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Title: Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding ISBN: 0142000221 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.73
Rating: 5
Summary: An incredible surprise!
Comment: After reading the Bridget Jones novels, I couldn't wait to read another Helen Fielding novel. What an incredible surprise! This book does have it's Bridget-esque moments, but I found it to be much more mature and touching than Fielding's later efforts (Cause Celeb was published in '94). People who are wanting a romantic, funny romp like the BJD books will be very surprised. While the book has it's funny moments, I was more moved by Fielding's harrowing descriptions of what Rosie, the workers, and refugees go through. I found Rosie's trip to the capital of the African country horrifying and touching at the same time. As much as I love Bridget Jones, I would have to say that this story is much more engrossing and touching, and I hope that many people check out this well-written first novel by Helen Fielding.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great first effort from Helen Fielding!
Comment: Helen Fielding is best known for writing Bridget Jones's Diary -- the often imitated but never duplicated novel. I can't believe it took me this long to read her first effort! Set in England and Africa, we are introduced to Rosie: a sweet but self-deprecating (what did you expect? This is Helen Fielding!) heroine whose crush on a celebrity brought her to Africa. Needless to say the trip to Africa isn't as glamorous as anticipated. There are flashbacks of when she falls for the celeb in London. The scenes are hilarious!
This isn't Bridget Jones, but Cause Celeb has enough fun and charm to satisfy readers. I have become a fan of British humor, and this book has plenty of it!
Rating: 4
Summary: Surprising stuff from Helen Fielding
Comment: Unlike some other people, I went into this book not expecting Bridget Jones. What I found was actually closer to Bridget than I thought in some sections. However, Rosie is a stronger woman-she just doesn't know it yet. Fielding's characterizations of the celebrities, as well as the relief workers, were well-rounded, and the action was fast paced. But most of all, I never thought I would laugh out loud while reading about a famine. The scenes where the celebrities first encounter the Africans are quite funny. Later on though, while one celebrity is photographed holding a starving child, all I could picture was Sally Struthers wandering through the camps with tears in her eyes--and Fielding's point hit home. Cause Celeb is an interesting statement on the place of celebrity in our society--and how it can actually be used for good, even if those doing the good are vile people. I recommmend ths book.
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Title: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding ISBN: 0140298479 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Bridget Jones's Guide to Life by Helen Fielding ISBN: 0142000213 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 11 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Trials of Tiffany Trott by Isabel Wolff ISBN: 0451408888 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding ISBN: 014028009X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 24 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella ISBN: 0385335482 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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