Really cute story about Phil the Nerd. He has a fun array of friends in his sister Ellen who is really smart and kind of the boss, George who does not talk much, Nicholas who wears a bag on his head and is love with Dance Ann and Ellens dog Teo Messi. Phil likes the new girl Loren but she is the class bullies girlfriend. Phil does not think he has a chance with Loren until he is visited by Darth Vader who teaches him how to stick up for himself and win over Loren. I do like the references to Big Bang and other characters though I do not know if children now would know who some of them are. I like the different fonts and writing in the book it makes it fun and whimsical. The drawings are very well done. This is a good book for children 10 and up.

My son enjoy reading this books so much. It is show how cool to become nerd.

Thanks for the chance.

this book was very cute not quite my thing but it's still a very good book with great illustrations and funny and well put together characters

This is not a graphic novel but it is cute and fun to rad. If you loved the The Diary of A Wimpy Kid series you can give this book a shot.

I got this on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

Okay, first of all: This is NOT a Graphic Novel. This is just a book with lots of illustrations in it.
Second of all: I have read a few of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and the first of the Dork Diary book. Although the general mode of the book is the same, I find it almost offensive that this is compared to those great books!!! This is not in the same LEAGUE as those.

So, if you noticed my rating you might wonder: what's wrong with it that it makes Marte rate it so poorly? Well, buckle up I guess.
Just generally, it shifts fonts ALL THE TIME, which is not only just annoying in general but also makes it so much heavier to read. I understand that it's probably to make it cooler and more chaotic since it's supposed to be the diary of a 12-year-old, but to this extent and the selection of quite a few annoying fonts, it just made me want to stop reading it after the first few pages. It also REALLY reads like an adult pretending to be a quirky child and also has such pretentious writing. As a nerd myself I was hyped to read this, but it is extremely stereotypical and also instead of empowering nerds it actually just tries putting down everyone that aren't also nerds in the story. Like, it looks down on anything mainstream and social media, keeps being all "Hey I am extremely smart and skilled and everyone else keeps wasting their time on earth, and really I'm the only one that does something that makes sense in life."

Also, the constant references????? I understand the purpose of them, but when whole pages are dedicated to explaining different references it has, and tbh I think that if a reference has to be heavily explained then maybe you should reconsider? But here, since most of them are explained and a lot of space is put aside for it, it creates SO many breaks in the narrative structure that it's just disruptive instead of enriching the story. An example of this is that the actual story doesn't start until page 48!!!!!!! Also, the main character discusses setting up their fake social media account for over 10 pages. It also doesn't help that is is SO packed with throwbacks that it mentioned that it just becomes hard to keep up.

Also, his 8 year old sister is this business savvy kid that likes Forbes magazine and spends all of her money on social media and fashion???? And it puts down their parents as these goons that only cares about mainstream and weird references and aliens and can't keep up with them at all, are you kidding me????

Liked Phil's character development, but it was rough getting there.

This is a cute mixed media diary similar to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but it is not a graphic novel. There are a lot of similarities in style to Diary of a Wimpy Kid, including the inundation of capitalized words to show emphasis.

I could not handle this book. Was it the horribly mismatched font? Was it the pretentious “you might not know these things” nerd talk as if in 2020 we still gatekeeper interests like that? Who’s to say. But I really don’t want to perpetuate the self-proclaimed “Big Bang Theory” book for kids. That show was already misogynistic enough for one generation.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Diary of a nerd is a book aimed at 9-11 year old and is in the style format of Diary of a wimpy kid type books.
In this book, the main character (a nerd) has a crush on one of the most popular girls at his school. He tries to impress her by joining the school fencing club and has an outstanding win. He ends up getting a girl who is interested in him for himself and he goes back to his own friends and does the maths championship with them which is something he is more interested in and enjoys more too.
This is a book about being yourself and not trying to change for others.
The illustrations were great but I found the writing fonts too many on every page - Two would of been better on each page.
Children within this age group will definitely connect to the character in this book and situations and thoughts within this book.

This was rough, I didn’t care for all the fonts used every other line. It was difficult to read and I wouldn’t give this to my middle graders personally. Just so many things wrong with it I’m don’t even know where to starts. Disappointing.

Dude knows his tribe and his references....and it’s got fencing. Not sure why I love the faux kid’s homemade graphic novel on lined paper thing so much...

Diary of a Nerd is a cute comic that my fourth graders would enjoy. I teach a gifted and talented class so my students would relate to being called a “nerd” but unlike Phil are proud of it and embrace this label. I was pleased that Phil’s character developed over the course of the book and he learned the importance of staying true to himself and not trying to be someone else. i liked the message that it is not about the number of friends you have but maintaining friendships with people who understand and respect you for who you really are!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange of an honest review.

This was a diary of a Nerd teen Phill who had a crush on Lauren a beautiful popular girl at his school and due to this crush he found himself going through lie after lie in order to be accepted by her as a cool boy .

This book was full of pop culture references but some of them were for adults like The Big Bang Theory that I can't say that a lot of parents would let their kids watch. This book could be interesting for young adults who might know nothing about Star War and pop culture.
I don't know why being a nerd is still regarded as odd or even bullied. For me nerds are so amazing and exceptional. The world is made of different people with different tastes and interests. Please, don't see nerds as losers because well look at Bill Gates for instance!
I liked the idea of accepting yourself as you are and being proud of who you're as long as you are a good person who doesn't say lies. I loved also what the author said about friendship and that to have 500 friends on Insta or facebook doesn't mean that they are real friends.

sooo, it didn’t work out.

I never read Diary of a Wimpy Kid so I had zero expectations but it was more concerning then disappointing. and here is why

I would never give it to 12 years old me or any other 12 year old. Big Bang Theory, Griffin’s and some other references are not for kids. They are for adults. don’t get me wrong, we all snuck out and watched movies and shows which was never made for 12 years old but this book is misleading with what the shows are about (not talking about that filtering information is always good). Besides that pop culture references were from different years but I still felt like the only recent was Clash of Clans (I remember it was popular 3-4 years ago??) or maybe I just didn’t notice other

Being bullied is not really relevant anymore but I let it slide because some kids just need an encouragement in their life.

It’s kinda upsetting to see that this turned out to be this way.

First up, thank you for allowing me to read this book. Sadly... just not for me.
I mean I am at 40 pages in and THERE IS NO STORY YET. We got an introduction from the author, yay, and then it was just introductions and introductions. I get you want to show off everyone in your life, but get the story going. There are only 162 pages in the book and it takes to page 46 (just read on while writing this one) before the diary actually begins. WOW. If the book had done a short intro, just 10 pages, and then went to the diary I probably would have persevered but by the time the diary started... I was bored and didn't want to read any further.

I abso-freaking-lutely love this book!

Never has been there a book on nerds that has been written with all the perfect references (from time immemorial, ok! To the present day TV series nerds! AKA Sheldon Lee Cooper and co!).

I love the accurate illustrations on each page relative to the examples mentioned.

I love how unapologetic the character is! Well, we should all be! If I am a nerd, so what? Let's be the best nerds ever!

This book is so damn relatable! I will continue on with this series!

Kudos to the author/artist and the publishing team! I am so looking forward to this!