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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
pure nostalgia
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Anne Hathaway's narration really elevated this. I prefer the movie. I hate Grandmere in the book!
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know this is a series, so i should hold back judgement till later but I will say I appreciate the changes they made in the movie. The book was really funny even if it was a bit too young for me. A fourteen year old is just a bit out of my wheelhouse of total enjoyment now. That being said I did feel things for poor Mia and it was pretty dang funny. Offered some layer to the teenaged girl experience and that was very sweet.
My parents bought me this book years ago when we were on holiday, but I'd never got around to picking it up until now. At the age of 22 I thought I'd be too old to appreciate Mia's adventures, but I was wrong. Cabot's writing is funny, addictive and believable. I was drawn into Mia's world and I loved it. In fact I only took a short break between reading the first and second instalments of the series, but even then I found myself missing Mia and her crazy adventures. My only disagreement with the novel was the age of Mia and her friends. Call me a prude, but I felt they were just a touch too young to be approaching some of the topics that they did. Overall though I picked up this book because I enjoyed the film and I wasn't disappointed. It was one of those instances when the book was better than the film and I'm looking forward to following Mia in the rest of the Princess Diaries series.
Really funny, really engaging. It's quite different to the movie but in its own unique way that makes me easily separate the two as two interpretations of the story. It also fixes an issue I have with how the movie treats Mia's makeover.
Michael is way better and Josh is way worse in this book than the movie versions of themselves.
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
Michael is way better and Josh is way worse in this book than the movie versions of themselves.
I thoroughly enjoyed this.
lighthearted
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The last time I read this book I must've been in fifth or sixth grade, which is to say a good fifteen years ago. Needless to say, I enjoyed it just as much if not way more reading it at age 25. Mia is still insanely relatable, and still hilarious. Some of the pop culture references from this (veryyyyyy y2k) are honestly clicking much faster for me now than they did back then, and I am eating it up. Meg Cabot is such a fun author and I am so happy to be devouring this series all over again!