First-person accounts of teenage angst and sexual fumblings told in diary form at a furious pace with a cast of colourful and varied characters may always attract such comparisons, but the pigeonholing does a little disservice to the originality of voice and poetic vision of this young Welsh novelist's work.
Told in diary form, the book follows an unpopular sixth grader, Rafe, who comes up with what he calls a "stupendous, really, really Big Idea".
The first part of the novel is told in diary form by one of their young disciples - a puzzling figure not remembered by others in the movement - who interrupts observations on Belano and Lima to recount his early sexual encounters.
The tale was told in diary form by the ship's captain, who had gone on to work in Nantucket as a night watchman.
(Ages 8 to 12) An exciting adventure tale, told in diary entries by 13-year-old Sophie and her cousin Cody.
The New Yorker, September 19 , 1925P. 7 Told in diary form commencing at 5 02 A.M. and recorded every few minutes to 7 52 P.M.
It is told in diary form over one man's long lifetime, but manages to withhold the most basic biographical details along the way.
His historical novel, told in the style of a diary, describes the journey of a man in search of an elusive book, The Hundredth Name, throughout the Middle East and Europe in 1665.
It is told in the form of a diary, sitting by sitting, easily, conversationally, insightfully, with a delicate humour, often self-deprecating.
"We" is told in the form of a diary; the worlds of "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451" are seen entirely through the eyes of the main characters.
