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annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
I'm actually pretty damn sure I never read this installment. But considering the release date, that might be understandable. I think I read the book series before the movie came out. And I'm quite sure that this book released only after. However, I'm constantly looking forward to read the next book in this series. And I'm only allowed to read them as "extra" books, so when I have enough time to read the entire book in one sitting AND already finished another book. But it's the highlight of my day.
What I really love about this series is that it really captures being a teenager as it truly is. One moment Mia does something extremely stupid, or she refuses to say something, or she doesn't notice something, and then a few lines later she write down, in capslock, that she just can't believe how stupid she is. It's the time of your life when you have literally no idea why something sounded like a good idea five minutes ago when it was very clearly not.
Once more this book doesn't really have a big plot. Apart from the fact that this time it's fully focussed on Mia's self-doubt concerning her relationship with Michael. And where normally this endless self-doubt would get on my nerves, I somehow find it quite endearing when it comes to Mia, because it's so in character. She never had a boyfriend, she has no idea how guys think and she's not miss popular. A teenage girl would doubt someone's love because of less, right?
And yet, even though Mia is not very popular and even though she's clumsy and socially awkward and even though she shouldn't take romantic advice from her grandmother, it's so hard to dislike Mia, to not root for her, to not see that Mia is actually a really good girl. She cares about people, she cares about animals, she cares about the world and she just wants to be happy and make others happy too. I can't wait to dive into the next book!
What I really love about this series is that it really captures being a teenager as it truly is. One moment Mia does something extremely stupid, or she refuses to say something, or she doesn't notice something, and then a few lines later she write down, in capslock, that she just can't believe how stupid she is. It's the time of your life when you have literally no idea why something sounded like a good idea five minutes ago when it was very clearly not.
Once more this book doesn't really have a big plot. Apart from the fact that this time it's fully focussed on Mia's self-doubt concerning her relationship with Michael. And where normally this endless self-doubt would get on my nerves, I somehow find it quite endearing when it comes to Mia, because it's so in character. She never had a boyfriend, she has no idea how guys think and she's not miss popular. A teenage girl would doubt someone's love because of less, right?
And yet, even though Mia is not very popular and even though she's clumsy and socially awkward and even though she shouldn't take romantic advice from her grandmother, it's so hard to dislike Mia, to not root for her, to not see that Mia is actually a really good girl. She cares about people, she cares about animals, she cares about the world and she just wants to be happy and make others happy too. I can't wait to dive into the next book!
abigailhaagen's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Mia was really dumb in this one, and the books are starting to have a noticeable pattern, but I still really really enjoyed it. Her character voice is so much fun to read :-)
helpfulcat's review against another edition
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
5.0
fitton128's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bookyplantylady's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
tattedglass's review against another edition
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
mehsi's review against another edition
2.0
1.5 stars, this was the worst (as of now at least) part in the Princess Diaries series. Of course, I will still continue this series as it comes out (in the re-released covers thing), but I do hope they will be way better than this crap.
This won't be a long review, I just want to throw out my frustrations regarding this book.
Let me start that I was completely, and utterly confused at the beginning of the book. Normally everything, and anything is mentioned to great details, but in this one, suddenly Mia has had her speech, her vacation is really far in, and some other stuff. I was like, wait, what? When did she do her speech? Did I miss something? What happened? I grabbed my copy of the previous book, flipped to the last part, and indeed saw that the whole speech thing, the whole Genovia vacation was practically skipped. No wonder I was confused.
Normally Mia is already on the border of being slightly annoying, slightly whiny and a bit weird, but it felt like the dial was upped to over 9000 in this book. Seriously, what is wrong with that girl? She kept whining about everything and anything, about nature (but this is quite natural to her, though it is getting a bit tiring, I don't mind people giving their opinion, but this feels so shoved in ones throat it isn't even funny any more), about feminism (urgh, that just gets old), about herself (sooooooo much), and now of course we also have Michael. *sighs*
I know this girl is 14, but she acts more like a 10 year old.
Instead of just thinking logically, she listened to her Grandmere (whom she hates/disliked), let her life be decided by others, and thus almost ruined things with Michael. I mean, how hard is it to just let a boy know that you probably can't go on the date on Friday? Or tell him you like him?
Ah, and that brings me back to another thing, seriously, she is 14? Why is she proclaiming her never-ending love for a boy? At that age I was happy that a guy liked me, but did I want him forever? Um, no. No thank you. So it was kind of weird, and creepy that both Mia and Michael were all professing their love to each other, practically acting like it would be forever and ever.
Luckily Mia's annoying friend Lily kept her trap shut for most of the book. Still we get some stupid situations with this girl, and I will stick to wondering on how these 2 are friends.
Normally there are various things happening in Mia's world, and a lot of them are interesting, but this book was just horrendous. Nothing happened but whining, whining and more whining. And I keep wondering why Mia keeps falling for the tricks of her horrendous grandmother.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. Sadly, probably for continuity, you need to read this one. Though, I guess, you could also just skip it. Not like anything good happened in this book.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
This won't be a long review, I just want to throw out my frustrations regarding this book.
Let me start that I was completely, and utterly confused at the beginning of the book. Normally everything, and anything is mentioned to great details, but in this one, suddenly Mia has had her speech, her vacation is really far in, and some other stuff. I was like, wait, what? When did she do her speech? Did I miss something? What happened? I grabbed my copy of the previous book, flipped to the last part, and indeed saw that the whole speech thing, the whole Genovia vacation was practically skipped. No wonder I was confused.
Normally Mia is already on the border of being slightly annoying, slightly whiny and a bit weird, but it felt like the dial was upped to over 9000 in this book. Seriously, what is wrong with that girl? She kept whining about everything and anything, about nature (but this is quite natural to her, though it is getting a bit tiring, I don't mind people giving their opinion, but this feels so shoved in ones throat it isn't even funny any more), about feminism (urgh, that just gets old), about herself (sooooooo much), and now of course we also have Michael. *sighs*
I know this girl is 14, but she acts more like a 10 year old.
Instead of just thinking logically, she listened to her Grandmere (whom she hates/disliked), let her life be decided by others, and thus almost ruined things with Michael. I mean, how hard is it to just let a boy know that you probably can't go on the date on Friday? Or tell him you like him?
Ah, and that brings me back to another thing, seriously, she is 14? Why is she proclaiming her never-ending love for a boy? At that age I was happy that a guy liked me, but did I want him forever? Um, no. No thank you. So it was kind of weird, and creepy that both Mia and Michael were all professing their love to each other, practically acting like it would be forever and ever.
Luckily Mia's annoying friend Lily kept her trap shut for most of the book. Still we get some stupid situations with this girl, and I will stick to wondering on how these 2 are friends.
Normally there are various things happening in Mia's world, and a lot of them are interesting, but this book was just horrendous. Nothing happened but whining, whining and more whining. And I keep wondering why Mia keeps falling for the tricks of her horrendous grandmother.
All in all, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. Sadly, probably for continuity, you need to read this one. Though, I guess, you could also just skip it. Not like anything good happened in this book.
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
theodarling's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
(reread)