{"id":102,"date":"2014-05-17T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybookreport.net\/?p=102"},"modified":"2014-05-17T18:17:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T18:17:02","slug":"diary-of-a-wimpy-kid-by-jeff-kinney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybookreport.net\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title<\/strong>: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
\nScored a<\/strong>: C-
\nStatus<\/strong>: Finished<\/p>\n

\"Diary<\/a>
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Diary of a Wimpy Kid<\/em> was a disappointment. I picked it up because the art looked like a lot of fun. And it’s true, the comics in it are pretty charming. The problem was the characters.<\/p>\n

With a few exceptions, the characters are pretty repellant.<\/p>\n

The father’s sexism\/homophobia\/whateverness made anytime he was on the page teeth-gratingly irritating. While he was a good explanation for why the wimpy kid was a real jerk, I could have really done without him.<\/p>\n

One of the bits of the story that really stood out to me was how the kid wanted a Barbie Dream House for some reason, and his father threw a fit, so the kid asked his uncle, who gave him a Barbie instead. So the father threw another fit and ordered him to get rid of it.<\/p>\n

I don’t care much that the kid never learned a lesson about how not to be horrible, because that would have been fine if he was at least entertaining to watch going from situation to situation. But in the end I just wanted my money back.<\/p>\n

I rated this a C- instead of anything lower because the art was fun.<\/p>\n

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