Double Down

spider2001 - I have always loved the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. I find them unbelievably funny! However, when I read this new one, I felt something was missing. Every time that I read A Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, I laugh my head off. However, this one really wasn't that funny. While these books are mostly meant to be funny, they usually have somewhat of a plot and a story behind it. This one really doesn't. I feel that it's just a bunch of random events put together that were meant to be funny, but really weren't. Oh, and don't let the book fool you. You know how it says that it's about Greg making a movie to get his mom off his back? Well it's really not. He doesn't start making the movie until page 200 or something, and there's only like 220 pages. On top of that, he's only making the movie for like 4 pages. I felt that last years "Old School" was much better in quality, and in laughs! I'm not saying that Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down isn't worth reading, because if your a fan of Wimpy Kid, you'll end up reading it any way. I'm just saying that it could have been a lot better. I mean, I only laughed one time during this entire book. The others? Iv'e read them all multiple times and have laughed hundreds to thousands of times at each one! Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but you get my point. It's just not that funny. But you should read it anyway, and see if you like it or not.