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Spider-Man: Far From Home: Peter and Ned's Ultimate Travel Journal
Peter Parker's off to Europe with his classmates from school! How does Spider-Man stay one step ahead of the bad guys while on the road, while keeping his identity a secret? You can find that out-and a whole lot more-in this book filled with epic writings from Peter and his best friend Ned. With the help of MJ, Peter and Ned have jotted down all the exciting things they saw while traveling through Europe: favorite foods, photo ops, Spidey-secrets, and more. This ultimate travel journal has it all!
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 4, 2019
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Preeti Chhibber
42 books148 followersPreeti Chhibber is a huge nerd. She usually spends her time reading a ridiculous amount of Young Adult, but is also ready to jump into most fandoms at a moment’s notice. You can follow her on Twitter @runwithskizzers.
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June 8, 2019
My favorite part of Homecoming was when Peter briefly gives up being Spider-man and gets his teen life together. Starts making good grades and asks his crush to the dance.
So this book was extremely my jam as it focuses on the teen life side of Parker. It is charming, fun and funny. A journal of planning their trip and their experiences told by Peter, Ned and occasionally MJ too. Aside from being funny, it includes lots of fun educational tidbits about the places in their European vacation. Highly recommend for fans of Spider-man.
So this book was extremely my jam as it focuses on the teen life side of Parker. It is charming, fun and funny. A journal of planning their trip and their experiences told by Peter, Ned and occasionally MJ too. Aside from being funny, it includes lots of fun educational tidbits about the places in their European vacation. Highly recommend for fans of Spider-man.
June 26, 2019
I'm going to have to say, meh.
I'm a Spiderman fan and the idea behind this one sounded cute and entertaining (MJ, Ned, and Peter keeping a group journal on their European study tour), but I wasn't that charmed.
The book is almost entirely one-note in its style of humor and Peter and Ned's voices are interchangeable to the point that I had to keep backing up to remember which of them was represented by red typeface and which by black.
The educational parts, with thoughts about European sites and personages felt tacked in, though I did enjoy some of MJ's snark and the way the boys reacted to her commentary.
I'm giving it to my tween daughter to see if it's an age thing. Maybe she'll find it funnier than I did.
I'm a Spiderman fan and the idea behind this one sounded cute and entertaining (MJ, Ned, and Peter keeping a group journal on their European study tour), but I wasn't that charmed.
The book is almost entirely one-note in its style of humor and Peter and Ned's voices are interchangeable to the point that I had to keep backing up to remember which of them was represented by red typeface and which by black.
The educational parts, with thoughts about European sites and personages felt tacked in, though I did enjoy some of MJ's snark and the way the boys reacted to her commentary.
I'm giving it to my tween daughter to see if it's an age thing. Maybe she'll find it funnier than I did.
July 12, 2019
Writing - very good
Art - Not good. Neither Ned nor MJ looked like themselves.
Art - Not good. Neither Ned nor MJ looked like themselves.
May 1, 2021
It is a good book for any Spider-Man Fan!
August 18, 2022
A cute read I definitely would’ve adored as a child! Seriously cute and fun & full of odd inside facts. ~ Only wish the font variations were more easily noticeable particularly between Ned & MJ.
August 8, 2019
SO DISAPPOINTING!
It's basically Ned and Peter sharing a journal, and discrediting everything the other says. I am a huuge marvel fan, but this made me mad. I expected it to be kiddy, but not a dumbed down version of Far From Home! It skips over everything with Mysterio, and any actions scenes where Peter is Spiderman. Every character annoyed me, and they didn't feel or sound like themselves.
It's basically Ned and Peter sharing a journal, and discrediting everything the other says. I am a huuge marvel fan, but this made me mad. I expected it to be kiddy, but not a dumbed down version of Far From Home! It skips over everything with Mysterio, and any actions scenes where Peter is Spiderman. Every character annoyed me, and they didn't feel or sound like themselves.
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July 13, 2019
This was so fun! The illustrations are very cute and funny, and the camaraderie between Peter, Ned, and MJ is perfect. I appreciated MJ’s educational sections!
There are no major spoilers for the movie; one minor plot point involving Nick Fury is touched on.
There are no major spoilers for the movie; one minor plot point involving Nick Fury is touched on.
August 8, 2019
A delightful fun book about Peter Parker and his friends going to Europe with their class, lucky kids! I loved that Ned and Peter kept switching between stuff as if they are having a conversation and it was fun to see MJ pop in as well. Have to say that, despite being a girl, I just couldn't care about the famous woman stuff stuffed between things. I cared more about food, fun attractions, Spidey stuff, and what happened in each country. There are also illustrations and I just adored them. Just a shame some got repeated throughout the book. But all in all a delightful book, happy to see Peter having a good time though he should care more about his backpacks. Plus there is some romance and some flirting. Definitely would recommend this one to all.
