Review ~ Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Review: This book was hilarious. I laughed out loud so many times that people were starting to look at me funny. I think the biggest selling point of this series is the drawings which was a brilliant idea by the author. It still allows the reader to use his/her imagination, but it conveys the absolute absurdity of the situations the protagonist gets himself into.

As a teacher, it's always great to find books that kids of all ages (especially boys) like to read and the bonus is it's one I can enjoy too! It brought back memories of my own struggles in elementary school, but in a "it's always good to find a way to laugh about it" kind of way.

I know the live-action movie is out this weekend and I'm sure it will do well, but I think it would have been better as an animated film (maybe stop-motion). I think the real people will spoil the fun a bit because real people never live up to our own imagination. I'll update this after I've seen the movie and see if I change my mind. I'll also see what my students thought of the movie.

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