In April I read the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid Meltdown, by Jeff Kinney. Meltdown is a realistic fiction book about a boy named Greg who is struggling through the cold of winter. Some days when it snows a lot they get a snow day and Greg is forced to play outside by his mom because she wants him to play outside and socialize. This is an issue for Greg because he doesn’t like going outside or playing with other kids that much. His neighborhood also gets in a big fight, the upper Surey street kids, and the lower Surey street kids. Will Greg survive and win the fight?
I really liked this book as it felt like I was in the moment and I was Greg. I really enjoyed the books as a whole and just really like the series in general. I would recommend this book to really anyone unless they like longer books to read. The books feel very real and are funny and enjoyable.
My favorite character was Greg by far because his is funny, relatable and has a good sense of humor. He also is a victim of circumstance a lot considering all of the problems he runs into. Another one of my favorite traits about Greg is that he is relatable. One quote when Greg is relatable is on page 143, “We pretended the floor was LAVA…” “Me and Rodrick used to play that game for HOURS.” Those are to quotes that are relatable to me as I used to do the same.
My favorite quote from the book was on page 185 when the text says, “And when the Lower Surrey Street kids came BACK, we were READY for them.” The reason this quote is my favorite is because it is right before the best part of the book when the Lower Surrey Street come back and fight with the Upper Surrey Streets kids. It was a really exciting part of the book and that is when it started.