So I was really thrilled with the Wimpy Kid Series when it came out. Now there are so many copycat series, but he’s the original dude and you’ve got to give him credit for that. So when I saw the ebook of Diary of a wimpykid- Double Down by Jeff Kinney, I grabbed it.
I think kids with mental illness should read this book. Or ‘normal’ kids should read it to understand kids with mental illness. Because the first few pages describe the symptoms of a kid with schizophrenia.
But it’s all creative and fun and the mental illness word hasn’t been dangled to put people off. Adults too can read it to figure out what it’s all about.
Back in 2013, when I was in Bangalore, I went to Crossword all bright-eyed and bushy tailed to pick up Double Dork Diaries Parts 1 and 2 by Rachel Renee Russel. Now I've confessed on my twitter handle if you've cared to see it that I have a terrible memory. But all I can tell you is I was DISAPPOINTED with Rachel's book. I thought it would be like the wimpy kid series for girls, but boy was I wrong. Or girl, was I wrong.
It sucked so bad that I waited another two years and finished it only in 2015. I paid Rs. 350 plus Rs. 399 for the set of 2 in print. When I think of the cost of ebooks these days and the number of phenomenal books I could have got for the amount, I feel really bad:(
Then there was another copycat wimpy kid series by an Indian author called Samit Basu, who has written 'The Adventures of Stoob' , which is available for free on Kindle Unlimited. But it was so bad, that I didn't want to read it. It wasn't like the original wimpy kid.
But it’s all creative and fun and the mental illness word hasn’t been dangled to put people off. Adults too can read it to figure out what it’s all about.
Back in 2013, when I was in Bangalore, I went to Crossword all bright-eyed and bushy tailed to pick up Double Dork Diaries Parts 1 and 2 by Rachel Renee Russel. Now I've confessed on my twitter handle if you've cared to see it that I have a terrible memory. But all I can tell you is I was DISAPPOINTED with Rachel's book. I thought it would be like the wimpy kid series for girls, but boy was I wrong. Or girl, was I wrong.
It sucked so bad that I waited another two years and finished it only in 2015. I paid Rs. 350 plus Rs. 399 for the set of 2 in print. When I think of the cost of ebooks these days and the number of phenomenal books I could have got for the amount, I feel really bad:(
Then there was another copycat wimpy kid series by an Indian author called Samit Basu, who has written 'The Adventures of Stoob' , which is available for free on Kindle Unlimited. But it was so bad, that I didn't want to read it. It wasn't like the original wimpy kid.
Now I see from the Penguin India Facebook Page that Jeff Kinney is gonna be out with his 12th book in November 2017. Cant wait.
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