According to me it wasn't like the diaries. I didn't really find it insul,e o degree the people are easily offended would feel offended. But I felt that it wasn't insulting. There was nothing like the diaries or anything to be offneded about for that matter. Overall it was a pretty good read and really funny. The illustrations and chapter names were comical, the name changes weren't really note worthy but the sub-notes were absolutely hilarious according to me.