Summary:
Reviews the novel, The Princess Diaries. Provides a plot summary. Describes it as an unappealing fairytale written for youngsters.
The Princess Diaries is a fictional novel, a fairytale. It features a young New York teenager that has just learned her deceased father was the crown prince of the country Genovia. To keep the royal name from passing to another family due to a broken bloodline, the queen, Mia's grandmother, hopes she will take her father's place as the crown Princess. While Mia contemplates her future, her grandmother insists on turning her from a social misfit to a lady fit for the throne.
Mia, the main character in the novel is at first, a reserved, conservative-dressing, young teenage girl. She has few friends, and her priorities aren't her looks or her social status, she loves school, and is quite careless when it comes to what her hair looks like when she leaves the house every morning. Raised by her mother in Greenwich, Manhattan, Mia develops a bit of a clumsy, unbalanced personality. She's the type of girl that is shy and awkward around boys, and often says too much or ends up rambling on. When Mia first went to Genovia she was disrespected and underestimated. No one believed in Mia. But she went threw lessons and classes on how to be a proper princess to prove herself. Little did anyone know that a little self-conscious, clumsy New Yorker would blossom into a beautiful Genovian princess.
Unlike Mia, her grandmother is very well kept and well mannered. She wants only the best in Mia and she often corrects her when she does something wrong. The queen is very proper, and foresees all of the laws and people of Genovia. This makes her a very responsible, respected woman and she tries to pass on her skills to her long lost granddaughter.
Mia has a best friend, Lily. This girl is very abrasive and obnoxious and also rather clumsy. She is sad when Mia leaves to Genovia, and eventually comes and visits her. When Mia is feeling down, Lily manages to cheer her up; she's a good and trustworthy friend.
In this story there were many ups and down, there was always something interesting happening. The plot is interesting and appealing to younger teenagers, if they have an imagination and are creative.
Overall, I felt this story was written for a younger group of people and I did not find it to be that appealing to myself. It was much of a fairytale and extremely unrealistic and to enjoy it you must have a very creative imagination.
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