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A review by veraveruchka
Princess in Pink by Meg Cabot
4.0
Why am I going into a marathon of Princess-Diaries reading? I mean, I know these books are intended for teenager --which I'm no longer one. I might enjoy the first three books as a preteen, but there's a big chance I might not enjoy it now, being a grown up and all. I reread the first three books for the sake of nostalgia, but WHY DID I CONTINUE? I honestly don't know myself.
Anyway, the fifth book is enjoyable enough for me. Finally a real conflict (the whole Jangbu thing) yet our overly dramatic preteen princess focused on the other thing entirely. Prom. Lame prom. Why such a big fuss? When at the same time she have to deal with a strike unintentiously sparked by her Grandmere's hairless poodle, Rommel, and her bestfriend Lilly behaving really weirdly (although apparently being genius = being weird and clueless about it). Mia was being so completely un-feminist which is fine for me, her being a teenager smitten by love. Well, her antics are annoying sometimes, but hilarious for most of the time, so I think I will forgive Mia.
At this book Mia is so worried about 'getting to second base'. It's culturally inappropriate in the country where I live, but in more liberal country, maybe Mia's worrying is an accurate portrait about how teenage girls perceive their romantic relationship. I don't know. One thing for sure, I'm not going to let my (hypothetical future) daughters to read this series without supervision and open discussion. Especially if in the latter books Mia is worried about...ahem, getting to the next base.
However, I feel emotionally involved with some of the characters, which honestly I don't expect. Satisfying ending, somewhat unrealistic, but we're talking about a series in which a teenager suddenly proclaimed as a princess of tiny principality, so what do you expect.
Warning : Major spoiler of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, so go read them first if you haven't already.
Anyway, the fifth book is enjoyable enough for me. Finally a real conflict (the whole Jangbu thing) yet our overly dramatic preteen princess focused on the other thing entirely. Prom. Lame prom. Why such a big fuss? When at the same time she have to deal with a strike unintentiously sparked by her Grandmere's hairless poodle, Rommel, and her bestfriend Lilly behaving really weirdly (although apparently being genius = being weird and clueless about it). Mia was being so completely un-feminist which is fine for me, her being a teenager smitten by love. Well, her antics are annoying sometimes, but hilarious for most of the time, so I think I will forgive Mia.
At this book Mia is so worried about 'getting to second base'. It's culturally inappropriate in the country where I live, but in more liberal country, maybe Mia's worrying is an accurate portrait about how teenage girls perceive their romantic relationship. I don't know. One thing for sure, I'm not going to let my (hypothetical future) daughters to read this series without supervision and open discussion. Especially if in the latter books Mia is worried about...ahem, getting to the next base.
However, I feel emotionally involved with some of the characters, which honestly I don't expect. Satisfying ending, somewhat unrealistic, but we're talking about a series in which a teenager suddenly proclaimed as a princess of tiny principality, so what do you expect.
Warning : Major spoiler of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, so go read them first if you haven't already.