BRIDGET JONES, Mad About The Boy by Helen Fielding ****

I was burning pages I was reading so fast. Each page doesn't really contain many words, lots of space between some paragraphs it's a fast read for sure. So there were some times I was in bed trying to read before falling asleep and I began giggling because Bridget is so "duh" about things in general. I like the stupid sex scenes with her boy toy as Americans call them not the other way round "toy boys"? What is that? Robot?

The killing of her husband was pretty slick, writer is one trick pony. She does stupid sex, wanting sex, watching other couples and wishing for sex, while superficial friendships abound. Didn't like the dead husband angle (killing off Mark Darcy) much the story goes from widowhood to fucking a tween half her age. Again she falls in love or is it lust?  If the original Mark died we are OVER being in love, and dripping for sex are we not? Isn't there something else we are supposed to learn about Bridget aside from sex? What was marriage like? I made this up to keep last names in order for high school tests: "Romeo and Juliet a Montague and Capulet, both are lovers never to see what living together would really be." by ME.  Story is the same old same old. Just like reading the first one over again. Author says she has "moved on" from the first marriage angle of the book but then goes and continues it all over again in this one. Same shit different names.

So there are terms which are incomprehensible: "Spagbog"? HUH??? Sounds like something coming out the rear end of a dog but they eat it. Then we have "sledging"? Which IRL is sledding? Duh. I guess they can shag on their sledges then, no?  How can Bridget fit '2 sledges and children INSIDE her car? Would that be a sledge HAMMER?? What kind of sledges are we talking about? Little saucer type things? Regular size sleds? WTF? Maybe she drives a Hummer or something. When going sledging why does one wear goggles? WTF is that all about? Gee I wish I knew English. (So glad the tea went into Bahston Habah.)

Here's a nice indecipherable sentence for all you Americans out there "I haven't got any summer events to go to or a fascinator." Pray tell what the fuck is a fascinator? Fastener? Like a snap or zipper? What the fuck? A huge battery operated dick? Fascinator?

So if you slide or glide over the Queens English pretending you understand, it's a quick funny read and I might suggest buying but try library first. The entire time I pictured Rene Zellweger in the role so it was good for me but nothing new but 2 children.