Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary will recall that at the end of that sly and funny version of Pride and Prejudice, singleton heroine Bridget landed her Mr. Darcy at last--Mark Darcy, that is. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks later, and already the honeymoon is over. In addition to discovering that the man of her dreams votes conservative, left-leaning Bridget is also feeling just a mite uncomfortable with the realities of sharing bed and board with another person: V. complicated actually having man in house as cannot freely spend requisite amount of time in bathroom or turn into gas chamber as conscious of other person late for work, desperate for pee etc.; also disturbed by Mark folding up underpants at night, rendering it strangely embarrassing now simply to keep all own clothes in pile on floor. But all of these problems pale to insignificance with the arrival on the scene of Rebecca, a beautiful, man-hunting arch-nemesis with "thighs like a baby giraffe" and absolutely no girlfriend code of ethics when it comes to poaching another woman's man. Before long, Rebecca's manipulations, Bridget's own insecurities, and a string of misunderstandings (starting with a naked Filipino boy in Mark Darcy's bed and ending with a suggestive valentine from Bridget's dry cleaner) result in "128 lbs. (good), alcohol units 0 (excellent), cigarettes 5 (a pleasant, healthy number), no. times driven past Mark Darcy's house 2 (v.g.), no. of times looked up Mark Darcy's name in phone book to prove still exists 18 (v.g.), 1471 calls 12 (better), no. of phone calls from Mark 0 (tragic).
Fortunately, Bridget has plenty of other problems to distract her. Her mother has returned from a trip to Kenya with a young Masai in tow--to her father's consternation; her best friends Jude, Shazzer, and Tom are all trapped in dating hell themselves; her apartment is in shambles thanks to a dotty carpenter; an unreliable ex-boyfriend has just reentered her life; and now someone is sending Bridget death threats--could it be Mark Darcy? If Bridget Jones's Diary was a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice, its sequel borrows several themes and devices (not to mention a section heading) from another Austen novel, Persuasion. And as in Austen's fiction, here the journey is the destination. A happy ending for Bridget and her pals is a foregone conclusion; how they get there, however, will have you on the edge of your chair--if you haven't already fallen off of it laughing. --Alix Wilber
