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Reflektorfényben
by Meg Cabot
Take out the mindless and useless repetition (both of details already fleshed out in the first book and of details mentioned in this book itself), and you could probably cut this book down to half its length.
Mia is marginally more mature and less annoying than she was in the first book, but even that can't save this from being pretty painful to get through. The main plot itself (the Thermopolis/Gianini wedding and pregnancy) is so utterly outrageous, even for goofy chick-flick-style YA literature. The sub-plots (Mia's interactions with the press, her secret admirer, her crush on Michael) were way better, even if some of them were not consistent with what had happened in the first book. The story could have done away with the main plot and hyped up the press/interviews and the other sub-plots and it would have been so much better!
As I was getting thru the last few diary entries, I started convincing myself that the wedding was a ruse for something else (like officially presenting Mia to the public) just because everyone's behavior was so nonsensical. I gave Cabot too much credit in even thinking that, I suppose.
The only thing I cared about by the end was eventually seeing if anything was going to come out of Michael's and Mia's clear attraction to each other, but I'm sure it will, maybe another 6 books down the road, and I'm unfortunately not going to stick around for that.
Mia is marginally more mature and less annoying than she was in the first book, but even that can't save this from being pretty painful to get through. The main plot itself (the Thermopolis/Gianini wedding and pregnancy) is so utterly outrageous, even for goofy chick-flick-style YA literature. The sub-plots (Mia's interactions with the press, her secret admirer, her crush on Michael) were way better, even if some of them were not consistent with what had happened in the first book. The story could have done away with the main plot and hyped up the press/interviews and the other sub-plots and it would have been so much better!
As I was getting thru the last few diary entries, I started convincing myself that the wedding was a ruse for something else (like officially presenting Mia to the public) just because everyone's behavior was so nonsensical. I gave Cabot too much credit in even thinking that, I suppose.
The only thing I cared about by the end was eventually seeing if anything was going to come out of Michael's and Mia's clear attraction to each other, but I'm sure it will, maybe another 6 books down the road, and I'm unfortunately not going to stick around for that.