I read it for the humor. And I was satisfied with how the author crafted the situations, lines and colloquial Filipino language. I was just annoyed of too much emoticons, since a book should show readers and let them feel every sensation through words. But since this was written by the author in her high school years, I guess that's forgivable. I just wished the book had more build up on characters and their issues, as well as the settings. This goes to the rest of the series, by the way. Once upon a time, in a land far away…How many times have we seen our dear, precious stories from childhood start that way? How many times have we read about beautiful princesses, tricked by a witch, or a goblin, or other nasty creatures, and eventually saved by the prince and lived a "Happily Ever After"? How many times have we wished for our own fairy tale ending, to have our own prince swoop us up and run off towards the horizon?I, for one, during my early years, wished for that a lot. I sighed, imagined, daydreamed. I even fantasized about being Ariel and having my very own Prince Eric (call me creepy, but hey! I was young!), about having to live in a big castle with luscious gardens and with servants tending to my wants and needs left and right (this got amplified when I visited some castles in France and Germany. They were absolutely beautiful).So, what do these have to do with ''DIARY NG PANGET ''First of all, if the awesome book movie for ''DIARY NG PANGET'' is what created an interest in Coleen's debut, all I can tell you is this:Lower Your Expectations ..(Even watching the movie, after the fact, I am excited and impressed. And then I remember. And then woe.)The book sadly doesn't live up to the awesomeness that advertised it. I'm not even a fan of book movies, but the promotion department for this book deserves a big raise. The editing department might not. But, if you're just now hearing about fairytales , ugly nerds turned into beautiful princesses, this might end up being the book for you. It's a tad long, a tad overwrought, but it's got a lot of heart and, at times, can be very entertaining. Coleen *** / Ate Dennysaur creates a vibrant world with two interesting and diverse leads, and I can say the paths and plots she takes them through is very predictable.The ''diary ng panget '' book isn't a bad book by any means. It's just not as good as you, or I, or that book movie want it to be. Those looking for a saccharine-ly sweet Disney tale should read this, but readers in search of a vibrant setting with complex and contradictory characters will have to find another book, if not a particularly memorable one. There's some room for improvement, and editing, but Coleen has a satisfactory beginning to her new series.
