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lighthearted
I have officially turned into some crazed, sappy teenaged girl because I am now obsessed with the Princess Diaries. However, even though these books are pink and frilly looking, there's nothing horribly girly about them. Yes, there's love interests running through it, but Mia is in highschool so it's expected. There are so many humorous moments, too. Her friend Lilly's insane way of looking at the world and her television show keep me laughing the entire time, and yes, I am secretly hoping that Mia and Michael get together in the end.
No me vais a negar que es muy graciosa y que le coges cariño y te preguntas cómo iba a salir de los lios en los que se mete esta princesa novata jajaj
En su momento, yo era una mequetrefe cuando vi. Madre mia, ¿ aún se gasta la palabra "mequetrefe" ? Ya no la oigo por ahí jaja Me siento vieja ahora! Bueno, con la edad mejoramos como el vino ,¿ no ?
Mejor dejo la modestia a parte.Cuando vi esta película tenía unos 6 años. Porque no la vi en el estreno, yo la vi en Disney Channel. Viví una infancia pegada al Disney Channel y Cartoon Network.¡Ah! Y a Jetix y Nickelodeon .
¡ Por supuesto !Creo que ya me estoy enrollando y no concreto. Pues por si no la habeis visto esta historia va de Mia, una "corriente" chica americana, que va al instituto, hija de una madre soltera ( artista ).
En su instituto no es que sea popular, más bien pasa inadvertida. Su mejor amiga es una loca muy divertida del tipo "green peace".¿ Me entendeis?
La vida de Mia cambiará del todo cuando se entere de que en realidad es princesa de Genovia. Un país entre Francia y España.Yo en su momento pensaba que se trataría de Andorra ♀️ Es el país que hay entre Francia y España.Mia tiene una abuela muy particular.
Y la vida de Mia en el institto, como ya imaginareis, no es la misma. Siendo ahora famosa, una princesa.Pues por si no lo sabias, esta película, que tiene continuación, está basada en una saga de libros bastante larga.
La autora de la saga es Meg Cabot, como muchas películas de las que salían en Disney Channel en esa época. Yo leí el primer libro y el segundo. Tengo el tercero en mi estantería.
A ver cuando lo leo, es una lectura muy ligera y te diviertes mucho. No espereis grandes descripciones o pomposo vocabulario. Consiste en el diario, tal cual, de la protagonista.
Hay algunos cambios de la película al libros, pero a mi me encanta igual la película también.
En su momento, yo era una mequetrefe cuando vi. Madre mia, ¿ aún se gasta la palabra "mequetrefe" ? Ya no la oigo por ahí jaja Me siento vieja ahora! Bueno, con la edad mejoramos como el vino ,¿ no ?
Mejor dejo la modestia a parte.Cuando vi esta película tenía unos 6 años. Porque no la vi en el estreno, yo la vi en Disney Channel. Viví una infancia pegada al Disney Channel y Cartoon Network.¡Ah! Y a Jetix y Nickelodeon .
¡ Por supuesto !Creo que ya me estoy enrollando y no concreto. Pues por si no la habeis visto esta historia va de Mia, una "corriente" chica americana, que va al instituto, hija de una madre soltera ( artista ).
En su instituto no es que sea popular, más bien pasa inadvertida. Su mejor amiga es una loca muy divertida del tipo "green peace".¿ Me entendeis?
La vida de Mia cambiará del todo cuando se entere de que en realidad es princesa de Genovia. Un país entre Francia y España.Yo en su momento pensaba que se trataría de Andorra ♀️ Es el país que hay entre Francia y España.Mia tiene una abuela muy particular.
Y la vida de Mia en el institto, como ya imaginareis, no es la misma. Siendo ahora famosa, una princesa.Pues por si no lo sabias, esta película, que tiene continuación, está basada en una saga de libros bastante larga.
La autora de la saga es Meg Cabot, como muchas películas de las que salían en Disney Channel en esa época. Yo leí el primer libro y el segundo. Tengo el tercero en mi estantería.
A ver cuando lo leo, es una lectura muy ligera y te diviertes mucho. No espereis grandes descripciones o pomposo vocabulario. Consiste en el diario, tal cual, de la protagonista.
Hay algunos cambios de la película al libros, pero a mi me encanta igual la película también.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Continuing my reread of the Princess Diaries series, this book was also read as an audiobook by Anne Hathaway. I again thought she did a pretty good job, but also thought Mia was an insufferable narrator at times.
