SOURCE: A review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, in Miami Herald, February 27, 2000, p. 5M.

In the following review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Ogle compliments Fielding for her creation of Bridget Jones, calling the everywoman character “not only hilarious, but also universal.”

Number of alcohol units, cigarettes, near nervous breakdowns several thousand (bad); number of boyfriends 1, at least most of the time (good and bad); number of women trying to steal boyfriend 1 (v. bad); number of interviews with Colin Firth (v. good), number of times book provokes hysterical, head shaking, body twitching laughter, too many to count (v. v. good)

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a popular author in possession of a wildly successful book must be in want of a sequel.

Thus the return of Bridget Jones was inevitable. Shrieks of “oh my God, that's me” erupted upon publication of Helen...