Which girls have your favorite POVs vs your least favorite POVs?
I got to thinking about this recently and realized I think I enjoy Mallory and Claudia books the most. I don’t love the Pike family but Mallory’s POV is usually pretty interesting especially since I like writing too (except for that one book where Mallory loses her mind and harasses her favorite author… that was wild). I enjoy reading about Claudia’s art. Plus I find Claudia to be pretty wholesome; she’s usually one of the most accepting girls in the group.
In the middle would be Mary Anne, Stacey, and Abby. Mary Anne’s and Stacey’s POVs are usually good, but Mary Anne can be passive aggressive sometimes (and her crying can be a little much, and this is coming from someone who also cries easily lol) and Stacey can be a snob (plus all the NEW YORK NEW YORK OMG NEW YORK talk can get tiring).
Abby is kind of somewhere in the low middle and bottom? I haaaate Abby’s allergy speak, and I don’t enjoy Abby’s books where there’s a lot about sports talk. I sort of wish that the babysitter to join the club had been Anna instead. For me personally, hearing about her music and practice would’ve been a lot more interesting than another sports girl.
At the bottom for me are Dawn, Kristy, and Jessi. Jessi’s books are too wrapped up in ballet for me. I get bored and it irritates me that Jessi always get amazing roles. Her whole ballet experience feels extremely unrealistic. I wish they’d kept it like how it was at the start when Jessi just enjoyed ballet and wasn’t really planning to become a professional.
Same for Kristy and sports; I get tired of reading about the Krushers and they’re in most if not all the Kristy books once they’re introduced. I also don’t really like Karen and she features in most Kristy books too lol but really more than anything, it’s the sports. They’re just not for me. The one Kristy/Krusher book I do like though is the mystery Kristy and the Missing Child. I think it’s pretty well written and the ending always makes me tear up a bit!
As for Dawn, the later books where she got flanderized into a preachy pain in the butt obviously aren’t good, but even early series she was a little hypocritical and judgmental which I don’t find enjoyable. I recently reread Dawn and the Wicked Stepsister and man Dawn doesn’t come across well in that book. It made me realize I don’t enjoy most of her books.
Logan and Shannon it’s sorta hard to say as we don’t hear from them very often. I’m curious to hear what other people think!