It's strange reading books as an adult that I enjoyed reading as a kid. Growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta made Manhattan seem like the most interested and cool place in the world. I assumed everyone who grew up there would be equally as cool. And now, after having lived in NYC for 8 years, I can definitely confirm that those who grow up there are neither any cooler or more mature than any given kid in the rest of the US. Mia is no exception.
Something that kept coming up while I was reading this book was the uncomfortable feeling that Cabot was writing teenagers like she thought they talked. Mia says a lot of things like "I'm so sure," which I've never heard a real-life teenager utter, like, ever.
The story too, seemed rushed. Mia's mom is all of a sudden pregnant and everyone, including Grandmère and Mia's mom's stereotypically hick parents, starts planning a wedding for her. It turns into a farce of epic proportions, made worse by Mia's complete inability to tell anyone the truth. I found myself rolling my eyes at her antics.
All that being said though, I can totally understand why thirteen-year-old me was so into these books. They're essentially a modern-day princess tale with strong female characters, two things I usually love. However, the execution of the great plot left a lot to be desired.
It's strange reading books as an adult that I enjoyed reading as a kid. Growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta made Manhattan seem like the most interested and cool place in the world. I assumed everyone who grew up there would be equally as cool. And now, after having lived in NYC for 8 years, I can definitely confirm that those who grow up there are neither any cooler or more mature than any given kid in the rest of the US. Mia is no exception.
Something that kept coming up while I was reading this book was the uncomfortable feeling that Cabot was writing teenagers like she thought they talked. Mia says a lot of things like "I'm so sure," which I've never heard a real-life teenager utter, like, ever.
The story too, seemed rushed. Mia's mom is all of a sudden pregnant and everyone, including Grandmère and Mia's mom's stereotypically hick parents, starts planning a wedding for her. It turns into a farce of epic proportions, made worse by Mia's complete inability to tell anyone the truth. I found myself rolling my eyes at her antics.
All that being said though, I can totally understand why thirteen-year-old me was so into these books. They're essentially a modern-day princess tale with strong female characters, two things I usually love. However, the execution of the great plot left a lot to be desired.
(Review from 2014)
I s2g I almost took away another star because of the stupid editing mistakes, but that's of course the fault of the norwegian translation, not the original book. But still. What the heck. Did I just read some kind of unfinished copy? You don't have three editors note about needing translations for words in the middle of the text in a book! And one time is a honest mistake so that wouldn't have bothered me that much. But three times. And one time on the first page!! Yeah, you heard me right. The first freaking page. It's a freaking shame.
Anyway, the content was really good. I still really like all the characters, except maybe Hank who's kind of a douche, and the same goes for Lily, who I'm pretty sure broke some law when she filmed Mia and made it into an episode of her tvshow without even asking or telling Mia. She's actually a really shitty friend AND person, who would have thought?
But I love Mia's parents, I love Mr. G, I love her grandmother, and her maternal grandparents, and Michael is cool, and Mia is awesome, so it's alright, I'm cool.
(While shelving this book I realized that I had to make a 'read in 2014' shelf, which was great! Can't believe it's another year. I know I've already said it, but happy new year! First book of 2014, yooooo.)
I saw someone in a review once say that this doesn't have any kind of plot. Honestly, I disagree. There was a plot in this book. There was the plot about Mia and her first television interview, it was the Hank and Lily plot (*vomits*), the plot about Mia finding out who her secret admirer was, and of course the plot about Mia's mom and Mr. G getting married. Especially the last plot mentioned was a favorite of mine, I loved Mia's grandmother and the wedding planner planning the wedding, and eventually [them just sneaking off. (hide spoiler)]
And of course, I am as mentioned before a pretty huge monarchist, so any book about princesses is something I like, especially when they contain references to people the queen of Sweden, prince William, prince Albert of Monaco and Prince Andrew (and Fergie.) Thumbs up.
This book made me laugh out loud more than once, which is always a great plus when a book does that. I think if you can make someone laugh out loud in a book you've really succeeded with your joke. That doesn't mean a book can't be hilarious and not make me laugh out loud once, because it can, but it's a special experience when you actually laugh loudly. (Yeah, let's count how many times I wrote 'laugh out loud' in this paragraph. Great idea.) (Also, did than sentence even make sense? I spent a long time on it and I'm still not sure if it did.)
Okay, so this is a pretty decent review compared to what I've been writing lately (=nothing). I usually end up finishing books around midnight, which is why I usually can't be bothered to write anything, and while it's almost midnight now as well, I managed to type something out. Great work, self. (slight irony, but still.) (My math teacher said today that irony was the worst thing he knew. He must have a great life.)
