The twists and turns of the plot make entertaining reading and keep the pages turning right to the last one.

Ambitious, large-hearted, exhilarating novel that leaves you wanting more . . . Very, very funny

Beautiful Ruins is a novel unlike any other you're likely to read this year

Romantic, very funny...Turbo-charged satire meets a Garcia Marquezesque love story. What's not to like?

Walter creates an epic here - one that took him 15 years to write. The end result, however, is well worth the wait

A sparkling summer read

Thoroughly enjoyable, a tender, funny, ridiculous tale which has love at its core and a keen satirical edge to cut through the lovely, lush romanticism

You're going to love this book

A brilliant, madcap meditation on fate

A novel shot in sparkly Technicolor

The beach read of the summer

Hilarious and compelling

Magic. Walter is a believer in capricious destiny with a fine, freewheeling sense of humour . . . A monument to crazy love with a deeply romantic heart

Poignant, comical and marvellous

Larger-than-life characters, billowy romance and crafty satire ... Any book that includes Richard Burton as a character is fine by us

Cinematic and utterly romantic . . . the big beach read for summer

My absolute favourite read this year

A bravura feat

The beach read of 2013

Think Il Postino with a walk-on part for a comically drunk Richard Burton

Walter's account of the filming of the Burton/Taylor classic Cleopatra is a playful imagining of emotional history and hidden lives just out of view. Be warned, this is a novel that may make any festive guests somewhat anti-social as I read it in two days flat

There is poignancy as well as humour.

We are back to the old Bridget Jones in all her life-affirming glory.

Feels like visiting with your funniest friend

I read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.

Fresh, frantic and very funny.

Long-awaited.

Bridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.

What remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.

Life may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.

Fans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.

Tender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.

Bridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.

An uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.

Laugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.

Timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious

Hilariously written

This book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot