Customer Reviews
Courtesy of Teens Read Too - By: TeensReadToo.com, 18 Apr 2008 
It's DIARY OF A WIMPY KID #2, & I can't wait to read #3. These books are fantastic. The tales & adventures of Greg Heffley & his creative illustrations are well worth your time.
Greg begins his second diary. He almost decided it wasn't worth it after Rodrick got his hands on the first diary, but once again he writes about his frustrations with his older brother, Rodrick, & his younger brother, Manny. Greg reveals all the embarrassing encounters involving his mother's determination to butt into his life. He also includes tales of his bumpy relationship with his best friend, Rowley.
Imaginative cartoon drawings combined with fresh, wacky humor make the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES popular with even the most sophisticated readersin my middle school. Everyone considers it just plain fun to read. Anyone who is currently striving to survive middle school, or anyone who remembers the pain, is sure to appreciate the good-natured humorin Jeff Kinney's creative series.
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Anyone Whose Life Was "Ruined" by An Older Brother Must Read Rodrick Rules - By: Donald Mitchell, 02 Apr 2008 
Diary of a Wimpy Kid was a breakout successin bringing kid humor into classic situations & an appealing format. One of my concerns about reading Rodrick Rules was whether there would be enough classic kid problems to fill another book with side-splitting laughter. Well, some of the best gags are gone but some pretty good ones are left.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid featured humor built from not wanting to touch a piece of rotten cheese. There's no exact equivalent that's as funny Rodrick Rules, but the continuing saga of being dominated by an obnoxious older brother certainly will evoke memories & laughs among those who were a younger brother or the parent of two or more boys.
Asin most families, both boys have something they can use to blackmail the other. But Rodrick is much better than Greg at fighting for dominance. What Rodrick has on Greg is truly funny, the sort of thing that would deeply embarrass any middle school boy.
There's lots of contact between the two boys because their parents want to bring them together. I could relate to the sorts of things I tried to use to create peace between two teenage boys . . . that didn't work.
One of the on-going gags involves Rodrick's band & his parents fear of where this could all lead. Any family that's ever had a garage or basement band will relate to this part of the book.
I was also amused to see the book address that perpetual middle school challenge . . . how to pass without doing any work.
This is great fun, just not as side-splitting as Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
