Kit's review of Nobody's Princess
Nobody's Princess by Esther Friesner
** spoiler alert **
eh, more crappy ya novels. seriously, what is up with that? ya novels tend to be better than just slapping random words together, right? there is a most definite lack of direction in this, and the characters lack depth, but fine, again, ya novel. is it possible to stop introducing such immature characters and trying to make them pass for mature? just a thought. that doesn't sound unreasonable, right?
another point is, of course, that nothing really happens throughout the course of this book. and the text is GINORMOUS--if this was a word doc in traditional times new roman size 12 font, this would barely hit 100 pages. no plot, no character REALLY, just a half-baked premise--is this what you intend to feed your young adult readers? the main character annoyed the hell out of me. she tried to make her sound like she wasn't being a complete selfish ass by going off and doing whatever the hell she wants, but fails miserably, because, in the end, her character helen goes anyway, and to hel...more
another point is, of course, that nothing really happens throughout the course of this book. and the text is GINORMOUS--if this was a word doc in traditional times new roman size 12 font, this would barely hit 100 pages. no plot, no character REALLY, just a half-baked premise--is this what you intend to feed your young adult readers? the main character annoyed the hell out of me. she tried to make her sound like she wasn't being a complete selfish ass by going off and doing whatever the hell she wants, but fails miserably, because, in the end, her character helen goes anyway, and to hel...more
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