The Carrie Diaries Pt 2

I am normally hesitant to write reviews about tv shows. I prefer to write a review when I’ve watched the whole series. But for The Carrie Diaries, I can’t resist.

I feel such strong feelings when I watch this show. I feel extremely involved and invested in the characters and their lives. So, this is my Season 1 and 4 Episodes of Season 2 Review:

Here’s my original post about the show.

I love this show. I feel like the characters and their situations are extremely relatable. The most unrelatable thing about the show is how accessible alcohol is to 17 year olds… But, other than that, I feel like the show is very real. As a teenager, I can relate to the struggles of high school and love and lack of love and parents, etc. that the characters experience.

As the show has progressed, I have mixed feelings on what I think about Carrie. I love how passionate she is about her love for New York City. Sometimes, though, I wish she was that passionate about Sebastian. I feel like I’ve fallen for Sebastian myself, so I really want Carrie to fall for him, and stay with him. I think in one episode they broke up, got together, and broke up again! Carrie needs to realize when she’s got someone awesome. Sebastian loves and admires her.

I kind of like Dorrit (is that how you spell her name?). She’s very different than Carrie. She has more of that laid back attitude going on that Sebastian has. I like that. Now, a senior having a relationship with an 8th grader, that’s questionable… But, I’ll just look past that…

I really admire this show for having involved parents. I think I mentioned this in my last post. Carrie and Dorrit’s dad tries to be involved and discipline his children. It definitely makes the show more realistic.

I just love how this show evokes so much emotion from me. It’s weird. I’ve never experienced it before. I am so upset when Carrie breaks up with Sebastian for some stupid reason. I feel disappointed in Maggie when she goes back to that police officer guy. I feel sadness when I watch Walt struggle with being gay in the unaccepting world of Castlebury. I feel happy for Mouse and West. Then, of course, there’s Sebastian, who I swear I’m in love with! And I feel all of these feelings in other tv shows, just not quite as strongly.

Just go watch the show…

P.S. Though based on other reviews, if you’re a big fan of SATC, you might be a bit more critical about this show than I am (comparing it and what not).

The Carrie Diaries: First Impressions

When I first heard about the series, I was a bit skeptical, but I am OBSESSED (I’ve watched 3 tonight).

So this is a tv series that is a spinoff from Sex and the City. It is about Carrie Bradshaw (Anna Sophia Robb) growing up as a teenager. Carrie is growing up in the 1980’s in suburban Connecticut. She’s a junior in high school, and she recently lost her mother. Her widowed father is learning to take care of Carrie and her especially rebellious sister. Carrie has her three best friends at school, and of course the a love interest in the form of Sebastian Kydd (Austin Butler). Also, once a week, Carrie goes into Manhattan to intern at a law firm. She dreams of living in NYC. The first day of her internship she bumped into a woman who admired her handbag and is part of the fashion world, so Carrie sneaks off from her job to experience the exciting world of fashion. So far, the show is about Carrie and how she is balancing it all.

Let me preface this whole thing with the fact that I haven’t ever seen the actual tv show Sex and the City, I only saw one of the movies. It’s all a bit before my time.

I think Anna Sophia Robb does a great job. And I love her hair. It’s amazing. The curls!

Also, if there’s any reason to be watching this show, it’s Austin Butler. He is hot! Like, so hot. SA-WOON!

Also, the show is just really addicting. I just want Carrie to have it all, and she just can’t balance it. But still her life is amazing!

Go check it out! Season 1 is on Netflix instant!