This was such a great and entertaining book. Once again, my 20-year-old friend read it during my office shift. He read it in one sitting and was constantly laughing. This is proof that even though Diary of a Wimpy Kid is labeled as a Young Adult novel, it is loved by readers of all ages.
I thought the layout of the book, words and pictures together, was an excellent way for the book. Of course, it was the obvious way to record a young adult’s emotions and every day adventures. The pictures supplied a great visual to the jokes the author, Jeff Kinney, wrote. The book does well at relating the every day emotions and activities of middle school and even high school students such as image, girls, popularity (peer pressure, class favorites), friends (fights), abilities, older siblings who make life hard for you just because it’s entertaining to them, etc. to today’s young adults. It could help students feel better about themselves. The book is such a fun read due to the cartoons which helps to break away from having to read so many words. I definitely enjoyed it because most books which have pages after pages full of nothing but words is boring and hard to stay with. Diary of a Wimpy Kid kept me entertained. The personality of Greg is great and he definitely is like many young adults in how he feels about life. The book is an awesome way to attract boys to journaling.
It is funny how the Cheese Touch becomes a sense of stress to Greg- “I don’t need that kind of stress in my life anymore.” The ideas in the book are great and funny. It reminds me of all the strange things, such as cooties-“Circle, circle, dot, dot. Now I’ve got my cootie shot”- that I used to do with my friends in elementary and junior high. In the book, the character, Greg, tells us that they are placed in reading groups- Gifted or Easy- and you can tell which group you were placed in by the assigned book. This is very similar to the school I went to from Kindergarten to Eighth grade. We didn’t have reading groups, but our classes were divided into Honors or Average. Lucky me, I was in each and every average class. Not one honors class. To me, having those divided classes into honors or average brings down students’ self-esteem. It’s horrible. It makes them feel like they don’t have the ability to succeed. They are labeled as “Average.” I was that child labeled as “average” until I reached high school where I made nothing but A’s in each of my classes. I believe teachers ignore the potential in students and just throw them in the average group.
There was one part of the book which I did not understand. On page 39, I could not tell the difference between the two cartoons. One is supposed to be “a good time to screw up” and the other “a bad time to screw up.” They look the same to me. I did enjoy the part of the book on page 42 when the mom makes Rodrick answer questions she created in punishment for his actions. The last question and Rodrick’s response were great:
Question: “Do you have anything you want to say to women for having owned this offensive magazine?”
Rodrick’s response: “I’m sorry women.”
I would recommend this book to anybody. It is very entertaining a sure winner amongst young audiences. It relates well to what young adults are going through at the middle school age and allows them to laugh and feel better about similar situations they have been in.
I thought the layout of the book, words and pictures together, was an excellent way for the book. Of course, it was the obvious way to record a young adult’s emotions and every day adventures. The pictures supplied a great visual to the jokes the author, Jeff Kinney, wrote. The book does well at relating the every day emotions and activities of middle school and even high school students such as image, girls, popularity (peer pressure, class favorites), friends (fights), abilities, older siblings who make life hard for you just because it’s entertaining to them, etc. to today’s young adults. It could help students feel better about themselves. The book is such a fun read due to the cartoons which helps to break away from having to read so many words. I definitely enjoyed it because most books which have pages after pages full of nothing but words is boring and hard to stay with. Diary of a Wimpy Kid kept me entertained. The personality of Greg is great and he definitely is like many young adults in how he feels about life. The book is an awesome way to attract boys to journaling.
It is funny how the Cheese Touch becomes a sense of stress to Greg- “I don’t need that kind of stress in my life anymore.” The ideas in the book are great and funny. It reminds me of all the strange things, such as cooties-“Circle, circle, dot, dot. Now I’ve got my cootie shot”- that I used to do with my friends in elementary and junior high. In the book, the character, Greg, tells us that they are placed in reading groups- Gifted or Easy- and you can tell which group you were placed in by the assigned book. This is very similar to the school I went to from Kindergarten to Eighth grade. We didn’t have reading groups, but our classes were divided into Honors or Average. Lucky me, I was in each and every average class. Not one honors class. To me, having those divided classes into honors or average brings down students’ self-esteem. It’s horrible. It makes them feel like they don’t have the ability to succeed. They are labeled as “Average.” I was that child labeled as “average” until I reached high school where I made nothing but A’s in each of my classes. I believe teachers ignore the potential in students and just throw them in the average group.
There was one part of the book which I did not understand. On page 39, I could not tell the difference between the two cartoons. One is supposed to be “a good time to screw up” and the other “a bad time to screw up.” They look the same to me. I did enjoy the part of the book on page 42 when the mom makes Rodrick answer questions she created in punishment for his actions. The last question and Rodrick’s response were great:
Question: “Do you have anything you want to say to women for having owned this offensive magazine?”
Rodrick’s response: “I’m sorry women.”
I would recommend this book to anybody. It is very entertaining a sure winner amongst young audiences. It relates well to what young adults are going through at the middle school age and allows them to laugh and feel better about similar situations they have been in.
1 comment:
It seems like you'll be able to sell a few of your books for a bit more than you'd get if you resold them to the bookstore. he he he. Kinney's book is so funny, but like you say, I think it's funny b/c it's so dead-on.
Post a Comment