The Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries is a 2010 novel by the author Candace Bushnell and the beginning of a series. It is a prequel to her already published novel Sex and the City . The book guides Carrie through her senior year of high school, her first relationship, and her arrival in New York. So far, the only character in the series to reappear is Samantha Jones.
In 2011 the book was continued with Summer and the City .
From 2013 to 2014, the American broadcaster The CW broadcast a television series of the same name .
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Before Sex and the City , Carrie Bradshaw was a small town girl who knew she wanted to be one more time. But before she can tackle that, she has to get through her senior year of high school. Until now, Carrie and her friends have always been inseparable. But then Sebastian Kydd steps on the scene and cheating on a friend makes her question everything.
main characters
- Carrie Bradshaw: She is the protagonist of the book. She is a bright, smart, if naive girl. She is an aspiring writer and the oldest of three sisters. The book tells from her perspective how she experienced her last year of high school. Carrie's mother died before the onset of the story, leaving her and her sisters Dorrit and Missy under their father's care. At the beginning of the book, the reader learns that Carrie applied for a writers' seminar but was turned down. She later received an acceptance from Brown University . When Carrie falls in love, she does it with none other than Sebastian Kydd, the new crush of all schoolgirls. When a tender bond develops between the two, she faces her worst competitor, Donna LaDonna. After Carrie has had some unpleasant experiences, she comes to the conclusion that Donna LaDonna is behind it. During this time, her relationship with Sebastian and her envious best friend Lali falls apart. Carrie helps her friends Walt and Maggie clear up their problems, thereby displacing her own. Sebastian and Lali soon leave Carrie behind, but she finds a way to forgive them. She befriends Donna LaDonna after taking a photography course. When she learns of Carrie's plans to move to New York , she gives her the number of her “cool cousin” who lives there. In the end, it's summer and Carrie is going to New York after she was finally given a place in the writers' college. When she arrives, she loses her money, which is why she has no way of moving through town, which in turn leads her to report to Donna's cousin, who is none other than Samantha Jones .
- Sebastian Kydd: He's Carrie's first boyfriend in the book. Sebastian moves to Castlebury after being kicked out of his old high school. He has a wealthy family and is described by Carrie as "smart and perfect". She also notes that he is a caring person. His mother was previously friends with Carrie's mother, and it is made abundantly clear that Carrie has been fascinated by Sebastian since she first saw him when she was 12. His true character becomes visible in the further course of the story through his lies and his infidelities, among others with Carrie's best friend Lali.
- Donna LaDonna: She is the most popular girl in school and is aiming for a modeling career. On her first appearance, Donna is described as "someone in a white dress with a deep V-neck, her cleavage accentuated by a small diamond cross hanging on a delicate platinum chain." Most of the Castlebury High students are afraid of her, her but also has a number of admirers in her life. Carrie gets into an argument with her and sees her archenemy as someone with no insecurities. However, she later learns that Donna's greatest fear is to be seen by a boy without mascara and that he then leaves the room screaming. Donna and Carrie become friends after working as partners on a photography class. She gives her the number of her cousin in New York so that Carrie can call her when she gets there.
- Lali Kandesie: Carrie's "Freindin" and the main antagonist in the story. At first she appears as someone who only wants the best for Carrie. However, when she enters into a relationship with Sebastian, her true nature is revealed and Lali even begins to make fun of her in front of Carrie. She plays a prank on Carrie by stealing from her. However, Carrie thinks Donna is the culprit. When Lali discovers that Carrie and Sebastian are having problems, she takes advantage of it.
- Walt: Walt is Carrie's other best friend. He is described by her as "one of the girls" as they practically do everything together with her other friend Maggie. This has been Walt's girlfriend for two years, she would like to sleep with him, which he prevents. She then ended her relationship with him. It is later revealed that Walt is gay and meets a former quarterback , 20-year-old Randy Sanders.
- Maggie: Maggie is Walt's very sexually active (ex) girlfriend and one of Carrie's best friends. She suffers from very low self-esteem, she sees herself as fat and ugly, despite Carrie's statement that the boys have been after her since she was 13. At the beginning of the book, Walt and Maggie are together, but Maggie ends the relationship when she fears that Walt is having problems with intimacy and realizes she is developing feelings for Peter.
- Roberta Castells: or "The Mouse", or "Mighty Mouse", is one of Carrie's closest friends. She is described as being pragmatic and the smartest girl in school. She has a boyfriend named Danny. After revealing to Carrie that she's already slept with him, Carrie begins to wonder if everyone around her is having sex and she's the only virgin in her circle of friends. Roberta is very trustworthy and Carrie's father especially likes her.
Minor characters
- George Carter: He's Carrie's handsome suitor from New York City and a former Brown University student. George is very devoted to Carrie and supports her in her endeavor to become a writer. Carrie sees George as just a boyfriend, but her father insists that she marry a man like him. While on a ski trip, Carrie finds out that George is friends with Sebastian's older sister, Amelia. Through her, George learns that Carrie is in a relationship with Sebastian, which breaks his heart. He warns Carrie that Sebastian is not who he claims to be. Carrie rejects this idea, but despite everything, George continues to support her, up to the point where he introduces her to his aunt, the writer, Mary Gordon Howard, also called "The Gorgon" by Carrie.
- Peter Arnold: Peter is described by Carrie as "the second smartest boy in our class and a total idiot". He is the editor-in-chief of the school newspaper "The Nutmeg", for which Carrie later also writes. After Walt and Maggie split up, Peter starts a relationship with her, but later leaves for Jen P, a friend of Donna LaDonna's.
- Dorrit and Missy: Carrie's younger sisters. Missy is the more well-mannered of the two, while Dorrit rebels for much of the book. Carrie's relationship with Missy is better, especially after Dorrit started stealing things from her sisters and accused Carrie of having loved her more than her sisters.
Reviews
- Says MTV Hollywood Crush of the book, "The storyline is wonderful and keeps you glued to the pages until the end, but what sticks in your mind afterward is Carrie's brooding." ("All that plot is great and keeps you glued to the page until the end, but what sticks with you later are Carrie's internal musings.")