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Review: Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker

Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker Dork Diaries Book 6: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker by Rachel Renée Russell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow, these books are great quick reads. I was worried going into this instalment that I wouldn't really like it, since I had read the previous books years ago when I was actually in the target demographic. I was worried that Russell would pull a Dear Dumb Diary and start off great, and then go into a terrible downward spiral. So far this is not the case!

The story is oddly engaging, and even suspenseful. I was describing the events to my brother, and he related the book to a reality tv-show, in the amount of DRAMA it has! If there's one word that sums up the entire series, it would definitely be drama. Oh my God the draaaaaaaammmaaa is max grade eight intensity. Where that's a great part of the series, it's Also where it gets it's faults.

Nikki is not even close to being the sharpest tool in the shed. Because of this, she often makes very rash, stupid, not well thought out decisions. She's also very prone to following random stupid advice--which guess what!? Adds more draaaaammaaaa!!!!! Nikki's sheer stupidity did urk me a little bit sometimes, but it was never really much of a big deal because she IS just a kid in junior high. I know when I read the previous books in my youthful state, I never really thought about how dumb she is, so it might just be the whole "I'm way too old to be reading this" shpeel.

All that said and done, I can't wait to read the next instalments!


All of my Dork Diaries Reviews:
Book 6
Book 7
Book 8

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