In February I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney. It is about a boy named Greg Heffley whose best friend Rowley gets a girlfriend. This affects Greg because Rowley doesn’t hang out with him anymore, and Greg gets a feeling that Rowley’s girlfriend is using him. Rowley doesn’t listen to Greg and thinks Greg is just jealous. Gregs grades start slipping and he is threatened by summer school if he doesn’t pull it together. He also finds a magic 8 ball under his brother’s bed and starts using it EVERYWHERE. In the end they become friends again and things go back to how they used to be.
I really liked this book a lot. I really enjoyed it because it was always interesting, what I mean by this is there isn’t a part of the book where it’s really boring for a couple chapters. There is always something new that is happening or a new goal that the characters are trying to achieve. Another reason I liked this book was it wasn’t too too long. It isn’t some picture book with 30 pages, but it also is a 300 page small print book that takes 4 years to read. The reason I enjoy shorter books is I’m a slower reader. Overall it was very good. I would recommend this book to really anyone that enjoys realistic type books, and for anyone that wants a quick-ish book to read.
My favorite character is Greg by far. The reason I like Greg so much is because I feel like he is very relatable. Not the way he acts but the things that happen to him. A quote that supports this is on page 74 when the text states, “But the thing I’ve learned is that you should never tell your mom you’ve got nothing to do.” The reason this quote is relatable is he tells his mom he is bored, then she tells him to do chores. This has happened to me many times and I get annoyed when it does.
My favorite quote from the book is on page 216 when the author states, “I know Mom’s always saying friends come and go but family is forever, and maybe that’s true.” I like this quote because it is true in life. It also in my opinion kind of sums up the book based on what happened with Rowley.
Make sure you share a character trait for your favourite character. Being relatable is not a character trait that teaches me about him as a person. It just means you can connect with him.