I grew up reading Archie comics- I think my dad really wanted my sister and I to be into comic books more and happily bought us the Archie comics hoping it would evolve into superhero stuff (it only sort of did). I saw this at the library and was excited to revisit the Riverdale gang. And this was a cute book but I didn't like it much more than to think "oh. cute. ok." Maybe it's because Betty isn't my Archie girl of choice (I lean more towards Veronica; she's fun and also a brat). I thought the diary concept was cool and I liked the little drawings throughout but I didn't love the stories. Mostly because Betty is such a goody goody and her issues and problems come from joining too many clubs or working too hard! I think I would have liked this more if it was balanced with more of the other characters, like a joint diary between Veronica and Betty. But still, cute book.

I wasn’t the biggest fan of the book. I found the characters were different from Archie. I know it’s supposed to be Betty’s book but I find I like Archie’s story better.