Top Ten Worst Things About Dork Diaries
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Rip Off of Diary of Wimpy Kid
Whoever keeps calling everyone against Dork Diaries haters, can just shut up! Notice that no one is agreeing with you because you think that just because you have your own opinions, you're entitled to start shoving unpopular and lame opinions about how much were haters down our throats. Okay, I can say what I want, it's a free country! And you have nothing to do about it! When people are all, "Omigod, screw you haters," that's when I draw the line and decide that Nikki's fan base is going way too far. You should at least take this more respectfully and tell us that you respect our opinion and say why you think it's good, but instead, you're smart-mouthing people through TEXT because the big bad scawwy meanies are insulting my favorite book, boo-hoo! You want me to play a sad song for you on the world's tiniest violin? You're comments about how were haters is just making it more of a reason to hate Dork Diaries so get off this list and get a life, okay?! And while you're at it, maybe make your username on The Top Tens #I'm A Dorky Suck-Up Loser Who Wants To Be A Brat Like Nikki!
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Ripoff of Dear Dumb Diary
Dork Diaries was released the same year as Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, 2004. Dork Diaries was released in 2009 not, 2001. Also, Dork Diaries recycles stuff from both books to make them sound cliche.
Also, Jamie is super funny and actually grateful to her family and friends. Her humor and her drawings make me LAUGH!
Nikki is a spoiled, selfish jerk who finds life a GREAT BIG CRAPPY problem. Whenever something is about someone else that's like a situation or something special, she makes it all about HER like the attention hog she is!
Plus, she's super girly and she keeps assuming that Brandon likes her because she's apparently the dorky, nerdy and poor girl.
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Unfunny
Rachel Renee Russell reminds me of Dhar Mann. She actually does. Because in his videos and HER book series, they pretty much just drown into the same things; a sea of cliched content. And wow, just count all the stereotypes. Oh no, all black guys say yo, man, bro and dawg (and the author is literally black too!), oh no, all mean girls are popular and have to be the pretty ones, oh no, all mean girls are rich, oh no, all protagonists are nerds, all protagonists are perfect, oh no, all bullies shove kids into their lockers, oh no, every ending has to have the cute guy falling in love with the unpopular girl, oh no, all bullies force kids to do their homework. To make matters worse, the endings are so unrealistic. The mean girl or the bully has to bully one student and then they live to regret it later on in the end, which just makes it sound cliche and makes the ending unrealistic. Honestly, I'd hate to break it to you, but your books don't let boys and girls' inner dork. Because ever since then, the blog post on Ask Nikki is full of girls complaining about stuff like not having a boyfriend, not having a phone, not having cute clothes or dolls, and goodness gracious stop it with BFF or OMG! It's getting so annoying!
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It Doesn't Get Enough Attention
This wouldn't make it bad, it would make it underrated.
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No Good Books
None of the books in Dork Diaries are good, in fact they are complete failure and GARBAGE. Not only do they shamelessly rip-off the successful Diary Of A Wimpy Kid franchise, it contains countless stereotypes and cliched content that I can't even count on my fingers. Also Nikki is a spoiled brat. Not once does she thank her parents for providing for the family, instead she nags her parents about a stupid iPhone like the whiny brat she is. Dude, she acts worse than her sister and she's 5! She actually calls her parents brain-dead. This is why no one likes her at school. She's a spoiled bratty 14-year old girl who only gives a crap about what she wants; popularity, guys, celebs, lip gloss, phones, and portraying herself as a dork, honestly? Is this what you DD fans call a positive role model? I'm not even joking when I say this right now, but do not read this book series because it can actually change your life completely. In a bad way.
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Brandon Is a Waste of Nikki's Time
All Nikki ever cares about is love interests and drama. She never cares about actual important stuff in life, like getting good grades in school, helping her sister or her parents around the house. She does NOTHING except talk about how crappy her pathetic life is and how everyone is out to get her. She worships the ground that dimensional flat character Brandon walks on and is too busy drooling and obsessing over him because of good looks. She knows nothing about relationships. True love doesn't mean obsessing over someone because of their good looks. True love means looking out for others and putting them before yourself. And it's not just for your love interest. It goes for other people too. But Nikki? No. She literally calls her parents brain dead because they don't get her what she wants yet even her little sister is grateful. Was there a single Dork Diaries book where Brianna was rude to her parents? Like...she's always obsessing over him because of good cute looks while she only considers her own feelings except for when it comes to Brandon. Plus it's not fair that she has to hog Brandon all to herself. It's not fair that Mackenzie can't even have a boyfriend! Brandon deserves Mackenzie. Not a bully, wannabe a coward bratty idiot like NIKKI.
