I'm going for a generic 3 review for this series, balancing the 2 stars (at best) from me and the 4-5 stars from my 7 year old (and my 10 year old who also likes them). My 7 year old has decided he wants to read them all in order so here we are.

Look, Greg is the worst - unpleasant, selfish, mean, constantly moping - he shouldn't be the main character - that should clearly be Rowley with Greg as the sidekick. His home life seems bleak and the situations he finds himself in are a working demonstration of karmic response to his behaviour.

But, both of my boys like them and even my youngest (who is less keen on reading) will sit and pour over these himself so how can I argue with that. I'm never one for discouraging them from reading.

So, you know what you're going to get with these books, there are the occasional flashes or genuine humour along with the more prevalent schadenfreude and kids seem to like them.