Book Review: Big Nate: The Crowd Goes Wild!

Book: Big Nate: The Crowd Goes Wild! by Lincoln Peirce

Source: Borrowed from NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: Available now

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Description:

Big Nate is big news! A mainstay on the New York Times Best Sellers List, Big Nate is now the star of his own musical, which debuted in spring 2013.

Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip, which has been nationally syndicated since 1991. Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm. To draw Big Nate, Peirce relies on memories of his own childhood and the experiences he collected teaching art at a New York City high school. Peirce occasionally turns his pen over to his creation, and readers get to see life through Nate's eyes as he doodles his adventures in his notebook.


Rating: 5 stars

Review:

This is the second Big Nate book I've read (the first was Big Nate: All Work and No Play) and I think this one might be even funnier than that one.

Nate Wright just can not stay out of trouble from being annoying to his teachers and classmates at school to annoying his father and sister at home and anyone else he happens to meet out in the world. He's an adorable little trouble maker who you either want to root for or you wish would go away. Nate isn't the only one causing trouble his best friends Teddy and Francis both provide the laughs as well.

I seen where many fans compare Nate to Charlie Brown but to me he's more Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes.

Nate and Calvin are both annoying little pains that cause trouble, where as Charlie Brown unfortunately just has low self-esteem but with friends like his it's no wonder he's a little bit of a sad sack. The only thing I would say Nate and Charlie have in common are their crazy dogs.

I laughed so much from reading this, it's really one of those books that will have you laughing out loud. Nate doesn't always get into trouble, during those times he's just trying to figure out his life which some how ends up with him getting into trouble.