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Characters are Idiots
All the characters are cringey and annoying, and they're like those new Disney Channel shows from 2016 that sucked, by the way.
Let's review the character analysis:
Nikki: The stereotypical, average, nice nerdy girl who's poor and goes to a new private school. She's always putting herself down for attention and labels herself as the "dork."
Reality: She's actually a spoiled brat who cares about no one but herself and her love interest. Life is always a big problem for her. P.S. She always assumes that boys will like her for her looks.
Mackenzie: The stereotypical blonde, evil, rich girl who's apparently the manipulator and destroyer of relationships. She always ends up getting punished in the end.
Reality: She's actually a talented artist and super pretty, and everything that Nikki said about her is a lie. She's misunderstood, people.
Brandon: The pretty guy who everyone chases after and who the nerdy, dorky girl assumes likes her.
Reality: He's a one-dimensional guy with no personality besides being nice and having good looks. He's also not nice. He made fun of Mackenzie for wearing braces in sixth grade. #BrandonAndNikkiAreIdiots
Chloe and Zoey: The stereotypical crazy girls who support the dorky nice girl (Nikki, who's a brat). They like getting into trouble, and the three of them do cringey things and win every time.
Reality: What can I even say besides the fact that they're cringey and annoying?
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The Author is Just Misguiding Kids and Only Cares About Business Marketing in Lieu of Educating Kids
I don't get it. Why do people even bother reading this garbage? I agree with all what other people said here, Nikki has revealed her true colors as an attention-seeking imbecile who only knows how to act like a complete idiotic pieces of crap in her trashy diary. I don't get it why so many parents and kids are gullible enough to like this book. NO WONDER why more and more problems are being created! I don't want to waste my time ranting on this. Last, the author just made another book 15? Just stop it with the nonsense.
Last, I have my own opinions and if the topic is arguable, I have the right to express my own opinions and no one has the right to shove their bigoted-opinative crap right into my throat.
I'm sure people's lives will get better when they stop reading Dork Diaries (yes from series #1 to #15) as well as stop promoting it.
Seriously, (to the author) get a life.
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Overuse of the Word "Dork"
Omg, Nikki! You're so dorkalicious, I dork know what you're talking about, Nikiiiiiiiiii.
I mean, seriously, do you even know what "dork" means? If you want to call yourself a nerd, then go ahead. It's your life, not mine. You're not a dork, and take that as the only nice thing I'll say about Nikki.
She's a conceited little brat who thinks she owns the world. I remember in one of the books, she tells Mackenzie not to hate her because she's "dorkalicious." Like, bruh. Girly, get a life.
What does "dorkalicious" even mean? Maybe it means you're vain, clueless, and a dork. Duh. It would make more sense if someone said, "Nikki, this food is the opposite of dorkalicious," meaning she's a bad cook.
Ugh, I can't stand Nikki Maxwell.
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It Never Gets Mentioned On Other Websites
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The Books are Cash Grabs
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Nikki's Parents Never Scold Her
They never seem to scold her for her selfish and bratty attitude. That's why she still acts the same. They do nothing but spoil her and punish Brianna when she's only 5.
I agree so much, she literally is so rude to them and others but they don't care for whatever reason.
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It Makes You Angry When You Read It
Have you ever had that feeling where someone is so annoying you just can't stand to look at them? Or when you keep hearing the same line every five minutes, and it makes you want to scream?
If it's not that, it's Nikki Maxwell going on and on about the CCP clique, some snobby popular girl, a crush (as if that even matters), and her cringey BFFs who go out of their way to be extremely annoying.
Everything in this book is complete nonsense. Nikki gets everything she wants even though she doesn't deserve it. She treats Brianna terribly, even though Brianna is just a little kid and only acts her age.
