but a more grown-up version of her. In a way I liked it, seeing her actually say what she feels and being more honest, but ... it also seems a bit weird. Especially the ending, concluding that she can't "do it all" (aka go to meeting once a week for a screenplay and still take care of the kids which she has a nanny for but whatever), because it seems so ... idk, what is Bridget even doing with her days?? Nothing. Naah.

Also, shipping Shazzer of to the US and having her marry some guy is a crime. She and Mark Darcy are probably the best/most reasonable characters from the first two books and now they're BOTH gone??? No, don't give me that shit.

It wasn't the worst book I've read, but I reject the initial premise and will declare the book anathema. Let's go back and reread the first two books, shall we? ( )

Twas good fun reading about Bridget again. Was all rather funny but a little samey. ( )