Friday, July 5, 2013

A book review of The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

For some books, it's a better read the first time.  This is one of those books.  I like the series, but I don't love them.  This wouldn't be a good series for anyone nine and under.  It discusses kissing and dating and stuff like that - young children would find that gross.  (Even I found the kissing really gross and I'm twelve.)  I read the first book a year ago and I thought it was okay.  I have trouble identifying with Mia because she's so unlike me.  Mia is boy-crazy and she goes on (and on and on and on) about stuff that could be covered in a sentence or, at most, a paragraph.  (I understand that figuring out you're a princess would be hard, but why not even tell your best friend?)  The most annoying part was that Mia never said no.  She could have said no to her grandmother sending her to a salon and forcing her to have a makeover.  She could have said so many simple things that would have stopped all her misery.  But, of course, if that happened we wouldn't have a story, would we?
                        I read the first four books and then got bored with the series.  How many books can there be in a series before they start to get repetitive?  Even those four books were sort of boring.  It always turned out that someone had the thing they needed to save the day or just at the right time someone did something and everything was great. 
                        These books are okay, but, for once, I liked the movie better than the book.
                        I would recommend this to people who want a light read. 

                        Three out of five stars.

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