Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004
Reviewed by L.D.Y.
Hardcover (available in trade), 306 pages, 2004
Rating: 6/10
Reason for Reading: I enjoyed Fielding’s sense of humour in the Bridget Jones books.
Synopsis: Olivia Joules is a bottom-of-the-barrel journalist who is often accused of relying more on her wild imagination than on actual facts, so when her boss sends her to Miami for the launch of a face-cream, it comes as no surprise to anyone that she becomes fixated on the idea that movie mogul Pierre is actually Osama bin Laden in disguise. Unfortunately, she also finds herself lusting after Pierre, and so, half out of a sense of duty to protect the world from terrorism and half to see if she’s found a guy worth dating, Olivia embarks on a self-appointed espionage mission to various locales around the world. She’s found her man, but now she must try to separate the facts from the fiction to see if Pierre belongs behind bars or between her sheets.
