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Summary: Princess in Waition
Review: this was the bes' book eva! Princess Mia is in Genovia, meeting people and going to boring tea parties, and meetings. while giving a speech to the people of Genovia, veering from the prepared script and going on about public parking meters, Grandmere is now going to give her more princess lessons! The worste thing ever! also meeting here cousing Prince Rene. Well barely even her cousin. he's been what, eleven hundred times removed? He's a prince, but no longer allowed to set foot on his native land by Italian law. he, i'd like to point out is not a very, well he is nice, but he just seems kinda irritating. he pisses me off really, not until the end though. returning to New York was not only good, but also bad. you see, Mia must return to New York with Grandmere to give her more princess lessons and her father isn't coming because he has to solve the problem about public parking meters! but returing home means seeing Michael! She hasn't been calling Michael for a while on a count of Grandmere gave her a book called Jane Eyre. Grandmere said that Michael should be the one to chase after her, not her chasing after Michael. she also wants to know and keeps worrying if Michael loves her just as a friend or if hes IN love with her. when she gets home, she instant message him and he just asked her out! Ohmigod! next day, when picking Lilly and Michael up, he asks her if she could go cuz she had ta ask her mom, and she could,and he kissed her!! For reals! No lie. But, as always, skool isn't the best. Lana as always, bugs Mia, and now the whole skool knows that Mia and Michael are together. Mia, does the most greatest thing ever. She crushes Lana's cell, but now she's suspended for like, a day. Princess lessons are the worste. Guess whos here? Rene!! I mean, whats he doing here?! Don't he have skool? Not only that, but, Mia has to bo to a black and white ball. ON THE SAME DAY AS HER FIRST DATE WITH MICHAEL!! What's she gonna do? and not only that, but she has to go with Rene!! Now go and buy the book, or if your short on cash get to the library ASAP! cuz you this is the bes' book and the ending, well lets just say its a GREAT one, and, she also finds out what her talent is and it was right in front of her nose!
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Summary: They Just Keep Getting Better!
Review: I read "Princess in Waiting" in 2 sittings.I loved it because it is so wonderfully good. And coming from me, that should mean something, because I am a teen, but I don't really like teen books too much, with this series as one of my few exceptions. This fourth book lived up to the other three, it was addictive. This series does keep getting better, with each book entrancing you, and makes you unable to put it down, even as you try, as "Princess In Waiting" did. One critic said it is like " reading a note from your best friend", and that is so true.You get caught up in the story and the people, that is one of the great qualities about it.You think it is your life, and that you know them. This is the type of book/series that you wait for months for the next one to be released. I did, and I wasn't disappointed. Read it, you won't be either.
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Summary: I Guess Ms. Cabot Has Forgotten How To Write An Good Story
Review: I had been anxiously awaiting the fourth Princess Diaries book for quite some time. I was unfortunatly, out of town the day it came out, and looked around for the book for some time. I finally had to reserve the book at my local bookstore and hurried in to buy it, so impatient was I. I was extremely dissapointed. The book only spans twenty-four days and the entries were uninteresting, and I didn't care much for the detail in which Mia wrote about her time in Genovia- heck, all I wanted to read about was her first meeting with Michael when she returned to the US. But sadly, the first seventy-eight pages of the book were about her trip and, quite frankly, I DIDN'T GIVE A DARN! (And I'm sure most other readers would agree) I was also dissapointed that Cabot turned the spunky and free-spirited Mia into a whiny brat who "couldn't live" without Michael and "depended on him for her life's breath" ack. It was also pitiful to see Mia's low self-esteem. The whole book was filled with worries over how Micheal would dump her for cancelling a date (CANCELLING A DATE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!) and how Michael would dump her for "a smarter, more Kate Bothsworth-type girl." The only amusing parts of this novel (few as there were) were Mia's humorous observations about her cousin Renee. If I had actually blown sixteen dollars on the book instead of using a gift certificate, I would be extremely peeved. I can only hope that the next book in the series will actually be well-written and not filled with copious entries filled with Mia moaning about how unworthy she is of Michael. As for those of you who, like me, plan on hurrying to your closest bookstore to buy a copy of "Princess In Waiting," trust me, it's well worth waiting to buy in paperback next year or checking it out of the library for free.
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Summary: Seriously lacking
Review: I love The Princess Diaries, but this book was a major dissapointment to me. PD1 was fabulous, PD2 was just as fabulous, and PD3 was incredible... but PD4 was just awful. What happened? The plot was so weak, drawn out, and boring (especially during the first 70 or so pages, when Mia is in Genovia) and Mia seemed to turn into a whiny, boy crazy little twit. She was not the same Mia who I loved to read about so much.I am pleased with Meg Cabot restoring my faith in Mia in Princess in Pink though. Its not as good as the first three, but close.
