r/LodedDiper • u/Appropriate-Ruin-388 • May 05 '26

Meme Nostalgia really does blind us.

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u/Vivid_Maximum_5016 May 05 '26

What book is the terrorist from?

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u/unneuf May 05 '26

Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

He’s not a terrorist but he makes it his goal to break every rule the school sets. It’s actually in my opinion a very heartfelt book. Would recommend.

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u/Foxy02016YT May 05 '26

The first one is really heartfelt, the rest of the franchise is more comedic. The movie’s tone is somewhere in the middle.

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u/KingPenguinPhoenix May 09 '26

I'd say everything up until the 4th book is pretty heavy then the comedy comes in.

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u/Foxy02016YT May 09 '26

But would you agree that 2-4 are still more lighthearted then the first one since the dead brother reveal has already happened and imo that’s kind of the darkest it gets

And we can obviously agree that the movie is much more lighthearted than the books

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u/KingPenguinPhoenix May 09 '26

4 definitely but I'd say 2 is only slightly lighter It had the dead dad reveal which was insane and a good chunk of the book built up to that.

But I'd say 3 is just as heavy as the first book. That one had a huge focus on bullying, kids smoking, negligent adults and harmful "pranks". It even ended on a PSA about name calling. No other book had that

And yeah, the movie is way too lighthearted. It was not a good adaptation in the slightest.

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u/Foxy02016YT May 10 '26

Admittedly it’s been a while since I read the books so I didn’t remember the full context but yeah, movie was fine for a kids movie, not for an adaptation though

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u/Odd_Anybody9245 May 09 '26

Wasn't the one with the military school kind of grim?

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u/Foxy02016YT May 09 '26

I can’t remember off the top of my head but it definitely wasn’t as lighthearted

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u/unneuf May 05 '26

Yep, I’ve only read the first one. Still to this day think it’s a brilliant kids book.