Reviews - Diary of a Wimpy Kid 09. The Long Haul

403 reviews for:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 09. The Long Haul

Jeff Kinney

3.8 AVERAGE

mslelouch's review against another edition

4.0

I still love Diary of a wimpy kid. it was soo cute. LOL.

andreala's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

gwen_witch's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ladyyapperton's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tcgarback's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Critical Score: A-
Personal Score: A-

This one puts the other road trip book, The Deep End, to shame. It’s hilarious, so chaotic, and so consistently entertaining. I love the addition of the pig, we get to see a lot of each family member, there’s some good callback punchlines. We also get a break from so much of Greg being a terrible person. I mean, he still is and we can see that in this book, but there’s a lot more to the narrative than that this time around, which is refreshing.

Potentially the best in the series—if my opinions stayed the same over time as my initial review scores, that would definitely be the case because the scores I’ve given this book beat out those for any other Diary. It’s an atypical entry in the series because it’s got a single plot-line and takes place over about a week, but it’s just so exciting and whacky and creative.