Review
Disney has always been a huge part of my life (or, at least, my childhood). I grew up watching Disney films. I remember clearly how my aunt, when I was younger, bring home VCDs of Disney films whenever she comes home weekly from her work in Manila. I was always eager to watch the films with her, sing the songs, and imagine myself in such beautiful fairytale life. It was a magical moment. I would assume it was the case for every children alike. It’s even more relatable now that a myriad of characters appears in different cultural background within the stories.
It’s quite refreshing to read stories that are so familiar to me. It feels as though I have been thrown back to my childhood and I was but a kid again being inspired by these princesses. I love the concept behind each story, how every character persevered despite the obvious discrimination of the world surrounding them. The story showed us that with determination and hard work, anything is possible.
What threw me off with the book is how simple it all was. It felt like there was no originality to it. Each of the shorts felt so similar to one another. You would think that having a foundation story would allow for a different trajectory for each of them, but no. They all felt the same. It is quite cruel to say this over a children’s book but I have read creative stories written for children and they weren’t as closely lazy as this one.
Power to the Princess is fun and refreshing if you, like me, enjoy Disney films. It’s like a walk down memory lane, only the memory is altered quite a bit. And, despite my complaints, I still believe that this book is something I’d give to children. It inspires and shows that everyone has the capacity to do something, if only we give ourselves the confidence that we deserve.
