Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a NOT-SO-Fabulous Life

This review is for EVERY Dork Diaries book in existence, not just the first one. I just came here to say how disappointed I am in this series. Every book is filled with overused and unrealistic stereotypes, such as how every "mean girl" has blonde hair and blue eyes. And this is completely not a coincidence. In the first book, Nikki, the main character, states how MacKenzie and her best friend both have blonde hair and blue eyes. And they were both considered "mean girls" to Nikki. Not EVERY mean girl has to have blonde hair and blue eyes. There are SOME, but there are as many as those who have brown eyes and brown hair. "2D" characters 2D characters are people who are either "perfect" or "mean". This is so unrealistic, I can't even find some reality in it. What makes a good character is someone who has a balance of good and bad, and has a unique personality. Let's just say, NO ONE in the ENTIRE SERIES is a good character. Maybe except for Brianna, Nikki's little sister. But that's it. All the other characters are too cliche and simple. For example, Nikki's crush, Brandon. He is so perfect, it's embarrassing. Brandon has this kind, caring and generous personality. Brandon IS a good person, but not a good character. He has no flaws whatsoever, and he being one of the main characters, it just makes the series less enjoyable. Nikki, the main character Nikki is an overdramatic brat who whines for everything and gets it in the end. She treats other people like a landfill, and calling them names in her diary. I understand that it's a diary, and that you can write anything down in your diary, but younger kids might get bad ideas, hence why I rated this book ages 13 and up. Some of the other reviews said that after their kids read the book, they started acting mean and whiny to other people. I actually feel sorry for MacKenzie for all the times Nikki treated her badly. I believe that books should send you a positive message, like, "Love your family", or, "Don't be mean to other people", and I also believe books should bring a great pleasure or joy to read. Sadly, this series had missed that mark by a mile. I'm sorry I ever read this.

First of all, Nikki Maxwell is a whiny teenager that acts like everyone should treat her perfectly just because. She always acts like she's so special and unique than the other girls, She acts as if all girls like shopping and gossip and the colour pink . The problem is all girls are a mix of different things, cause everyone has a different personality . I , for instance like the colour purple , paleontology and DC comics, but also like shopping at the mall and Princesses . I'm not special . I'm just a girl with a PERSONALITY! But in Dork Diaries, Everything is a clìché , A Low-income " Quirky" teenager who moves to a private school and gets picked on by a "blonde" "blue eyed" "rich" Girl who's purpose in life is ruining the "quirky" teen girl's life but out of nowhere, The "perfect" "hot" "kind" boy comes . And SURPRISINGLY ALSO THE BLONDIE HAS A CRUSH ON HIM AND NOW BLONDIE HATES HER MORE !! Second of all that girl has absolutely No respect to her family, and she keeps bashing/making fun of her dad's job as an exterminator, She even called her mom BRAIN DEAD!?!?! Why would you call your mom that just because she didn't get you a cell phone? Her poor sister, Brianna is deprived of her sister's love, support, and attention but Nikki is so busy thinking about ✨ Brandon ✨ Her Sister's like 6 or something and she's being toxic cause she's um.......Acting like a six year old?????? And then the worst thing of all is . . . Drumroll Please 🥁 🥁 🥁 THE UNREALISTIC WAY THEY PORTRAY MIDDLE SCHOOL I'm in the 8th Grade ( just like Nikki) and let me tell you that middle school is absolutely nothing like that! The Author didn't write about the ACTUAL middle school, the suffering, the tests, the struggles and all that . Also the main character is really cringey . She's always making popular brands / pop culture references ( wanting a sponsor much?) Nikki never learns her lessons and still thinks she is the best teachers ever with the worst life ever ! All the books go like this Nikki wants to do something but she's not qualified, Makenzie ( bully) enters the same competition, except she's actually qualified. Nikki tricks her friends and crush ( all books) even if they're genuinely trying to help so she cries and blames Makenzie and wins competition Also she doesn't stand up to Makenzie which doesn't make sense!

