Picked this up at Borders on a whim — fun cartoon/diary style novel from the point of view of a middle schooler. Painfully, um…painful. Fun to read; probably not worth buying since it goes by in about 45 minutes.
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[...] the impact on the reader is quite different. I’ve read three in the last few months, between Diary of a Wimpy Kid , Persepolis, and this. Won’t replace more traditional books for me, but I think we’ll [...]
I’m not sure Diary is intended for you as the audience. My eight-year old son, however, loves this book.
@matt! ha! i read all sorts of things, and like this one. i think it’s a bit like The Simpsons, and aimed at a bit of everyone….or maybe my reading skills are deteriorating.
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