So overall, I really enjoyed this book. Apart from the editing mistakes, of course. It's not a great piece of literature so there won't be any five stars yet, but I'm excited to read the following books in the series, because while it's a reread, it's been like seven years and I can't remember anything of what happens after this book. (Which is also why I'm shelving this as 'uncompleted series')
I s2g I almost took away another star because of the stupid editing mistakes, but that's of course the fault of the norwegian translation, not the original book. But still. What the heck. Did I just read some kind of unfinished copy? You don't have three editors note about needing translations for words in the middle of the text in a book! And one time is a honest mistake so that wouldn't have bothered me that much. But three times. And one time on the first page!! Yeah, you heard me right. The first freaking page. It's a freaking shame.
Anyway, the content was really good. I still really like all the characters, except maybe Hank who's kind of a douche, and the same goes for Lily, who I'm pretty sure broke some law when she filmed Mia and made it into an episode of her tvshow without even asking or telling Mia. She's actually a really shitty friend AND person, who would have thought?
But I love Mia's parents, I love Mr. G, I love her grandmother, and her maternal grandparents, and Michael is cool, and Mia is awesome, so it's alright, I'm cool.
(While shelving this book I realized that I had to make a 'read in 2014' shelf, which was great! Can't believe it's another year. I know I've already said it, but happy new year! First book of 2014, yooooo.)
I saw someone in a review once say that this doesn't have any kind of plot. Honestly, I disagree. There was a plot in this book. There was the plot about Mia and her first television interview, it was the Hank and Lily plot (*vomits*), the plot about Mia finding out who her secret admirer was, and of course the plot about Mia's mom and Mr. G getting married. Especially the last plot mentioned was a favorite of mine, I loved Mia's grandmother and the wedding planner planning the wedding, and eventually [them just sneaking off. (hide spoiler)]
And of course, I am as mentioned before a pretty huge monarchist, so any book about princesses is something I like, especially when they contain references to people the queen of Sweden, prince William, prince Albert of Monaco and Prince Andrew (and Fergie.) Thumbs up.
This book made me laugh out loud more than once, which is always a great plus when a book does that. I think if you can make someone laugh out loud in a book you've really succeeded with your joke. That doesn't mean a book can't be hilarious and not make me laugh out loud once, because it can, but it's a special experience when you actually laugh loudly. (Yeah, let's count how many times I wrote 'laugh out loud' in this paragraph. Great idea.) (Also, did than sentence even make sense? I spent a long time on it and I'm still not sure if it did.)
Okay, so this is a pretty decent review compared to what I've been writing lately (=nothing). I usually end up finishing books around midnight, which is why I usually can't be bothered to write anything, and while it's almost midnight now as well, I managed to type something out. Great work, self. (slight irony, but still.) (My math teacher said today that irony was the worst thing he knew. He must have a great life.)
So overall, I really enjoyed this book. Apart from the editing mistakes, of course. It's not a great piece of literature so there won't be any five stars yet, but I'm excited to read the following books in the series, because while it's a reread, it's been like seven years and I can't remember anything of what happens after this book. (Which is also why I'm shelving this as 'uncompleted series')
READING PROGRESS
January 4, 2014 – Started Reading
January 4, 2014 – Shelved
January 4, 2014 – 0.0% "I'm reading Never Fade and it's pretty good so farl but I just kinda felt like picking up this as well, so I guess I'll try reading two books at once for a change."
January 4, 2014 –
page 7 2.72% "Okay so I'm reading this in norwegian, and right here on the very first page, there is an translater's note in the middle of everything. They mention Midol, and then there is a (prevents pain, translation?) just in there. That's bad editing."
page 7 2.72% "Okay so I'm reading this in norwegian, and right here on the very first page, there is an translater's note in the middle of everything. They mention Midol, and then there is a (prevents pain, translation?) just in there. That's bad editing."
January 6, 2014 –
page 195 75.88% "This book has made me laugh out loud in several places, and that's always a good thing!"
page 195 75.88% "This book has made me laugh out loud in several places, and that's always a good thing!"
January 6, 2014 –
page 227 88.33% "Why would they translate the name of a real-life person??"
page 227 88.33% "Why would they translate the name of a real-life person??"
January 6, 2014 – Finished Reading
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so cute! I really love reading these. It make me sad I didn't read them when they were first coming out because they seemed too girly. They're very fun and funny and this book in particular was very cute with the wedding that should not be happening happening. I loved it.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced