This is an amazingly funny book. The Wimpy Kid series should not be confined to people under 18 so I highly urge adults to read all three as soon as possible. My sides hurt and my eyes watered. The book is so funny and each one is better than the last which means ‘The Last Straw’ is the funniest so far. The author has a knack of mentioning things that kids and kids who have become older can all identify with. It's simply great.
My favourite scene in this book was the gym class in which middle school students are urged by their gym teacher and other teachers to dance the Hokey Pokey! What a nightmare! What fun! Rowley is the sad friend who is embarrassing to be with and makes a great stooge for our hero. Mum is supposedly "hip" and so ‘uncool’ that she needs to be kept in the house and not let out for activities that involve being "with it". Dad can't stay on a diet and Greg's New Year's Resolution is telling everybody else what's wrong with them!
Just a wonderful book and I think that we will see more of them. This is truly a classic series and too good just to be isolated in the kids' section. Adults get your "Young Adult" reading done right away!
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