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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
I wish they had gone into more detail about each princess :/
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
This was alright? I like historical stories, so that was a plus. I disliked the author's overall tone towards some of these women and their situations (it was flippant, trying to be funny but sometimes just came off as harsh) and I also felt that some of these stories really needed more than a couple pages of explanation. The author also packed a lot of stories into this book, and they really started to run together towards the end, in my opinion.
informative
slow-paced
dark
funny
informative
funny
informative
fast-paced
I really enjoyed the short stories, the humor, and realness of it all. Highly recommend as a fun read.
This was a fun book to read. I liked the variety of historical eras and nations in the book. While there were a few fictional princesses in the book, I enjoyed reading about them.
I appreciate the book touching upon the princesses with mental illnesses. I could only imagine how difficult it would have been living with a mental illness while living under a microscope and under severe pressure. I enjoyed how the "behaving badly" wasn't always just misdeeds but sometimes modern princesses taking control of their family's fortune and historical princesses who kicked ass on the battlefield or just princesses who decided to fuck off and do whatever they want. There's no slut-shaming in the book regarding the promiscuous princesses. The book could have been more tightly edited and maybe chosen fewer princesses to have a better overview on every one.
I appreciate the book touching upon the princesses with mental illnesses. I could only imagine how difficult it would have been living with a mental illness while living under a microscope and under severe pressure. I enjoyed how the "behaving badly" wasn't always just misdeeds but sometimes modern princesses taking control of their family's fortune and historical princesses who kicked ass on the battlefield or just princesses who decided to fuck off and do whatever they want. There's no slut-shaming in the book regarding the promiscuous princesses. The book could have been more tightly edited and maybe chosen fewer princesses to have a better overview on every one.
I loved the way the author acknowledges the difficulty in sorting out fact from fiction about the lives of the princesses that are featured in the book. If you want serious history, please look elsewhere. However, given the context this is a fun history book that would be great to transition/introduce fiction readers into non-fiction. It was also fun to read about some of the contemporary princesses that are lesser known (they were to me at least).
dark
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced