Diary of a Wimpy Kid

The book I read was Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and I must say I think this book is weird. Basically this book is what call a “comedy book”, a book that doesn’t focus on the central story but focuses more on trying to make you laugh. The whole idea of the story of “the common American teen and how he tries to the biggest douche on this side of the planet while also tries survive middle school and his family”. That surprisingly sums up the story of this book.

The story, as you may guess, is about a teen named Greg Hefley who is a part of a trinomial family. Alongside him we have his older brother, Rodrick, who sets low expectations, his younger brother, Manny, who is basically the queen of France, and his mom and dad. As we get closer through the story we learn about his best friend Rowley, who develops surprisingly more than the main character, Greg. The whole idea of this is to survive middle school without any problems. Honestly if this were a normal this would be Rowley’s story, but this isn’t no normal book. Honestly I would read this book from beginning to end for its gags. For example, when on new year’s, when Greg decided to play with Manny by pretending a piece of string was a spider, you expect some character development for Greg, Right? Nope! “Manny was squealing and you know what. The fool swallowed it.” Then later Manny runs to Mrs. Hefley and tells her that he swallowed a spider but Greg told him it just string. Mom gets out some and tells to pick the size. But, Manny pulls out an orange from the fridge. Then the ending quote: “My new year’s resolution was to never to play with Manny again.

I still think this is still a good book and it teaches you the morals of family and middle school. But at the same time it hits you with gags and it surprisingly keeps a balance. If you want something to keep you laughing and still want some morals this is a good book for you. However beware, you need a clear mind to read this book.

Book Review by Daemon F.