Charity’s Reviews > The Princess Diaries > Status Update

This book touches on a lot of serious topics super quickly, and I'm not sure how I feel about it. I was expecting more of a fluffy book, but Mia will be complaining about algebra one minute then mentioning her friend's stalker the next.
I suppose it shows an accurate view of how a teenaged girl who's grown up in America in the 90s would think, but it makes light of a lot of things that just are not okay.

Some parts of this I love like any cheesy rom-com movie, but some are treating some serious things very light heartedly and it's not okay.

This is exactly what I wanted to read after reading the depressing Gatsby. There are some things mentioned early on in this book that make me really uncomfortable (especially since so many girls would look up to Mia) but those are short. Other than that it's been the fluffy teenaged girl marshmallow story I wanted. (I've also loved the movies forever, so I'm already in love with the story, even if it's nostalgia).