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Having never seen the movie I thought I would enjoy the book, but couldn't get into it at all. I kept hoping for it to get better, for Bridget to stop wallowing in alcohol, low self esteem and food, to GET A LIFE! But she never did. The whole thing left me feeling rather flat.

I really enjoyed this book. Having seen the movie first, which is one of my favorites by the way, I found a number of differences, mostly just things that made the action happen faster, but some scenes were added even to the movie, such as the fight between Daniel and Mark. Unlike the movie, Bridget wasn't under the impression that Mark stole Daniel's fiance as happened in the movie. I was trying to figure out why this difference, but I guess it made a strong case for the dislike between the two guys very obvious. So even though the movie wasn't true to the book on a few issues, and there were some scenes in the movie that never occurred in the book, I still like them both equally. Besides, seeing the movie first, and picturing Hugh Grant (YUMMY!) in my mind whenever there was talk of Daniel, well I kinda liked that.

As I was reading, I found myself continually pointing out all the things Bridget was doing wrong with regards to dieting, time management, and so on... all the things she kept saying she was going to work on. For instance, she'd often count calories without any consideration for the food content itself. She's very disorganized and though the author claims that the reader will often think they see themselves in Bridget, I didn't find this to be the case at all with me. Instead, I found myself thinking of her as an unenlightened soul, whom as a friend, I wanted desperately to help to set her on the right path by pointing out to her all the little things she's doing wrong. LOL

This book was a very quick read. I got it read pretty much over a long weekend, even though we had friends from out of town staying at our house. It was just that easy to read in bed and not want to put down. :) I'm looking forward to the 2nd book in this series, which I should have soon.

Well written story with wry humor. The book is MUCH better than the movie.

Such a funny story. I read the book long before the movie came out. The movie didn't do it justice.

Fun, enjoyable, ultimately forgettable.

This book was funny and made me feel better about my petty problems. For once I'm not the only one dealing with appearance issues. Very motivating!

I was kind of disappointed, to be honest. With all the press on it, I expected it to be better than it was. I mean, it was okay, but not great, imo. I'm now reading the sequal and already I can see it's going to be better than the original.

Lots of fun. Don't worry if you've already seen the movie; there's some different plot lines in the book.

I had a difficult time getting into this book and past most of the British terms. I don't like a book where I have to stop and think about what they are trying to tell me every few sentences. I liked the movie much better.

Very entertaining, although I read the book before the movie, and didn't find Bridget very endearing. Then I watched the movie, and liked the book better!

ISBN: 0670880728 is a soft cover, ALK paper copy rather than the hardback binding that PBS lists. Verified ISBN via http://isbndb.com/