I get why Brianna is annoying. She's young. But Nikki takes it too far, like screaming on a plane and insulting her own parents. She even calls her mom brain dead and gets mad that her dad has a job. Seriously? When is she going to realize the world doesn't revolve around her?
There are people out there who have it way worse than her, and this is how she acts? She controls people, bullies others, lies, throws tantrums, insults people, and complains constantly about her so-called awful life. If she hates life so much, maybe she should realize others have real struggles, like being orphans.
And seriously, please stop making more books. Nobody wants another one. The series is just a rip-off of Dear Dumb Diary and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Dork Diaries? More like Dork Dies.
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It is Full of Cliches
I love how the author is trying to make Dork Diaries look so original, but literally ANYONE could portray Nikki and what would be the difference? Why am I saying this? Because none of the characters have any personalities whatsoever.
It is sooo cliche, it has a main character who gets "bullied" by a rich mean girl and has a "crush" on the same person Mackenzie likes!. I mean Mackenzie had probably been liking Brandon since she knew him! But no! In one day, Nikki is like I'm cool and steals Brandons heart out.
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It Wastes Your Time
IS DORK DIARIES A WASTE OF TIME?
It's a huge waste of time. Who wants to spend hours reading a series about a girl who only cares about fashion, popularity, hot celebrities, boys, wealth, and Paris? Blah, blah, blah.
Whenever the fan base starts obsessing over Dork Diaries and claims it contains positive role models, it just gives more reason to dislike it. Too many people are blind to the fact that Nikki is actually a lot like Mackenzie. She's a spoiled brat who never seems to appreciate that her parents do things for her own good because they care. She even calls them brain dead. Seriously? What has she ever done for them?
I feel bad for her parents and Brianna. Nikki treats Brianna like an animal, wishing she was dead and wanting to ship her off to a zoo. Her attitude toward an innocent five-year-old makes me so mad. I can't believe her parents don't confront her for her behavior.
Nikki is not a role model. She doesn't have real friends who help her grow as a person. Half the time, Chloe and Zoey push her into doing bad things, yet they never seem to face consequences because they're portrayed as perfect.
If Chloe and Zoey were really Nikki's best friends, why are they encouraging her to do all this bad stuff and then defending her when she faces consequences for things she chose to do on her own? All they ever do is gossip about Mackenzie for being rich and popular and make fun of her. But Mackenzie can't do the same because she's the antagonist?
Ridiculous. What kind of world are we living in where you can treat people however you want and play the victim just because you're not as popular or rich? That's not fair to Mackenzie, her parents, Brianna, or anyone else.
Besides, if you're so nice and smart, you'd know you're supposed to love your enemies, not hate them.... read more
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Nikki is a Mary Sue
I don't even hate Nikki because she's a one-dimensional character with no personality. I hate her because she ALWAYS constantly has to portray herself as the victim when she receives punishment. But then she somehow has the entitlement to act however she wants whenever she wants when Mackenzie can't do the same. Because whenever she does, she gets treated like a creep for being the rich and popular girl. Mackenzie got bullied for wearing braces in the 6th grade, but everyone comforts Chloe instead and makes fun of Mackenzie's. So that's just RICH, coming from YOU miss Maxwell every time you talk about Mackenzie making your life hell. As a matter of fact, those who read Dork Diaries and realize that there is actually something wrong in there actually know what kind of a person Nikki really is. A shallow, spoiled, entitled little brat who cares about no one but herself and she always has to get what she wants because she's the perfect protagonist. And then she always has to play the insecure new girl card who she thinks everyone is ganging up on. That's freaking rich, you brat.
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All the Girls are Tacky and Girly
Nikki tries to be someone she's not because they have like, one thing that she doesn't have. Why does she always have to be on top of everything? She acts like a goddess, always complaining and everyone else including her BFF's and family members are slaves and everyone has to do and give her what SHE wants when she wants. The girls are so annoying in this series. They literally dress like how girls use to dress in like, I dunno, the 90"s, and they're always obsessing over how cute they are and how they want boys to love them. Like... I have nice outfits, but not a boyfriend! I'm not complaining!
