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Why I still love Bridget Jones and critics should wait until they’ve actually read the book

I read a Twitter comment the other day which really annoyed me: “I hated Bridget Jones and found her desperately unfunny first time around. Never identified with her at all.” Urgh! How gruesome. This is exactly the sort of comment Bridget herself would refer to as coming from a “smug married”. It’s not just about…