I used to adore this book as a third-grader, not understanding the actual blandness of the book. I thought it was amazing and believed that middle school was like this. It wasn't. First of all, this girl complains her heart out for every little mistake. At times Nikki was being a queen but this queen shatters her crown WAY too quickly. She reminds me of your typical anime girl that's really dense. The characters: Nikki- This girl is utter garbage. She isn't main character material and thinks too much of boys and popularity. Her friends are helping her and being really nice to her but she's out here ranting about every little thing Mckenzie does. Her family owns a bug-killing business and she's embarrassed by it, understandable I guess, BUT THEN SHE GOES OUT AND MURDERS HERSELF BECAUSE OF THAT?! Like girl what was the reason. She goes out and complains about every single thing like dang missy calm down. She isn't that great of a character if you ask me. (she doesn't deserve Andre or Brandon overall) Chloe and Zoe- These girls are too good for Nikki. They deserve a better friend lowkey. I loved these characters as an 8-year old, and I still do, but they do not deserve to be with that Mary Sue of a middle schooler. Brandon- the only thing I have to say about this guy is he's a literal anime protagonist with brown or black hair. Super dense and doesn't deserve the girl(s) simping for him. Mckenzie- this girl is a queen. Sure she bullies that mary sue of a person, but she bullies that mary sue of a person! You need to give her an award for that. Overall, if you're easily influenced, do not get this book series. As much as I loved it before, it didn't deserve the hype it got in 3rd grade.

Parents, you should not buy your children this book. It centers around a girl named Nikki Maxwell who absolutely hates her family, manipulates people, talks about make-out of all kinds, has bad language such as retarded, cr*d, keeps on saying OMG and Squeeeee. The main character also judges people using stereotypes. The main character is very rude and shallow, cares only about this boy named Brandon, called her mom brain dead because she wouldn't get her a cellphone. Dork is another word for idiot. I have seen many normal people turn into mean, gossipy spoiled brats obsessed with boys and popularity. Not to mention it's a ripoff from the diary of a wimpy kid. Dork diaries is horrible for children's growth mindset. This will encourage them to ignore focusing on studies and education, focusing on more optional things like popularity. ______________________________________________How to decide_______________________________________________ To decide if they are mature enough, start by looking at the intense moments. Try letting them read one book and see how they act later. I would not recommend this to ages under 10. If you think you're daughter is mature enough, explain to them that everything in the book is fictional and played for laughs and shouldn't be done outside. Try telling them about what dork diaries have and tell them why it is inappropriate. Most of the parents, librarians and teachers were talking about how horrible dork diaries are People think it's really cringe.

I don't like their stereotypes. Mackenzie Hollister is the popular girl who has blonde hair, icy blue eyes, and is wealthy and mean. And the main character, Nicki Maxwell is black and from a not-so-rich family. Other than that, I love the books! I grew up reading them 😃 And it's a good read.. If you are a lil kid who believes stereotypes.