This book is bringing a horrible message to girls who have problems with fitting in school. It's like to Nikki, it's all about popularity, fashion, boys and mean girls. She never cares about actual important stuff in life. This book is so annoying, immature, dull and it's full of stupid school cliches about celebs, cute handsome boys and popular rich girls going after nerdy dorky girls. Plus I don't even know why people say that they're equivalent to how Disney Channel Shows are like. Since when does a girl in real life act like that? Obsessing over boy's and their good looks and wrestling mean rich girls? It's like the whole series revolves around being better than everyone else and being someone you're not. Nikki is always shaming her parents and saying that their poor and "brain dead" while first off, Nikki doesn't even have a job. Secondly, she doesn't succeed in school and proceeds to get rewarded because she brainwashed pretty much everyone into thinking she's perfect and dorky. I hope one day, everyone, especially her parents see everything she wrote in her diary about Mackenzie being a witch, her wanting to put Brianna in a pet zoo, calling her parents brain dead, etc. and then her parents spank her bottom so hard that it's red like roudlofs nose and she can barely even sit. Then we'll see whose brain dead
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Mackenzie Is the Worst Character Ever
Not only is she lazily written but I honestly feel so bad for her that she gets treated like a creep and a loser for being the stereotypical blonde rich popular girl. It's like for Mackenzie, she can't even live her life anymore without Nikki hunting her down and blaming her for everything. Mackenzie literally got shamed for wearing braces, got humiliated because of a video that someone made of her, literally got rejected by so many of her friends, got chocolate sauce spilled on her by Nikki, and for some reason when Mackenzie tells her off, she gets these suicidal thoughts and plays the victim card. Honestly, I am sick to bits of Nikki Maxwell and her love of being such a selfish ass. Mackenzie never gets to have anything-like she can't even talk to Brandon because she might get offended! Mackenzie can talk to Brandon whenever she wants you spoiled brat.
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Nikki is a Selfish Jerk
Nikki get's everything handed to her on a silver plate and she doesn't deserve any of it. She brainwashes and manipulates people into getting her way and getting what she wants. Who even wants to hang out with a selfish loser like her?! She gets these new outfits from her Grandma and then it's all, ", CRAP! My Grandma got me these ugly outfits! " And then when it's for Mackenzie, it's ", Mackenzie, you have it so easy! Everything is handed to you on a silver plate! You're such a selfish snake! " Oh, shut up Maxwell. Please die. Nobody likes you
Nikki is the most privileged character in the show, but she has a huge victim complex and believes she's being bullied severely when someone insults her clothes. I was physically and mentally abused by classmates for years to the point I didn't want to live anymore before I started middle school, and I don't complain nearly as much as she does. Even MacKenzie seems to be neglected by her parents, yet she considers her her 'enemy' because 1. She's popular and rich and 2. She dislikes her outfit.
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Nikki and Her Friends (Especially Brandon) Gets Expelled Into the Same School Where Mackenzie is and It Becomes Depressing Again!
This book made me just want to rip it all up into several pieces. As if Mackenzie wasn't enough of a prick to Nikki (for literally just living her life) now we get introduced to a Mackenzie 2.0 and her name is Tiffany Blaine Davenport. I swear to God, she actually pissed me off. Every single character, except for Brianna and surprisingly except for Brandon, Chloe and Zoey pissed me off. But Tiffany managed to go way too far, more than Mackenzie. This girl is always taking selfies, every 5 freaking seconds. First of all, she's not even that cute. And she always keeps asking Nikki to do stuff for her like she can't do it herself. To make matters worse, I hopefully thought that everyone making fun of Mackenzie would make her realize how Nikki felt the first time she met. But NO!
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Over use of the word 'OMG'
Okay, so if you're texting or talking to someone and you just happened to get surprised or shocked, that's what a lot of people say. But here in Dork Diaries, they say it every time! "O,M,G! Squeee!" like, every darn time, it gets really irritating.
I'm okay with people just using OMG in text, however what I'm not okay with is the way the girly-girls in Dork Diaries use OMG for literally EVERYTHING, like shut the hell up.
Literally, NO ONE uses abbreviation in real life (okay, maybe some do), but seriously, she uses it all the time, just STFU!
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It's Not Real
Since when did story books have to be real?!