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Summary: Funny and cute, but a bit empty
Review: I am a big fan of the Princess Diaries series, but I felt that this installment had the story spread a bit too thinly, and some of the jokes were overplayed.
The story begins with Mia spending winter break in Genovia, performing her royal duties and listening to Grandmere's criticism. She causes chaos when, on a public address, she improvises her script and remarks how parking meters would be an enormous help to the Genovian economy. Everybody (and Grandmere most of all) jumps on her because a princess is not "supposed to" advise the country on such matters as parking meters. She mentions it too much, and it got quite boring after about 40 pages of parking meter troubles.
Next came the Kate Bosworth worries. Mia had just started going out with Michael Moscovitz, but when she doesn't see him for tewnty days, she starts panicking that he might be seeing a "surfer-girl Kate Bosworth-type with one blue eye and one brown eye." I found this very funny at first, but 20 mentions made it go stale.
Much of the rest of the book involves Mia obsessing over whether or not Michael will dump her if she cancels her date with him. But I have to give this book a lot of credit for the lists Mia makes with Lilly and Tina (always one of my favorite parts of the book - this book includes Mia's list of hottest guys with comments by Lilly), the warped advice that Grandmere gives Mia and her attempts to follow it, the clever mentions of the movie made about Mia's life (a hint at the real Disney movie, perhaps?), and, of course, the ending. I read the ending three times because it was so sweet and romantic!
All in all, this was a pretty good book. I wouldn't put it on a list of award nominees, but it certainly isn't a waste of time. Borrow this from the library when you get the chance, it's sure to be fun even if it isn't spectacular.
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Summary: I really liked it!
Review: Ok, perhaps it wasn't the best of the series but I really liked it. Even with all her Royal Problems, Mia does sounds like a normal teen that is insecurea about hereself and her relationships like we all were at that time. I didn't find it boring. I loved the ending.
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Summary: "Does Michael Love Me?" and yada yada yada
Review: I've read all of the PD books so far (anticipating the 6th due late March 2005), but this one was definately a dud. It's plot fell flat, consisting mostly of Mia's insecurities and constant moaning. Teenagers moan and groan and whine, YES, but this was down-right ANNOYING. She is in Genovia for the holidays and each journal entry is a count down to the last or next contact she will have with Michael. I can barely remember what happened because really, nothing seemed to happen during the course of this book. It's a blur to me, and I'm not willing to try to remember.
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Summary: princess in waiting not worth the wait
Review: This book was so disappointing! After the fantastic Princess in Love, the 4th book falls flat. The first 20+ pages are boring, personality-less entries in Mia's new "date book", blandly stating the facts of her Christmas break in Genovia. The entire book focuses on one thing: Mia spends the entire time moaning and whining about how much she misses Michael, and then when she finally gets back home to him, she worries that he will dump her when she tells him that she'll have to break their first date to attend a ball. Despite all her complaining, Mia appears to be doing everything possible to push Michael away, as she read the book Jane Eyre; and actually followed her Grandmere's (who dislikes Michael, "that boy")advice not to chase boys! She won't return Michael's phone calls, barely talks to him, and than wonders why he is acting "distant"! The book lacks any of the mishaps that make Mia so funny: the big crisis in this book is that someone "stole" her laundry. Also, once again, Grandmere dupes Mia once again, making you wonder: when will Mia get a clue?
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Summary: Awful
Review: I just recently picked up the series to read because I LOVE the movies. The first two were enjoyable, the third was okay, but this one is just plain TERRIBLE!! The entire length of the novel, Mia is worried about her relationship with Michael and keeping him. She thinks he is a selfish boy who will dump her for reasons such as forgetting his birthday and cancelling a date. Throw in the added bits about her being a talentless student in the Gifted and talented program and you've got a 225 page long pity party. All she does in this volume is whine about boys and trivial matters. I know she's only 14, but that is NOT what was on my mind when I was 14. I'm going to give the fifth one a shot, but Meg Cbot's wiriting needs to improve, or I might not read past it.
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Summary: Entertainment rolls!
Review: She can finally be with her loved one, and is about to go out on their first date...but grrrrrr grandmere...a ball! She didn't wanted to tell Micheal that because then she thought that Micheal would be mad and break up with her before they even went out on their first date...but then, what should she do.
Here we go, Princess Mia goes on obessing about rather to tell Micheal to cancel their date or just ignore it and...tell him on the last minute.
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