Meg Cabot - The Princess Diaries
Yes, I read it. Why? Connie Chung wanted me to do it so I could understand girls better. She wanted a critique and some notes, so here they are: an analysis of the main characters of the book and their role in the little story.
Warning: plot spoilers abound.
Mia Thermopolis: She's your average immature prepubescent girl, I assume. She's quite upset that she's flat chested. She's also in love with Josh Richter (more on this awesome guy later), the popular guy in school. After she learns that she a princess she's upset. How many girls do you know would find out that they are royalty and be upset? To me, it's just completely ridiculous. I think girls want to think they're this self-focused and not swayed easily by money and wealth.
But that brings up a completely seperate issue. Mia Thermopolis was born rich. Greenwich village? Please. I can barely listen to her stupid problems and not think to myself: "you already have money, wtf is your problem now?" She doesn't understand the value of money either (tipping the doorman a dollar, because she only gets $20 a month or whatever), which always annoys me.
Lilly Moscovitz: She's the liberal-hippie-type who is also really immature. She has some public access crap where she wants to tell people not to buy from a racist Chinese deli. She also annoys the hell out of me.
Josh Richter: Now, this guy is cool. Not only is he the captain of the crew team, but he's Ivy League material. He's also damn manipulative. He dates the cheerleading captain, then dumps her, then takes Mia out when he finds out she's worth $300 mil. When he goes up to take Mia to the dance thing, he's suave and charming. He's the most enjoyable character in the book.
Overall: I think it's quite an unrealistic interpretation of girls our age. She doesn't seem 14, she seems 12. The author doesn't seem to understand girls in puberty and beyond, but Meg Cabot holds a deep understanding of the prepubescent 12 year old girl.
And Connie: I don't want to date any of those.
If they're anything I have learned, is that even if the shy and nice guy gets the girl in the book, it doesn't happen in real life. From what I've seen, it takes the arrogant crew captain. And she doesn't break up with him for getting kissed. She appreciates the media attention.
Warning: plot spoilers abound.
Mia Thermopolis: She's your average immature prepubescent girl, I assume. She's quite upset that she's flat chested. She's also in love with Josh Richter (more on this awesome guy later), the popular guy in school. After she learns that she a princess she's upset. How many girls do you know would find out that they are royalty and be upset? To me, it's just completely ridiculous. I think girls want to think they're this self-focused and not swayed easily by money and wealth.
But that brings up a completely seperate issue. Mia Thermopolis was born rich. Greenwich village? Please. I can barely listen to her stupid problems and not think to myself: "you already have money, wtf is your problem now?" She doesn't understand the value of money either (tipping the doorman a dollar, because she only gets $20 a month or whatever), which always annoys me.
Lilly Moscovitz: She's the liberal-hippie-type who is also really immature. She has some public access crap where she wants to tell people not to buy from a racist Chinese deli. She also annoys the hell out of me.
Josh Richter: Now, this guy is cool. Not only is he the captain of the crew team, but he's Ivy League material. He's also damn manipulative. He dates the cheerleading captain, then dumps her, then takes Mia out when he finds out she's worth $300 mil. When he goes up to take Mia to the dance thing, he's suave and charming. He's the most enjoyable character in the book.
Overall: I think it's quite an unrealistic interpretation of girls our age. She doesn't seem 14, she seems 12. The author doesn't seem to understand girls in puberty and beyond, but Meg Cabot holds a deep understanding of the prepubescent 12 year old girl.
And Connie: I don't want to date any of those.
If they're anything I have learned, is that even if the shy and nice guy gets the girl in the book, it doesn't happen in real life. From what I've seen, it takes the arrogant crew captain. And she doesn't break up with him for getting kissed. She appreciates the media attention.
posted by Centralize at 10:48 AM
1 Comments:
That's why I dislike female authors. Yet again, there IS Anne McAffrey
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