Customer Reviews:
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Great book series! March 8, 2010
CJ54 (Grand Rapids MI)
Purchased this for my 8 year old grandson at his request. He loves this whole series. Now they're making a movie and he's excited to see it. Love to have him reading!
Positives and Negatives March 3, 2010
Jennifer Miller (Southern California)
My thoughts:
Positives:
* Really quick read
* Cartoons are always comical.
* Shows Greg is really starting to grow up and get new interests.
* Is perfect for everyone, especially for a little light reading.
Negatives:
* This was not as funny as the last two
* There is no real change in any of the other characters, so the same jokes have been told before.
* There are a lot of things that happen within this novel that mean absolutely nothing.
* He is extremely self-absorbed and therefore we have a limited view of everything that happens around him, I think that the more this series continues the less connection most boys will have with him.
A 4th Grade Student Review March 3, 2010
Mollie E. Gabrielson (South Dakota)
I give this book 3 stars because it is just like the other 3 books, if you read one no need to read them all. However some parts cracked me up. This book is by Jeff Kinny and this book is probably fiction. The main character is Greg Heffly. I think the authors propose is just entertainment. The mood is mostly funny for me. The theme I found was the author wanted to tell us how to survive middle school. I hope Jeff writes a 5th book that is a little different from the others. ~Farve
Jeff Kinney has made another great book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series guess which one it is...you guessed it, The Last Straw. In this book Greg is trying to make his family go for there New Years resolution but they are not going for it. Like Greg's mom she was going to stop chewing so loud but she didn't stop, his dad was going on a strict diet but it didn't happen, and his little brother Manny was throwing away his pacifier but it didn't last one minute. When Greg was little his dad said if you get out of bed you may run into Shel SWilverstein he still doesn't get out of bed. I have told you too much already so you have to read this book and find out the ending. ~Ray
Amazing Wimpy Kid! March 2, 2010
This book is called Dairy of A Wimpy Kid The Last Straw. It's about a kid named Gregory (Greg) who has a bad life. The main characters are Mom, Manny (Greg's little brother), Rowley, Holy, Rodrick, Dad, and Greg. One of the main events is that Greg does not want to go to military academy (Spag Union.) Another event is that Greg's family went to Snella's birthday and Manny threw Snella's present in a fake tree, Greg was getting it but it fell down. The last main events is that Greg's school had a skate night and Greg went over to Holy to say something but she said are you Fregley and that mad Greg mad.
I like the book because it's funny and fun to read. The thing I liked the best was when Greg's pants fell down and he had Wonder Woman underwear. I don't have any parts I did not like. I think the writer (Jeff Kinney) did a very fantastic job.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw February 17, 2010
Happy Mother (Islip, NY)
Couldn't beat the price or my son's reaction on Christmas. I also bought a set of these books for my nephew's birthday at the same time as my son's. Two very happy boys!
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