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It Makes Fun of People with Braces
Dork Diaries is suppose to be teaching people especially girls that their flaws are what makes them beautiful. But then here they are, especially Brandon, shaming Mackenzie because she had braces in the 6th grade. Yet, their comforting Chloe saying that her braces look beautiful, but making fun of Mackenzie at the same time. And then she's the one blabbering endlessly about how bullying is not okay and that SHE's the victim. That is downright HYPOCRISY. So let me get this straight. Nikki's the protagonist. And Mackenzie is the ANTAGONIST. But the author decides that it's somewhat okay that the protagonist can make fun of Mackenzie whenever she wants because she's the antagonist and all and it's a good thing? So the author is a hypocrite. Good to know!
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It Provides Very Unrealistic Expectations for Kids and Tweens
The real message from this book is to act as spoiled and selfish like Nikki Maxwell. She has this unhealthy obsession with writing garbage about people in her diary. Like, this girl thinks that a diary is gonna solve all of her problems? Well, it doesn't, if you haven't noticed. Every single darn day of her pathetic life, A NEW PROBLEM! Always, "Oh, my parents won't let me do this! My parents won't let me do THAT! I got these ugly oufits! I want to spend money somewhere but my parents won't let me! WA! "
I don't know if she's noticed but she's even a bigger whiner than Brianna! So SHE should talk about being a BRAT!
If you want to learn how to be a conceited brat, then I recommend you read Dork Diaries, New York's Bestselling Series! WARNING: It's full of shallow, and cliche stereotypes where all the main character does is obsess over makeup, boys, celebs, clothes and being in the popular crowd in every single darn book of the series.
I used to like Dork Diaries when I started reading them in the 6th grade. I used to like Nikki, because she likes singing and stuff like that, but now as I dive deeper into the series, she's constantly getting obsessed with fashion, popularity and boys. Like, seriously not everything in life is about being popular. She's suppose to be teaching people the importance of accepting yourself for who you were made to be, but then there she is complaining about "ugly outfits", "teen drama", "not having a crush who actually likes you" and dealing with the big mean scary girl Mackenzie. She wastes her time fighting with Mackenzie and obsessing over flat dimensional stupid Brandon over good looks, while she should be studying and doing good in school. She does NOTHING in her life and calls her parents "BRAIN DEAD" because they don't get her what she wants. I don't understand how she did not get punished and confronted yet for writing trash about everyone in her diary. She thinks she's better than everyone else because she's the stereotypical dorky victim. She even says stuff like, "Don't hate me because I'm DORKALICIOUS!" For real?! Is this the message that Dork Diaries is seriously teaching people?... read more
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Everyone is White
Can you guys all shut up and stop fighting?! Seriously, you sound like 4-year olds right now.
This is so racist! You don't even know the color, so shut up!
Oh yes! Zoey is black. In Dork Diaries 2, it said that Zoey dressed up as Beyonce
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It's the Same Plot Line Every Time
Rachel Renee Russell has like, ZERO ideas for plot lines. It's like a cycle of everything that goes on, on a day-to-day basis. One day, she's complaining about her miserable life. Next day, she's complaining about Brianna. Next day, she fights with Mackenzie (using dumb fashion insults from the internet), next day, she's flirting with Brandon, next day, she, Chloe and Zoey (those mentally retarded idiots) are trying to find ways to get back at Mackenzie, and then the next day, she's crapping on her family for being so-called "embarrassing" and sucks the fun out of everything. Next day, she wins against Mackenzie. And if she doesn't, the cycle goes on and on again. This girl doesn't know when to shut up, does she? Get a life you whiny brat.
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Nikki is a Brat
Nikki is a phoney. She bullies her little sister who's only five years old. She's always saying stuff like, ", I can't believe you did this, Brianna! " Shut up, ok? She does the same things and she always has to find a way to throw it back on people because no one can say what they think about her anymore. She treats everyone like robots and starts making decisions for them, which is clearly why I hate Nikki more than Brianna.
Okay, so do you ever have those really annoying younger siblings who throw tantrums because they don't get what they want? Yeah, Nikki has that, infact, but she's setting a terrible example for Brianna by complaining a lot not only to annoy her parents, but it's like she's tatteling on people to a diary, as if that diary is going to solve all of her problems. Now how weird does THAT sound. So I don't know who she thinks she's trying to call a brat.