3.11 AVERAGE


Kalo Wimpy Kid itu bocah tengil nan lucu dan bahkan udah dibikin filmnya, kali ini Rose Cooper, seorang ilustrator buku anak-anak menuliskan cerita tentang anak perempuan bernama Sofia Becker. Nah, Sofia ini tipikal anak perempuan biasa saja yang pengen banget jadi populer. Dia pengen banget kayak Mia St. Claire yang populer, cantik dan banyak temennya. apalagi setelah dia tau bahwa gebetannya, si Andrew suka sama Mia.

Si Sofia ini punya blog yang disebutnya, blogtatic-anonim karena dia membuatnya tanpa identitas jelas, semata-mata pengen punya sesuatu yang bisa dia tulis dan dia bisa terkenal dari blog, seleb blog gitu deh. Sofia akhirnya mencari cara agar blognya bisa banyak pengunjungnya dan banyak yang baca, hingga akhirnya Sofia punya ide untuk nulis gosip-gosip yang ada di sekolahnya dengan cara dengerin temen-temennya ngobrol di toilet cewek.
funny lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

A Nostalgic favorite 

Welcome to another review, where I will talk about a book, which I used to like back when I was 10, but now I ask myself "WTF did I find in this one?"

The reason why I like this book (as a kid, remind you) because of the black aesthetic, which gave the whole work a sense of gothic style. Just look at the front page: the black rules and there are glimpses of pink and carreau. If that isn't goth (or emo, or whatever), then I don't what else is!

Ok, I think a lot of middle-aged girls we will love it. Trust me, I did when I was one of them! Even though there's nothing significant about this book…

If books could mate, this book would be the love child of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and The Popularity Papers. It is formatted as Sofia Becker's pre-blogging notebook, where she keeps track of gossip she overhearss, her thoughts on that gossip, as well as updates on other happenings in her life and around the school. It also has cute little doodles that, much like DoWK, often finish a sentence.

I like the blogging element of this story, because you get to see what Sofia considers blogging about and what she actually ends up blogging. Choosing to reveal gossip can lead to trouble so it's interesting to see the decisions she makes in terms of letting something slip or keeping it to herself. Also, a book like this would not be complete without some kind of parental embarrassment. This element adds humor, and makes me glad that I am no longer in middle school.

To sum up, this is an enjoyable story that is a perfect read-a-like to other series listed above.

Diary of a Social Climber, more like. Kind of a snooze.