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这本小说简直是一场文字的盛宴,阅读体验酣畅淋漓,节奏掌控得如同顶级交响乐团的指挥。它的情节铺陈并不急于求成,而是像一个经验老道的说书人,在关键节点上精准地抛出悬念和爆点。我尤其佩服作者构建世界观的能力,虽然故事背景设定在一个我们都熟悉的现代都市,但作者通过独特的视角,将那些习以为常的场景赋予了全新的意义。举个例子,书中对一次失败的约会场景的描写,那种尴尬到空气都要凝固的氛围,我仿佛能闻到咖啡馆里残留的苦涩味道,甚至能感觉到主角耳根发热的窘迫。文字的密度非常高,但绝不晦涩,反而有一种流畅的、如同溪水般倾泻而下的美感。如果你期待的是那种大起大落的狗血剧情,可能这本书的前半段会让你略感平淡,但请相信我,所有的铺垫都是为了最后那惊心动魄的情感爆发做准备。读完最后一页时,我甚至有一种意犹未尽的感觉,很想立刻翻回去重温那些被我可能匆忙略过的细节,因为它值得被细细品味,每一句话里似乎都藏着一个未被言明的哲理。
评分这本书给我带来最大的震撼,在于它对于“时间”的哲学处理。作者似乎非常擅长捕捉那些稍纵即逝的情绪波动,并将其放大,让读者得以在慢镜头下审视自己的生命轨迹。故事的主线看似平淡无奇,但当你深入阅读时,会发现每一个小小的转折点都蕴含着巨大的能量。比如书中描绘主角如何艰难地适应一个新的工作环境,那种新旧习惯冲突带来的巨大心理摩擦,被作者描绘得如同一场无声的战争。我发现自己开始对照书中的情节,反思自己过去几年里做出的重大决定,那种清晰的、仿佛被抽丝剥茧的自我认知过程,是很多严肃的心理学书籍都无法给予的。而且,作者在处理爱情关系的描写上,也极其克制和成熟,它没有把爱情描绘成解决一切问题的万能钥匙,而是将其视为生命中复杂而美丽的一部分。这本书的后劲非常大,合上书本后,那种萦绕在心头的余味,久久不能散去,促使你去重新审视你身边的人和事。
评分天哪,我最近读完的那本小说简直是我的精神食粮!它的叙事风格极其细腻,仿佛作者手里拿着一把极其精密的雕刻刀,一刀一刀地刻画着人物的内心世界。故事的主角,我得说,她的那种挣扎和自我怀疑,简直就是我日常生活的真实写照,只不过我可能没有她那么‘戏剧性’的遭遇。我特别欣赏作者对于都市生活压力的描绘,那种在理想与现实之间摇摆不定的状态,被刻画得入木三分。比如书中有一段,主角为了一个根本不重要的会议,把自己折腾得筋疲力尽,结果发现那会议根本就是一团糟,那种徒劳感,我感同身受。再说说配角们,他们绝不是推动剧情的工具人,每个人都有自己复杂的动机和背景故事,读起来让人感觉整个世界都鲜活了起来。我甚至在想,作者是不是在我身边安插了眼线,不然怎么能把那些微妙的人际互动和潜台词写得如此精准?这本书的魅力就在于,它让你在捧腹大笑之后,又陷入深深的沉思,思考自己的人生选择。我强烈推荐给所有在“还行”和“不错”之间徘徊的成年人,它能给你带来久违的共鸣和一丝丝的勇气。
评分如果用一个词来形容这本书,那就是“痛快”。它像一剂猛烈的、带着薄荷清凉感的强心针,瞬间激活了读者的生命力。这本书的叙事节奏非常快,信息量巨大,但又处理得游刃有余,没有丝毫的拖沓感。我特别欣赏作者在对话设计上的功力,那些对话短促、机敏,充满了机锋和潜台词,读起来就像在看一场高水平的即兴辩论,让人精神高度集中。主角身上那种永不服输但又时常犯错的“韧性”,是我认为这本书最核心的魅力所在。她不是一个完美的榜样,而是一个生动的、有血有肉的个体,她的每一次跌倒和爬起,都显得那么真实可信。我甚至觉得,这本书本身就是一种抵抗平庸的宣言。它没有宏大的叙事背景,一切都聚焦在个体如何在这种看似无意义的日常中,挖掘出属于自己的意义和价值。对于那些感觉生活被卡在“自动播放”模式的人来说,这本书绝对是一次强有力的唤醒,它会让你重新拿起生活的方向盘,哪怕只是稍微转向一个微小的角度。
评分我必须得说,这本书的语言风格简直是教科书级别的“反套路”。它完全避开了那些陈词滥调,用一种近乎戏谑却又无比真诚的口吻,讲述了一个关于成长的故事。作者对讽刺和自嘲的运用达到了炉火纯青的地步,读的时候经常忍不住会心一笑,但笑声背后往往带着一丝心酸。我特别喜欢书中对于主角内心独白的刻画,那种毫无保留地将自己最不堪、最琐碎、最矛盾的想法暴露出来的勇气,真的很打动人。它不是那种励志读物里宣扬的“完美人设”,而是赤裸裸地展现了“不完美才是常态”的真实。我读到主人公因为一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事而纠结不已时,心想,谢天谢地,终于有人把我的日常写出来了!这本书的结构安排也很有趣,它不像传统小说那样线性推进,而是充满了跳跃和闪回,就像我们的大脑在回忆过去一样,真实而富有层次感。总而言之,这是一本需要你用心去“听”作者说话的小说,它提供了一种全新的、更诚实的自我审视的视角。
评分Maybe the first book is good? Maybe it’s only good because of the movie adaptation? Sorry Bridget is too out there to relate.......
评分Maybe the first book is good? Maybe it’s only good because of the movie adaptation? Sorry Bridget is too out there to relate.......
评分因為借不到第一部~所以把所有跟她朋友有關的東西都跳過了.
评分因為借不到第一部~所以把所有跟她朋友有關的東西都跳過了.
评分Maybe the first book is good? Maybe it’s only good because of the movie adaptation? Sorry Bridget is too out there to relate.......
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