SOURCE: “The Single Woman's Life Is Good for a Few Laughs,” in Detroit Free Press, February 27, 2000, p. 4E.

In the following positive review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Sandoval praises Fielding's humorous insights regarding the lives of middle-aged women.

Number of hopelessly single, self-obsessed, clueless heroines 1, hours spent reading her diary 5, times laughed out loud 22, times wanted to tell heroine to shut up already 12, times reluctantly recognized self or thirtysomething single friends of self in heroine at least 18 (gaaah!). Yep, Bridget Jones is back in action.

If you loved Bridget Jones's Diary, you'll find Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason a fun, naughty indulgence, the equivalent of having a huge hot fudge sundae with extra nuts for dinner.

If you find Bridget dumb and self-obsessed instead of charmingly ditzy, you'll probably have a sugar headache by the time you hit page 200 of this cream puff of...