Book Reviews:
Coming SOON! Message In A Bottle by Nicolas Sparks! The Princess Diaries
By: Meg Cabot Yes, I know what you're thinking, "Why is she reading this?" I will answer your question. So I found it in the "Teen" section at Barnes and Nobles, so what? I am so tired of reading all that classis stuff, Purgatorio, The Odyssey, Wuthering Heights... It's refreshing to read a book about one of my favorite movies, The Princess Diaries. (Yes, yet again, I am utilising my mind-reading skills. You are thinking, "Disney movie? I thought she was seventeen?") Who doesn't like a good dose of Walt Disney once in a while? Especially when it has totally HOT actors in it like Robert Schwartzman (!!!) and Erik von Detton, who isn't half bad either, except for the fact that you HAVE to hate his character in this movie because he's such a jerk. Well, anyway, the book does differ from the movie, but follows basically the same plot. A young teenage girl named Amelia (Mia) Thermopolis, about fourteen, who is a freshman in high school who finds out that she is a real princess of a small principality in Europe. She isn't exactly your typical beauty queen perfect princess, either. She's going through that awkward stage and has "triangular hair." Plus, she doesn't want to be princess. Her father and her grandmother flew to America to inform her that she is a princess and must be taught how to act properly. This is the beginning of her "princess lessons," which she is being paid $100 each day to attend. She has also decided to keep her being a princess a secret, even from her best friend Lilly. This ultimately causes a lot of tension between her and Lilly because Lilly can sense that there is something that Mia isn't telling her. She and Lilly have it out and they stop talking for most of the book. The plot climaxes at the Cultural and Diversity Dance, to which Mia has been asked by the most popular boy in school, Josh Richter, who is also a senior. Her evening turns out miserable. However, there is some hope that she finds in Lilly's older brother (also a senior). But you will have to pick up the book to find out if anything happens... Overall, on a scale of 1 to 10, I would have to give this book an 8 because I liked it, it had comedy, a love story, friendship, etc., but also because the immaturity of some parts of the book can make you feel like you're in seventh grade again. Well, at least it's only a couple parts. Anywho, I would definitely encourage people under the age of, oh say twenty?, to read this book. And-if you like this book, the author, Meg Cabot has written a sequel called Princess in the Spotlight, which I am about to begin, so stay tuned for my review! |
