The Princess Diaries Paperback – October 27, 2020

I liked how I'm the ending you think the grandmother had changed a little but then she is yelling at someone so she is still the. same.I would recommend this book to my sister and my friends.

** spoiler alert ** Upon reading this, I have to warn you I am not the target audience for this book. I was when the movie was released. I never knew there was a book until last year. I know shame on me. I was a teenager at the same time the movie came out and I have to say I enjoyed the movie greatly.That being said......(Spoilers...)There are parts of the book that I liked that surprised me. Usually if I've read the book first or watch the movie first and they deter greatly from one or the other I tend to give up. I'm already locked into the one I like. But with this it was different. I don't know if maybe Mia happens to have an internal monologue much the same way I do but I found myself laughing at a lot of things. I'm a mother now with children who are almost teenagers, come on! But Mia is lovable immediately.I liked the fact that her father was still in the picture and not dead from cancer though it is still a cause for why Mia is thrust into the spot light. I like how he is very sympathetic about his daughter's feelings. He planned to have more children it just never happened and then cancer happened. They always say hindsight is twenty/twenty. I understand why they went the route of killing off the father character in the movie and having a grandmother figure played Julie Andrews who is such a celebrated star would need more of the limelight. In the book the grandmother is only maybe in the book a whole ten percent maybe fifteen percent. Nothing very substantial. Nothing that would warrant a star like Julie Andrews to play the part.I liked having the grandmother in the movie more but of course then you sacrifice the father who is in the book. But only Julie Andrews who played the character made her so charming and warm. In the book the grandmother was not very charming and warm at all. In fact she smoked and was rude to Mia's mother. She wasn't warm towards her son at all and the only time she treated Mia as anything other than a princess was when she took her to buy her a dress. Not very Julie Andrews like if you ask me. I understand why they changed that.I loved the mother and the Algebra teacher Mr. G. Lana was as annoying as ever and of course there was the perfect Josh Richter who of course got his in the end. Micheal and Lily where there for support. She never did mention her foot popping kiss but that was OK because it was on my mind the whole time. It was very nostalgic for me and I enjoyed it very much.

Loved it! It was a great read, definitely recommend for a middle schooler. One of my favorite books I’ve read.

Now I really like the movie. It’s cute, fun, and stars Julie Andrews. So I really wonder what I would have thought about this book had I not seen the movie. I don’t normally mind when books and movies are different, and I usually like the book better, but I think the movie is better. Mia is very whiny, complaining about everything from her flat chest to her grandma to her cat. The book seems so much more immature and definitely for a younger audience. The grandma in the book seems so evil compared to her character in the movie. There are some other major differences, one being that the book takes place in Manhattan while the movie takes place in San Francisco.Now I can respect how the story really shows how Mia grows up and learns to stand up for herself. And her insecurities, as well as her awkwardness and naivety, are pretty relatable. But sometimes she’s just too naive. I still enjoyed the read because things happened differently than the movie, but I think I would’ve enjoyed this more if I read it when I was younger. Not sure if I will continue reading the series.

Firstly, I had already seen the movie; got the Bok out of morbid curiosity. Worth it! Very funny, even if in a different way from the movie. Ann Hathaway is a significantly different person than Mia, but close enough.I thought Julie Andrews was great Grandmere, and raised the movie to a whole different level; I think the grandmother in the book was less believable (e.g. tattooed eyeliner).What was most effective in the book is how the author tried--- mostly successfully--- to write with the voice of a fifteen - year- old! That was entertaining, even if it might not have been convincing to a real teenager (but who cares?)The ending was a bit abrupt, butt otherwise the characters and the story were satisfying.