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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
Life can't be more complicated for Mia Thermopolis. As if it's not enough that she is a princess of Genovia and stuck with Grandmere's princess lesson after school, now she has to worry about her mother, who is pregnant with her Algebra teacher's baby. On top of that, she found herself in love with her bestfriend's brother, Michael Moscovitz. And she's sort of hoping that the secret admirer who keeps sending her love e-mail really is Michael...only it's, like, impossible, right? And what's this fuss of royal wedding is about?
Still written in diary format (ha, of course), Princess in Spotlight is really an easy read. You don't have to think about anything, just sit back and relax and keep reading. For a book so light, it's quite surprisingly page-turner. Mia is her usual overly dramatic self, and her early-teen rant is the main charm of this book. My main thought as I'm reading this book is : I'm so jealous of her ability to keep writing in her diary everyday! Hahaha
Still written in diary format (ha, of course), Princess in Spotlight is really an easy read. You don't have to think about anything, just sit back and relax and keep reading. For a book so light, it's quite surprisingly page-turner. Mia is her usual overly dramatic self, and her early-teen rant is the main charm of this book. My main thought as I'm reading this book is : I'm so jealous of her ability to keep writing in her diary everyday! Hahaha
It's a lot of fun re-reading these books as an adult. I remember reading them as a teenager before the movies came out and understanding Mia's perspective COMPLETELY! As an adult, it brings me back to that time and makes me smile to read her hopes, the way they seem to be dashed, and the way we, as the audience, see that if she just looked a little closer, she'd see the adoration in her crush's eyes.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mia is going through a lot. She only found out a month ago she is a princess, now she is having a younger sibling, her algebra teacher is getting married to her mother, and she is getting emails from a secret admirer.
It is of course a continuation on Mias story and life from where we left, only now with a few extra bits thrown in. I liked thw base of said storyline, yet it feels as though it is going too fast. It is a span of only a month in which she has to help plan a wedding, and even one planed by a queen shouldnt be that soon. However, her mother is not having the whole big wedding. Already here we are seeing some unrealistic actions. Add in her mother eloping WITHOUT HER and you have something no one can truly see Mia's mother doing, EVEN MIA. It is an okay addition I just feel as though she could have offered the readers more in this one.
It is of course a continuation on Mias story and life from where we left, only now with a few extra bits thrown in. I liked thw base of said storyline, yet it feels as though it is going too fast. It is a span of only a month in which she has to help plan a wedding, and even one planed by a queen shouldnt be that soon. However, her mother is not having the whole big wedding. Already here we are seeing some unrealistic actions. Add in her mother eloping WITHOUT HER and you have something no one can truly see Mia's mother doing, EVEN MIA. It is an okay addition I just feel as though she could have offered the readers more in this one.
it's been so long since i read these books and i am filled with joy.
i've reread a few other meg cabot books recently, on the other side of twenty, and it's a very different reading experience. that doesn't make them much less enjoyable, just makes you raise your eyebrows at quite a few things.
but they're funny. the pop culture references are so hilariously outdated it's great. i'd forgotten so many characters. i think lars is my favourite, for all the three lines he said. lars has to put up with so much.
ALSO the michael and mia stuff is so unbelievably obvious this time around. how did it ever come as a surprise.
i've reread a few other meg cabot books recently, on the other side of twenty, and it's a very different reading experience. that doesn't make them much less enjoyable, just makes you raise your eyebrows at quite a few things.
but they're funny. the pop culture references are so hilariously outdated it's great. i'd forgotten so many characters. i think lars is my favourite, for all the three lines he said. lars has to put up with so much.
ALSO the michael and mia stuff is so unbelievably obvious this time around. how did it ever come as a surprise.
Meh - it was alright. I was in a crunch and needed an audiobook and this was the first thing I found available. Mia was annoying and her histrionics were grating, though. It was a quick, easy listen narrated by Anne Hathaway, but I don't think I will read the rest of the series.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced