Title: Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid
Publisher: Amulet Books (a division of Abrams; series website at wimpykid.com)
Date: 2019
Writer: Jeff Kinney
Artist: Jeff Kinney
Such a disappointment.
I haven't been that big a fan of the Wimpy Kid books, but my son loves them, and the series had had its share of funny jokes. I was looking forward to this one a bit more than others in the series because of the prospect of hearing Rowley's point of view, but almost everything in this book was still focused on Greg.
And it was all Greg at his worst, basically being abusive toward Rowley. Jokes that were actually funny were few and far between here, but what I really missed was character development for Rowley. There was hardly any.
We also barely got to see Rowley's parents or anything about Rowley's life outside of his (toxic) friendship with Greg. What little focus there was on Rowley also kept coming back to his uncomfortable crush on his math teacher.
This felt like the author was trying too hard to make the book too similar to the rest of the series and missed out on a rare opportunity to do something that could have been different and, well, awesome.
Rating: 2/10
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