January 13, 2020
There is nothing here
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February 1, 2023
I loved it
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July 12, 2019Everything about this was so cute. Peter, Ned, and MJ, please lemme be your best friend.
July 3, 2019
Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal is overall a very cute book that highlights fun touristy attractions and culture from the many European destinations they take on their school trip. The illustrations add humor to the book as well as illustrate what characters are feeling when talking about certain events in the journal. I honestly thought there would be more plot to this book that would follow along with the movie, but overall I was pleased with the fun facts presented in the book. Three stars.
July 4, 2019
4.5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading this and I really had to contain my laughter cause there were a few that almost made me lol.
Kinda had a bit of a spoiler but I'm not too sure. Plus its somewhat educational.
I really enjoyed reading this and I really had to contain my laughter cause there were a few that almost made me lol.
Kinda had a bit of a spoiler but I'm not too sure. Plus its somewhat educational.
June 30, 2019
Super cute! So many good jokes and the thing I loved the most was how the theme of friendship was central to the diary. (Also I am now fully prepared for Spider-Man: Far From Home.)
February 5, 2022
This hybrid storytelling approach was interesting. I'm more of a 3.5 than a 3, because I appreciated the premise. I mean, I know this is a companion book to a Marvel movie so it's got a lot of limitations, such as not spoiling the movie and not setting into canon anything Marvel doesn't want to deal with later. Elements that made the book hard for me to follow --this is a journal account of a series of events, not a story in the conventional sense-- were related to formatting and voice. The three characters are identifiable by the color and the font style their 'voice' is being reproduced in: Peter is red, Ned is black, and MJ is gray. Stylistically, Peter and Ned had very similar speaking / writing voices, so I mixed them up a lot. MJ and Ned I confused if I wasn't paying close enough attention as gray is not a far jump from Black, especially in low light. And then were the illustrations --I was amused that they're essentially fast sketches but, were the artists paid by the image instead of a via usual book-length contract? Sketches get re-used, which confused me because then I was like: did I already read this part? It seemed like a money-saving move, which, what?? This is NOT a long book, word-count-wise. Marvel / Disney has resources enough for the next TWO centuries, they can afford to pay their artists and writers.
As a travelogue, I enjoyed learning about local food and important women, and I wanted to give author Preeti Chhibber, who I know from the Desi Geek Girls podcast, a big old high five for suggesting some excellent reading material. In this moment in the country, it's probably not a bad idea to sneak Between the World and Me and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas into what appears to be fluff reading. Real subversive, that.
The running gag about the sad / pathetic teacher made me smile. I liked how, while the kids were trying to translate languages of the countries they were traveling in, they were also translating his situation based on his words.
And to the above point, if I didn't already know that Ned is Filipino, MJ is mix-race Black and white, and Flash is otherwise non-white (South Asian?), this book would NOT have enlightened me. What's that about? All the illustrations looked like white kids. My partner, in fact, glanced at the book and said everyone looked like Archie.
As a travelogue, I enjoyed learning about local food and important women, and I wanted to give author Preeti Chhibber, who I know from the Desi Geek Girls podcast, a big old high five for suggesting some excellent reading material. In this moment in the country, it's probably not a bad idea to sneak Between the World and Me and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas into what appears to be fluff reading. Real subversive, that.
The running gag about the sad / pathetic teacher made me smile. I liked how, while the kids were trying to translate languages of the countries they were traveling in, they were also translating his situation based on his words.
And to the above point, if I didn't already know that Ned is Filipino, MJ is mix-race Black and white, and Flash is otherwise non-white (South Asian?), this book would NOT have enlightened me. What's that about? All the illustrations looked like white kids. My partner, in fact, glanced at the book and said everyone looked like Archie.
June 15, 2019
A super adorable companion to the upcoming film. Made me chuckle out loud several times. The art is charming. I love MJ's lists of incredible women to discover from each country's history. (MJ in general is pretty hilarious.) Loved it.
June 14, 2019
the cutest
June 12, 2019
I bought this for my 11yo and he loved it! Lots of lol’s and quiet giggles while he read. Then he insisted I read it and it was a lot of fun! Highly recommend for young readers, those who love Spidey, and anyone who needs a good laugh to brighten their day! 😁🕷❤️
June 9, 2019
This was a super cute kids book! It made me even more excited to see the movie!. And spider-man is my favorite superhero so it was a fun, quick read. :)
June 10, 2019
This was genuinely funny, heart-warming and delightful. Peter likes MJ so much my heart is SO FULL.
