Let's talk the positives that I'm not going to argue against.Ĭool to have a likable, funny female protagonist. With some work, this is going to be a fantastic series and I have high hopes for where it will go. It's not subtle so even the most hard-headed will get it. I laughed) There's a lot of gentle mockery toward silly social norms and outdated attitudes. It tackles race right off the bat ("Fair" maiden does NOT mean "full of justice" It means white, dumbass! Yeah, that was awesome) It mocks female armor (pretty much just like this and, tip of the hat to geeks, the armor designs are named Sonya, Diana, and The Warrior Princess and are all quite recognizable. It obviously encourages females to do stuff for themselves instead of waiting for a guy to come along and take care of everything. Still, it's cute and fun while it plants seeds of activism. Not that this art was inappropriate, it was just lackluster for a kickass princess with her dragon BFF tale. But I have already seen Princeless Book Two: Get Over Yourself and know it has a different illustrator and that the art seems to become more appropriate to to the story. It sometimes misses the mark on matching up with the story and it seems almost rushed, especially after the halfway point. The art borders on good but there's something just off about it. I am fairly sure that's going to change in coming volumes as the characters begin to come into their own and the writer learns lessons on how to better convey the emotions and thoughts of girls who are breaking stereotypes. The story still comes across, it's just a bumpy ride.
It's incredibly accessible to the 6-10-year-old crowd but good readers (not Goodreaders, but kids who have a proclivity for reading comprehension) in the middle grades will notice the forced feeling of the writing, the not-quite-believable characters and the severe lack of depth.
In this first volume, the writing is heavy-handed and clumsy. I'm super excited about this series, though, for me, it had rough start. However, it does NOT suck so much to be a princeLESS! King Dad's already done the same with all his older daughters and will do so with the youngest when her turn comes.
She is delightful) Unfortunately, her dad is an ass and he Fairy Tales her right up by locking her away in a tower when she's 16 so that a prince can save her and maybe inherit the kingdom. (I would have liked a whole first volume on Little Princess Adrienne.
She didn't get the Grimm version, she got the Disney version and she didn't like it one bit. Little Princess Adrienne is merely questioning the message in bedtime fairy tales. So guess what? This tale begins with a soon-to-be Goodreader.Īs you can see, it even gives pointers on how to have a discussion, though it's kind of a snotty discussion, but not as bad as the whole "Ur stoopid!" "No, good madam, it is you who are stupid" stuff we all enjoy so well.
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