before I start the review, I will offer a Norwegian and Spanish translation since those are the 2 other languages I speak. Dork diaries is EXTREMELy popular with girls my age, when I was in the 3rd grade I started reading chapter books and I started with dork diaries. I use to like it due to the cutesy anime style drawings as well as the diary format. but now I revisit it, and it was a mistake. 1- Nikki dosent like her family. she calls her mom "brain dead" when she got her a diary instead of an Iphone. If I was nikki I would be super happy because I love art 2- There is body shaming and ableist behavior. Im an underweight teen with autisim and the fact that the r slur in one page slipped through publishing is straight up horrendous. DO WE TEACH KIDS THAT BEING ABLEIST IS GOOD? NEVER! also there is a character bullied because she is fat as well as little girls wanting to be skinny. I have to say, being underweight isnt all fun and games, there are litteral children in countries like Somalia and Yemen that they DIE because theyre so underweight. 3- the belief of Materialism is superior. As some one who used to live in a poor country, this whole belief is really bad. 2/3 of all people live in developing countries, and the fact that the characters bully other characters for buying clothes at goodwill and not at JCpenny is really bad. 4- stereotypes. The girls have crushes on boy band singers, wear lipgloss, are addicted to social media and speak text tal (example : OMG, BTW) in real life. the boys play sports and are good at school thats all, read wimpy kid NORSK BOKMALREVIEW : Dorkdagbøker er EKSTREMT populært blant jenter på min alder, da jeg gikk i 3. klasse begynte jeg å lese kapittelbøker og jeg begynte med tøffedagbøker. Jeg pleide å like det på grunn av de søte tegningene i animestil samt dagbokformatet. men nå ser jeg det på nytt, og det var en feil. 1- Nikki liker ikke familien sin. hun kaller moren sin "hjernedød" da hun fikk henne en dagbok i stedet for en Iphone. Hvis jeg var nikki, ville jeg vært superglad fordi jeg elsker kunst 2- Det er body shaming og ableist-adferd. Jeg er en undervektig tenåring med autisim, og det faktum at r-slurvet på én side gled gjennom publisering er rett og slett forferdelig. LÆRER VI BARN AT Å VÆRE KUNNE ER BRA? ALDRI! Det er også en karakter som blir mobbet fordi hun er feit, så vel som små jenter som ønsker å være tynne. Jeg må si, å være undervektig er ikke bare moro og lek, det er små barn i land som Somalia og Yemen som dør fordi de er så undervektige. 3- troen på materialismen er overlegen. Som en som pleide å bo i et fattig land, er hele denne troen virkelig dårlig. 2/3 av alle mennesker bor i utviklingsland, og det faktum at karakterene mobber andre karakterer for å kjøpe klær på goodwill og ikke på JCpenny er virkelig ille. 4- stereotypier. Jentene er forelsket i boybandsangere, bruker lipgloss, er avhengige av sosiale medier og snakker tekst (eksempel: OMG, BTW) i det virkelige liv. guttene driver med idrett og er flinke på skolen det er alt, les wimpy kid REVIEW EN ESPANOL : Dork diaries es EXTREMADAMENTE popular entre las niñas de mi edad, cuando estaba en tercer grado comencé a leer libros de capítulos y comencé con dork diaries. Me suele gustar por los lindos dibujos de estilo anime así como por el formato de diario. pero ahora lo reviso, y fue un error. 1- A Nikki no le gusta su familia. ella llama a su madre "muerte cerebral" cuando le regaló un diario en lugar de un Iphone. si yo fuera nikki seria super feliz porque amo el arte 2- Hay vergüenza corporal y comportamiento capaz. Soy un adolescente con bajo peso con autismo y el hecho de que el insulto r en una página se deslizó a través de la publicación es directamente horrendo. ¿LES ENSEÑAMOS A LOS NIÑOS QUE SER CAPAZ ES BUENO? ¡NUNCA! también hay un personaje acosado porque es gorda y niñas pequeñas que quieren ser flacas. Tengo que decir que tener bajo peso no es todo diversión y juegos, hay niños pequeños en países como Somalia y Yemen que MUEREN porque tienen muy bajo peso. 3- la creencia del Materialismo es superior. Como alguien que solía vivir en un país pobre, toda esta creencia es realmente mala. 2/3 de todas las personas viven en países en desarrollo, y el hecho de que los personajes intimiden a otros personajes por comprar ropa de buena voluntad y no en JCpenny es realmente malo. 4- estereotipos. Las chicas están enamoradas de los cantantes de bandas de chicos, usan brillo de labios, son adictas a las redes sociales y hablan texto tal (ejemplo: OMG, BTW) en la vida real. los chicos practican deportes y son buenos en la escuela eso es todo, lee niño debilucho :