July 24, 2019
Peter and Ned's Ultimate Travel Journal is an amusing idea for a Spider-Man: Far from Home tie-in, ostensibly a, well, travel journal kept by Peter and Ned during their European adventure. Preeti Chhibber has a lot of fun writing their back-and-forth dialogue, with frequent participation from MJ, and while it doesn't sound exactly like their movie voices, it's not hard to imagine them saying the lines since she captures their personalities well (Ned and MJ especially). While it follows the movie and references some specific events from the movie, it has no major spoilers, and its general plot throughline is a series of running jokes about Peter mooning over MJ and losing backpacks. I loved how the book doubled as an actual travel guide, as in each city, Chhibber provides information on local food, places to visit, and historical women (courtesy of MJ, obvs). The art by George McClements and Stéphane Kardos is appropriately simple and cartoony (these kids are not artists), but it did bug me that the characters have no shading and thus all appear white. You see MJ, Peter, Ned, and Flash standing next to each other, and they all look like they're white. It's weird. But overall, this is an enjoyable read that made me smile and want to visit a lot of these places.
April 25, 2021
Charming joint travel log of Ned and Peter Parker during Spider-Man: Far From Home. I enjoyed the mix of art, journal entry, texts, and self insert fan-fiction. The depictions of Ned and MJ surprised me - they looked like white kids, not the actors from the movie.
I suspect the authors made a deliberate choice not to give this a heroic story. There's no climax; no villains to overcome; no triumphant return quashed by J. Jonah Jamison. That left me a little cold.
Still, a good book to curl up with as I'm reeling from my COVID shot.
I suspect the authors made a deliberate choice not to give this a heroic story. There's no climax; no villains to overcome; no triumphant return quashed by J. Jonah Jamison. That left me a little cold.
Still, a good book to curl up with as I'm reeling from my COVID shot.
November 11, 2019
i loved this so much and i got so many little giggles from it!! i love peter and neds friendship so much! i just wish a lot of the drawings weren't recycled throughout this book, pretty sure one of peter, ned, mj, and flash was used 4 or 5 times. i still loved it tho and it's such a quick read!
November 4, 2020
Read this with my 3 year-old nephew. He loved the illustrations in the book and the way I impersonated spider-web posture and Peter's voice while translating word-by-word to him in the cafeteria. It was fun, and a little embarrassing, tbh.
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May 13, 2020Really fun, but sometimes the teen-speak was a bit much (I do not believe Peter Parker would say "bae"). Otherwise its a fun companion to the movie.
December 17, 2022
Pretty fun and cute! My heart needed this dose of levity!
October 2, 2022
Cute lil book if you're a big fan of SpiderMan!
November 17, 2019
It's a cute, little book to accompany the movie. I only wish it wasn't so repetitive, redundant, and didn't push feminism a whole bunch. Might be fun for kids, maybe, but it certainly wasn't my cup of tea.
I didn't mind the girl power at first, but it got old really fast when MJ would list a few women for each location (and their achievements). It was clear she was all for it in the book, but she didn't really even talk about that stuff in the movie from what I recall, so it seemed rather pointless and as if there was an agenda there.
Plus, there wasn't really any reference to all of the action in the movie. The author tried to make this book funny and just went way overboard on it, making the characters all seem stupid except MJ and maybe Spidey. Overall, the book was really dumbed down for kids and wasn't super enjoyable for me... like, I only read it for Spidey. I could care less about Ned, tbh, though he wasn't as bad in Far From Home.
I didn't mind the girl power at first, but it got old really fast when MJ would list a few women for each location (and their achievements). It was clear she was all for it in the book, but she didn't really even talk about that stuff in the movie from what I recall, so it seemed rather pointless and as if there was an agenda there.
Plus, there wasn't really any reference to all of the action in the movie. The author tried to make this book funny and just went way overboard on it, making the characters all seem stupid except MJ and maybe Spidey. Overall, the book was really dumbed down for kids and wasn't super enjoyable for me... like, I only read it for Spidey. I could care less about Ned, tbh, though he wasn't as bad in Far From Home.
February 19, 2021
This is so fun! If you enjoy Spiderman Far From Home, you might enjoy this "journal" of Peter and Ned (and sometimes MJ). They are sort of documenting the events of the movie but not quite. I'm not sure how to explain it. They mention battles that happen in the movie, but they don't describe them with any kind of detail, so the movie won't really be spoiled if you haven't seen it. I think I would have liked hanging out with this group when I was their age. Appropriate for middle-grade and older.
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