Reading Respone 1: If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince?

The story starts out as the first person main character, Lucy, comparing herself to Cinderella. They both have dead mothers, wicked stepmothers, two evil stepsisters, and possibly “friendless.” Lucy was debating whether or not Cinderella was indeed friendless. She did have her animals but Lucy realized

“But do they count as friends? It’s not as if a blue jay can meet you at Starbucks for an after-school latte.”

I really like Lucy so far because she is realistic and I can tell she will have some snide, sassy comments coming up again.


Even though Cinderella’s father was dead, Lucy’s father was not “technically” dead; he is not as present in Lucy’s life. Her father is working on a case that should have been finished months ago in San Francisco Monday through Friday while the rest of the family is living in New York. I can relate to this because my father is working in New Orleans, Louisiana while my family is still here in Springfield, Missouri. I have not seen my father for weeks and I have no idea when I get to see him again.

I guess when a father is not present in a girl’s life, she becomes extra sassy. This happened to me and this is what is happening to Lucy. Lucy’s stepsisters are ridiculing Lucy’s appearance, especially Lucy’s chest size.

“Neither one of my stepsisters seemed at all bothered by the fact that compared to them, I’m Pamela Anderson.”

I thought that was a really good burn and this made me realize, people will ridicule others’ appearance when they are not that good looking either.

Lucy puts herself as a loner, having to sit by herself at lunch, not talking to anyone and so on. She changed schools freshman year and just as she started to make friends there, she had to move to New York with her wicked family. I am a Lucy in the way that she describes wanting friends and knowing how to get them easily, but pulling back and not talking to them. She said

“…and I know all I need to do if I want to talk to them is talk. Just say something. Anything. And it’s not like I don’t want to talk to some of them. It’s not their fault I was dragged kicking and screaming across the continental United States.”

This is along the lines of what I tell myself when I want to befriend someone I have never talked to before. I know I could be great friends with them easily, I just have to get the guts to actually approach them.

I predict Lucy will be able to meet someone and they become instantly close. Hopefully her father will come back to realize how awful Mara, the wicked stepmother, is.

The Theme Song of this Reading Response is:
Two Door Cinema Club – Sleep Alone