I couldn't bear the fact that Nikki says bad language like "crud" and "seriously mentally ill". SHE is seriously mentally ill for saying that language! Nikki is boy crazy, obsessed with popularity, and most of all, a CRYBABY!!! I couldn't even finish the book! -A ranting girl that rants for a reason

At the time of writing this, I’m well past the demographic this. So I’ll have two-ish point of views on this story. When I first read this book, I was 9-11 years old. Your typical tween, who thought she was older than she really was and fantasied of teen hood. The exact kind of person that the dork diaries were written for. (If you’re not poopoo brained, you’ll know that this series isn’t at all made for teens.) I liked it. It was cool to have a fellow artist character. But she felt a bit too perfect, and at times, she even annoyed me, but it didn’t bother me that much. A lot of the characters felt very 2D, and not very teen-like. Even with my 10 year old brains false idea of teen hood, I could make that out. And the obnoxious over usage of “omg” felt very annoying to me. In general, it was an OK book, but it felt very fake, and sure as hell felt repetitive. The “swear-words” didn’t even feel like anything to me. (Unlike what many adults on this page will say) if anything, it felt too mild. 10 year old me swore a lot, and so did a lot of my peers. Now that I re-read this as a 14 year old, the books plot is so very generic. So boring. The sucky portrayal of teens feels even more blatantly obvious now. The books have a few sentences and paragraphs they use a lot, up to the point where it’s almost sickening and predictable. I don’t think Nikki needed to be a saint, or the 2nd coming of female Jesus, I feel her being an ass would make her more human, and less like the perfect Mary Sue she’s written as. To all concerned parents, you shouldn’t be afraid of how a character acts, but how they are treated for that. In Nikkis case, she’s not at all faced with consequences, sometimes she’s even rewarded, which really pisses me off. That’s not the kinda stuff that kids should be learning. The characters still feel bland, but the biggest part of teenagers that the writer missed, was the growth of the cast. They don’t change AT ALL. They are just thrown into situations, they have a bit of turmoil with each other, and they come out the other side. Unscathed, blindly walking into the next plot device. This story pointlessly walks in circles, and there is no clear ending or objective. Now, you don’t need a moral to make a good story, but this story doesn’t even have a cheesy moral to go with it. “Be your dorky self.” Doesn’t apply to the story at all outside of Nikki, occasionally calling herself one. (Oh em gee I’m SO qwEerky!) Overall, this story is bland and filled with walking cliches. It doesn’t even deserve the title of “dumb, but fun.” It’s just dumb. If your kids aren’t too easily influenced, this book isn’t horrible, but it’s plot is like a dog chasing it’s own tail. It’s a shame that miraculous isn’t the worst middle-school cliched franchise. Don’t waste your money.

These books are really dumb. I guess they're OK for kids who know not to copy characters but there were some things that were just dumb and stupid about this book. First of all, Nikki is absolutely mean to her parents. She called her mom BRAIN DEAD! She is ashamed of them in many ways and goes on and on about how dumb she thinks they are. 2nd, she is too focused on boys. Yes, it is important to have a boyfriend, but your whole life can't just be about having a boyfriend! She's a shallow, insecure, jerk!You have to have friend and alone time too! 3rd She is not the best role model, and if your kids start acting like her, well that is just bad Also Nikki just wants to be popular, she whines too much, and says things like Squeeeeeeee! She goes over the top and is annoying. I liked this book when I was in 3rd grade, but now I think it is SO dumb. I guess you could read it, as long as your kids know not to act like that! I think you shouldn't even bother

Some of my classmates were obsessed with it so I borrowed two books. They were AWFUL. Nikki is a shallow, self-centered jerk and the book is built on stereotypes. Brandon, Nikki's crush, doesn't have a personality at all. Zoe and Chloe are too good for Nikki. If you think your child is mature enough, explain to them that everything in the book is fictional and played for laughs and shouldn't be done outside. Try telling them about what dork diaries have and tell them why it is inappropriate.