Date Finished: Unrecorded
My Rating: 3.5/5
I expected nothing from this book. Absolutely nothing. Don't get me wrong, I love reading kid's books, and after the rather grown-up Midnight's Children I was actually quite pleased to have an 'easy' read as my second book. I am not, however, a 'girly' girl. I had seen the trailer for the film of this book, and expected the book (and film) to be twee and predictable and a little bit naff.
It was all of those things, and yet I read it cover to cover in about 2 days, a tear escaped my eye (the first Big Read related embarrassing tears on the bus... there are many more to come!), and I found myself remembering that I was in fact a 'girly' girl, had wanted to find out I was a princess when I was a kid, and I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
I liked the fact that Mia, the Princess in question (I want to say eponymous... am I tapping into English terms from my Highers???), didn't immediately rejoice in her discovery. In fact it totally freaked her out, as I'm sure it would you and me. I also rather liked the cantankerous old grandmother in it.
So, who should read this book? GIRLS! Girly girls. Girls who have forgotten that they are girly girls. And girls that completely deny that they have ever been girly girls. You might surprise yourself. (or you might completely hate it, but it won't take up too much of your life, so why not give it a go!).
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