"The Royal We" - realistlik lugu printsist ja ameeriklannast
Raamatus “The Royal We” armub Inglismaa prints Nicholas tavalisse Ameerika tüdrukusse, Rebeccasse.
Aastate jooksul saavad Bexist ja Nickist sõbrad ja armukesed ning lõpuks ka kihlatud paar. Kui nende suhe lõpuks avalikkuse ette kerkib, tuleb neil lisaks Nicki isa vastuseisule tegeleda ka avalikkuse (mitte alati meelitava) tähelepanuga.
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Raamatu kaanelt:
"I might be Cinderella today, but I dread who they'll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do next."
American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister, Lacey, has always been the romantic who fantasized about glamour and royalty, fame and fortune. Yet it's Bex who seeks adventure at Oxford and finds herself living down the hall from Prince Nicholas, Great Britain's future king. And when Bex can't resist falling for Nick, the person behind the prince, it propels her into a world she did not expect to inhabit, under a spotlight she is not prepared to face.
Dating Nick immerses Bex in ritzy society, dazzling ski trips, and dinners at Kensington Palace with him and his charming, troublesome brother, Freddie. But the relationship also comes with unimaginable baggage: hysterical tabloids, Nick's sparkling and far more suitable ex-girlfriends, and a royal family whose private life is much thornier and more tragic than anyone on the outside knows. The pressures are almost too much to bear, as Bex struggles to reconcile the man she loves with the monarch he's fated to become.
Which is how she gets into trouble.
Now, on the eve of the wedding of the century, Bex is faced with whether everything she's sacrificed for love-her career, her home, her family, maybe even herself-will have been for nothing.
Spanning nearly a decade, The Royal We is a richly imagined, emotionally compelling novel that examines, with warmth and wit, what truly happens after your prince has come
Bex ja Nick on täiesti tavaline paar, kes mitme aasta jooksul püüavad oma suhet keerulistes oludes toimima panna. Keerulisteks oludeks on siis Nicki printsiseisus. Nad tutvuvad, saavad sõpradeks, on suhetes teistega, armuvad, lähevad lahku, magavad võõrastega, näevad oma suhte kallal vaeva, kahtlevad iseendas ja oma paarilises.
Kus on maagia? Kus on muinasjutulisus? Tundub nagu täiesti asjatu printsi raiskamine tavalise suhtedraama peale. Hea küll, kõrgseltskonna suhtedraama peale, aga siiski.
Prints ja Rebecca liiguvad rikaste ja ilusate maailmas, kus kõik magavad kõigiga ning nende iga sammu kajastatakse ülemaailmsetes seltskonnakroonikates. Raamatu lõpp on väga hollywoodlik, aga sisu meenutab mõnd mammutsarja (a’la Vaprad ja ilusad).
Raamatu vaieldamatult parimaks osaks olid Rebecca vanemad oma muheda huumoriga. Eriti armastasin Bexi isa, kelle kergelt sardoonilisi väljaütlemisi ma täiest hingest nautisin!
Lootsin raamatust “The Royal We” leida midagi kerget ja muinasjutuhõngulist. Kahjuks pidin selles osas küll pettuma. Kuidas on Sinuga? Kas ka Sulle meeldivad romantilised muinasjutud või oled printsidest/printsessidest välja kasvanud?
Hinne: 3.5
Ehk siis…
Natuke hollywoodlik, aga samas realistlik tuhkatriinulugu. Nii ja naa.
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