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The Princess Diaries

5 star:		(306)
4 star:		(84)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(12)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

I'm an adult and I simply adored this book! Cabot has the teen voice down pat, plus she doesn't sugar-coat the real issues and situations that face high school girls today. I think Mia is a great, solid female character that will have girls of all ages relating to her in some way or another. A word of caution, though: don't expect to find the Disney movie in this book! This "Princess" is nowhere near the screen version. And while I'm a fan of the movie as well, the differences between the two make the book all the more refreshing. Mia is a complete contradiciton: she is what every girl wants to be, yet at the same time she already is every girl. Yes, she tends to whine a little too much, but what fourteen-year-old girl doesn't? "Diaries", though filled with pop references that will likely become obsolete (even now, four years later, how many girls go gooey-eyed for Leonardo anymore?), will no doubt be read for many years on down the line. Reading this series is like making a new best friend!

I have all the princess diary books! They are great! Mia has to deal with stuff everyone goes through like: being picked on by the cheer leaders, having no breasts a parents divorce and being pushed to hard. At first when I saw this book I doubted I would like it, I thought it might be a book about a perfect princess who I can not relate to in the least. But when I read a few pages I knew it was worth the money!

I really enjoyed this book. After seeing the Princess Diaries movie, I thought I should read the book. It was not like the movie, but in a pleasant way. This book is great; funny and touching. Minus the fact that Mia is a princess, I found myself relating to Mia on a fair number of levels.

This is the story about a young teenage girl who finds out that her father is a prince, making her a princess. At first, she's shocked and upset. Then she has to put up with princess lessons from her grandmother on her father's side, whom of which, she's not very close with.

Great beginning to a great series.

Great book. Finally there is a good princess book. It is a long read but worth it, so very much worth it. Mia is a normal girl who has no clue she is heir to the Genovian throne. Learning from a somewhat odd grandmother, she must learn to be a princess.

This book earned its one star because of the humor in it. Much of it was unintentional however.

I am amazed this book is in print. Everything but the content is aimed for young girls. It has a few positive messages, but even then contradicts itself later on. I had to read this book to see if it and the movie were acceptable for my little cousin. She almost didn't get to see the movie.

Mia is conatantly complaining. I believe it was in effort to make her sound younger. Which is rather insulting when you think about it. Mia is also sort of dumb. It isn't exactly hard to figure out that maybe there is a deeper reason as to why people are treating her different. The charectors were very cookie cutter and sort of reminded me of The Real World, the TV show that is, all nationalities and stereotypes were accounted for by the end of the novel.

Then, there is the fact that her being a princess is just a plot device. The real story revolves around how if you change your looks the most popular guy in school will fall for you, but of course he'll be a totall jerk and you'll find out that your guy friend has been in love with you forever and you like him, too. How cliched can you get?!

The content is acceptable for YA readers, but they would be better off reading the Gossip Girls series. It is simular, but with a better plot and charectors.

The entire Princess Diaries is fabulous. I read these books in a day or a day and a half, and I am not a big reader. I just got the 5th one and am in the middle of readng it. The other four were amazing and I don't see why the 5th wouldn't be. Whatever age you are, you should read this entire series. I highly recommend buying them all nd reading them all at once. These books are amazing and Ihope you get a chance to read them!

I thought this book was very good. It's funny and entertaining enough that you always want to keep reading!
This book is about Mia Thermopolis, a 14-year old outcast whose life changes when she finds out that she is a princess.
Her father, the prince of Genovia, was diagnosed with cancer, making him unable to have any more children; this meant only one thing: Mia is the heir to the throne.
Mia is unwilling to fulfill such a task, making it very hard for her family to turn her into a true princess. However, with much work and perseverence, Mia makes it through training and becomes beautiful and graceful, while in the midst of everything, trying to deal with friends, family, boys, and school.
I really enjoyed reading this book! I would DEFINITLEY reccomend it to girls who are going through their teen years, trying to deal with the things Mia did. I give it 5 stars!

After seeing the movie, The Princess Diaries, and hearing that they were based on a book i right away went out and bought the books. I was stunned that these books were much better than the movie. Reading about a funny teenager who suddenly finds out she's a princess is very entertaining. While reading these books I became so involved that when she started to go out with some (i won't mention just incase some who wants to reads these books) i was so happy that i felt like i was going out with him. I hope that whoever reads this goes out and reads these books. They are truely great books!

Mia Thermopolis is your average ninth grader with your average every day schedule: get up, go to school, dream about hot senior (who happens to be Josh Richter), fail algebra, and go home. She has enough on her hands as a teenager living in New York City. However, when her dad comes to visit, he comes with major news; news Mia will NOT like. It turns out that Mia's father is Artur Christoff Phillipe Gerard Grimaldi Renaldo, the prince of Genovia. Mia is already shocked by this news, but that's not the end of what her dad has to say. Oh, no. He also says that Mia herself is not just Mia Thermopolis. She is Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, the princess of Genovia. This becomes almost more than Mia can bear. I mean, she already has enough going on in her life just being a teenager!

I think that this book should be read by all girls everywhere. It is so easy to relate to, and it's really comical! Mia has all the problems of an average teenage girl, and realizing she is a princess does NOT make those problems any better. In fact, they became a whole lot worse! Meg Cabot is so realistic when she describes Mia's situation-at-hand. Mia does NOT want to be a princess and she does NOT want everyone at school to know that she's a princess, either. As if THAT'S ever going to happen! To make matters worse, Mia's mom has started dating her algebra teacher, Mr. Frank Gianini. Algebra just happens to be the class that Mia has a big, fat F in! How is Mia ever going to survive her freshman year at high school let alone the rest of her royal life?

Meg Cabot wrote this book in the form of a diary. I think that this makes it a lot easier to understand Mia's point of view and how she really feels about the whole situation. Besides her diary, Mia has another source to tell her feelings to: her best friend Lily Moscovitz whose family happens to be made up of psychologists. As nice as it seems to have someone evaluate her feelings all the time, Mia gets tired of all the reasons that she's feeling the way she is. Can't she just be angry about the whole princess thing without it being based on some Jungian tree of self-actualization? Why did her dad have to have cancer? The cancer's gone now, but it left him unable to have any children, making Mia the next heiress to the throne!

The Princess Diaries was such a wonderful book. No matter what type of person you are, you will find some way to relate to this book. Mia is a down-to-earth girl who just wants to be able to pass algebra and get through high school without drawing attention to herself. I give this book two enthusiastic thumbs up. It is one of those books that you just can't put down once you start, and if you have to, you're left in suspense until you pick it up again! I congratulate Meg Cabot for writing such a neat book. It made me want to read the other sequels, which were just as enjoyable. Read this book - you'll be glad you did!

I enjoyed the book The Princess Diaries because it was very intresting and fun to read. I starting the Princess in the Spotlight and I hope it's as good as the Princess Diaries. I hope that you will write more of these books. I would like to read all of them hopefully. I like how the book is a little diffrent from the movie. Well i really enjoyed reading this book.