My Diary: by Kylie Mole

by Maryanne Fahey

Kylie Mole, an average teenager, kept a diary for over a year. It was a huge undertaking for Kyle, who also had to contend with the problems of everyday teenage life - unfaithful boyfriends, spac little brothers and bogans, to name but three. We feel that society is the richer for Kylie's efforts. Here is one of the most accurate documents ever published on how a teenager's mind actually works.

Genres: Humor

128 pages, Unknown Binding

Reviews

[Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would probably think this book was dumb if a read it now. I know I saw Maryanne Fahey talking about how she came up with the character of Kylie Mole a few years later and I thought it was really stupid and contrived. I would grow up unable to reconcile how Kylie could be into Jason Donovan AND Guns N' Roses.

Having said all that, I loved this book when I got it when I was 11 and probably read it three times. I was lucky I was allowed to finish it as during my first reading, my mother picked it up to see what it was and opened to a page and read aloud something along the lines of "Today was spac. Mum and dad still haven't got divorced." I guess it could have been worse.

So, for all the pleasure this book gave me at ages 11 and 12, I give it 5 stars.

[Savannah Cromarty · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just finished reading "My Diary:By Kylie Mole", by Maryanne Fahey. Before I started this book, I thought it was going to be about a girl who thinks she is amazing and loves herself a lot.

This book is mainly about a girl named Kylie Mole, she has a brother Adam, and her mum and dad.
Kylie Mole is a big bogan, and talks like one too. She doesn't like school at all and can not stand her worst enemy, Amanda. All she likes about school is boys. Throughout the book she has about 3 different boyfriends, and has kissed about 15 other boys. She doesn't like doing anything with her family either.

The part I enjoyed the most was her 14th birthday, where she describes how they go on a trip to her Nan's place and she thinks it is the worst day of her life. You read on to find out exactly how her day went. I really liked this part of the book.

I recommend this book to anyone who likes a bit of Aussie humour. It does swear quite a bit, and is a little inappropriate in some parts of the book which wrecks it a little bit. Because of this, I believe it is more targeted to a mature audience. But other than that, it is a really funny book, I have enjoyed reading this style of literature.

[Kt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah The Comedy Comedy! Sure there was Con the Fruiterer, Uncle Arthur, Colin Carpenter and David Rabbitborough; but for me it was all about Kylie Mole. I was a big fan of the show and when I got both The Comedy Company Cassette Tape and The Secret Diary of Kylie Mole for Christmas in between year six and seven I nearly lost my mind! I read the diary so many times in year seven, I could pretty much recite it.

The Secret Diary of Kylie Mole takes you inside Kylie’s world for a school year as she goes through the trials and tribulations of being a teenage girl. Her parents and little brother are embarrassing bogans, there is her arch nemesis Amanda, she wants her acne to go away and to have the life of Kylie and Jason from Neighbours; and of course there’s Dino. Her first love and the one she pashes. There are many laugh out loud moments and I still find it just as funny today as I did in 1990/91 when she goes, she goes, she just goes!

[Mali · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book and that is why I really gave this book 4.5 stars. The only problem that I had with this book was that I didn't relate to Kylie as much as I would of liked to. For the most part of this book Kylie is 2 years older then me yet, I seamed to be able to know how to do some things that she had no idea how to. I don't know if it's just the different time period of what but for things like how she spells what like "wot". Seriously, I knew how to spell what in kindy in year 1. Saying all that, this book did have a lot of up sides to it as well. I especially liked how there were some bits printed and some in her handwriting. I really loved this book!

[Sheree · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was reminded of the Comedy Company show aired in the late 80s in Australia. Kylie Mole was my hero when I was ten in 1989. This book saw me through many brain surgeries & I was also given her jigsaw puzzle that no doubt helped save my nurses sanity. I lost count of how many times I reread this book

[Bianca D'Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

My dad picked this up for me from the local salvos and I was honestly a little wary reading this. It didn't seem like something I would be into. And then a night ago my friend and I were rummaging through my bookshelves and decided to have some fun and read this out loud to each other. Kylie Mole was easily relatable and humorous. She was great with play on words and keeping up with trends. I especially enjoyed this because of the setting, and characters. It felt like I was reading my own journal from how aussie this book felt and just to be able to see all these Australian nouns were exciting. And I especially loved Dino because we're both "wogs".

[Yandinna Skvaridlo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will never forget this book. I was about 12yrs old when I read it, and I will never forget how funny it was. I honestly read it about 10-15 times and It gave me a good laugh each time. I would love to find a copy of it again to see if my daughter likes it, but the humour these days has changed, so It would be interesting to find out.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a birthday gift when I turned 10. I loved it then even though I didn't understand all the subject matter at the time. I still find it a funny read but maybe because I am brought back to a more naive and childish time

[Grace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a greast book!!!! It really showed how a 14-15 year old girl thinks!!

[Esrae Bain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember reading this at twelve and thinking it was hilarious.... I still have a giggle over it.

[Lea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been almost 30 years since I originally read it and although it's dated, still had some legit LOL moments. Seems some comedy never gets old :D

[C R · Rating 5 out of 5]

A staple of my teens! So much so that When I was an adult and had long lost my copy I hunted it out and bought it.
I'm sure reading it as an adult I wouldn't give it 5 stars but you can ignore sentimentality.
Kylie made me want to write a journal (which I did), get a hickey (which I um... did) and get a fish named fish (which I didnt), plus everything else she did.
I will always always love this book.