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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
I read this book for a reading challenge I took on for 2021. “A book made into a movie you've already seen.”
I love the movie and the book was a very cute YA read.
One con of seeing the movie first is you picture the actors of the movie when thinking of the characters and the book Mia looks different from Anne Hathaway and a little brattier than movie Mia, but also more depth than movie Mia.
This book was the set up of the story of Mia discovering she is a princess and life as a freshman. I was wondering why all the things that happened in the movie didn’t happen in the book and realized the book was a series. And now I want to finish the series. 3.5 stars. Cute quick read.
I love the movie and the book was a very cute YA read.
One con of seeing the movie first is you picture the actors of the movie when thinking of the characters and the book Mia looks different from Anne Hathaway and a little brattier than movie Mia, but also more depth than movie Mia.
This book was the set up of the story of Mia discovering she is a princess and life as a freshman. I was wondering why all the things that happened in the movie didn’t happen in the book and realized the book was a series. And now I want to finish the series. 3.5 stars. Cute quick read.
Read this for the first time in a long time to annotate it for my friend's birthday. Super cute and a really fun reread.
I absolutely love this book its awesome and the ending is beyond fantastic
Was this like the movie? No. Did I still enjoy it immensely? Yes.
When we started the year I didn't expect to start this series. I had seen the books on Book Outlet from time to time and I was interested because I know how much everyone loves Meg Cabot, but it didn't interest me. I did watch the movie growing up and LOVED it. So after watching a booktuber do a 24 hour readathon of the series, I wanted to give it a try.
If you don't know, The Princess Diaries is about Mia Thermopolis, a 14 year old New Yorker who learns that she is the Princess of the European country of Genovia, it's somewhere near France. It's told in Mia's diary entries where she talks directly to the reader and explains in detail what is happening from her day to day.
This was the first book I've read that was told in diary entries and I really enjoyed it. It worked for it.
A couple differences from the movie, her grandmother isn't a Julie Andrews type, she's a tough cookie with tattooed eyeliner. That is quite the image. I still liked her because she had the same strength that Julie Andrew's character had, but less of Julie's poise and more attitude and she gave zero f's.
Some of the references are pretty late 90's but I wasn't surprised at all and I think a lot of the conversations that Mia had and the topics were fairly progressive, but also in our social climate borderline on problematic. Think Clueless. There was a definite Clueless vibe, but since that was during my childhood, I liked the comparison. Clueless is one of my favorite movies and Austen adaptations.
I really enjoyed the book and I want to continue on with the series. I think we'll see a lot more of Mia's development because I think the movies kind of went off and didn't follow the story that much or maybe they put two books into one. I guess I'll find out soon, but I'm really interested in continuing because it is a very good palate cleanser.
If you don't know, The Princess Diaries is about Mia Thermopolis, a 14 year old New Yorker who learns that she is the Princess of the European country of Genovia, it's somewhere near France. It's told in Mia's diary entries where she talks directly to the reader and explains in detail what is happening from her day to day.
This was the first book I've read that was told in diary entries and I really enjoyed it. It worked for it.
A couple differences from the movie, her grandmother isn't a Julie Andrews type, she's a tough cookie with tattooed eyeliner. That is quite the image. I still liked her because she had the same strength that Julie Andrew's character had, but less of Julie's poise and more attitude and she gave zero f's.
Some of the references are pretty late 90's but I wasn't surprised at all and I think a lot of the conversations that Mia had and the topics were fairly progressive, but also in our social climate borderline on problematic. Think Clueless. There was a definite Clueless vibe, but since that was during my childhood, I liked the comparison. Clueless is one of my favorite movies and Austen adaptations.
I really enjoyed the book and I want to continue on with the series. I think we'll see a lot more of Mia's development because I think the movies kind of went off and didn't follow the story that much or maybe they put two books into one. I guess I'll find out soon, but I'm really interested in continuing because it is a very good palate cleanser.
Well it took me 2.5 months to finish this book. Not because it was a difficult read, more so because I was fighting my way through a mean reading funk. I could of probably read this in a day if I committed to it. You can definitely see how the books are different from the Disney movies but both are good in their own ways that you can't really compare them. I don't know when I plan on reading the next 10+ installments.. but I most likely will read them eventually!
This book was enjoyable, I listened to it and Anne Hathaway did a good job with it - I guess the fact that she also played the part of Mia in the movie helped? About the movie, anyway, I've seen it like a month ago and I think, for example, the grandma's part was completely different in the movie, maybe because I see Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins so I don't think she was the right one to play the part (maybe the fact that it was a Disney's movie didn't help with that, I guess).
Anyway, this was the third book by Meg Cabot I've read and they're all really light and funny but nothing else.
I will probably try to read at least the second book to know how the story goes on (although I guess part of it was alread in the first movie?), anyway.
Anyway, this was the third book by Meg Cabot I've read and they're all really light and funny but nothing else.
I will probably try to read at least the second book to know how the story goes on (although I guess part of it was alread in the first movie?), anyway.
my literal childhood felt like growing up with a friend
Re-reading Meg Cabot is like slipping into your favorite jammies.