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Title: Poor showing by Cabot
Review: I don't know if it's because Meg Cabot has lost her touch (which may be the reason all of Mia's adventures are becoming predictable and overdone) or what, but I was very disappointed by Cabot's 5th installment in this series. The Princess Diaries initially drew me in because I could believe Mia as a real 14-year-old, but as the series is progressing, Mia seems to be regressing. In Princess in Pink, Mia's search for self-actualization (which at this point has slowed to a snail's pace) seems to entail acting like a sheltered sixth grader and involves a tiresome amount of CAPITAL LETTERS and exclamation points (...). The scenes that used to be fresh and funny have become stale and are bordering on the absurd. Mia needs to begin realizing some of her potential or I'm going to begin self-actualizing myself away from this previously charming, and currently pedantic, series.
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