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Feb 25, 2018 Sheri rated it it was amazing

How many of us accept imagined escaping to a tropical destination during the busy and stressful vacation flavor? Greg and his family unit leave the cold and snowfall backside only to find that going on vacation sometimes requires more effort and exertion than regular life. The Getaway is a hilarious and entertaining read that many families will relate to as it perfectly captures the aggravations and stresses of holiday travel.

Nov 16, 2017 Shaikhah rated it it was amazing

Every bit expected .. funny book .. the things that happened with them .. it's soooo good .. I liked that this time parents are doing mistakes 👌🏻😂

February 20, 2018 Dora 2023 rated it really liked it

My brother and I are fans of the Diary of Wimpy Kid series, we have been collecting them all the way from the first volume to this one :D If y'all read/collect some of them also....yous should discover that the books are getting thinner and thinner XD.

Similar the residue of the Wimpy Child serial, The Getaway is humorous, creative, and interesting as well. Poor Greg, the second child of the Heffleys, is having a hard time in doing annihilation. It does suck to run into and hear everyone spending their vacations way

My brother and I are fans of the Diary of Wimpy Kid series, we have been collecting them all the way from the first volume to this one :D If you read/collect some of them as well....yous should find that the books are getting thinner and thinner XD.

Like the rest of the Wimpy Kid series, The Getaway is humorous, artistic, and interesting as well. Poor Greg, the second child of the Heffleys, is having a hard time in doing annihilation. It does suck to run into and hear everyone spending their vacations way better than yous are. Cold weather. Paradise. Bugs. Box jellyfish. More bugs. Tarantula with 7 legs. Sun poisoning. Aren't these exactly what they need to make their break even BETTER? I personally like this book a lot and I'm definitely looking forward to the adjacent Wimpy Child...hopefully he is out of middle school by then.

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I felt super bad for Rodrick considering he dated this girl with a nose ring at the hotel, and so he witnessed her kissing some other dude considering that girl thought he left that hotel already.

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December 12, 2017 Rimmel rated it it was amazing

This is such a good book. It is full of humour and life. People of all ages tin can read this book.

This one didn't disappoint as well!
Greg'southward family goes for a family vacation where they are going to reside at a family unit resort.
Sounds fun right?
No! Everything went wrong the moment they stepped out of the business firm.
The journey to the airdrome as well equally the journey during the flight were a consummate mess!
And guess how the stay at the resort must exist.... Worst than ever!
This fourth dimension it was non merely about Greg. The whole family is only crazy!
The mom has her ain ideas of the kids cleaning up without the assist This one didn't disappoint equally well!
Greg's family goes for a family unit holiday where they are going to reside at a family resort.
Sounds fun right?
No! Everything went wrong the moment they stepped out of the house.
The journey to the aerodrome likewise as the journey during the flight were a complete mess!
And guess how the stay at the resort must exist.... Worst than always!
This time it was non only virtually Greg. The whole family is just crazy!
The mom has her ain ideas of the kids cleaning up without the help of the room service. How's that?!
In betwixt, the dad got an upset stomach.
Rodrick got into a vacation teen romance!
Manny got a poisonous jellyfish as a pet... No one knows how he caught it.
Greg got terrorised by a big, blackness spider all throughout the trip!
Moreover, the family unit got kicked out one day before.
So you have some idea how thoroughly I enjoyed this one😉
Information technology was and so chaotic till the finish!
I heaved a sigh of relief when they got home at last!
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Apr 12, 2021 Prabhjot Kaur rated it it was amazing

Christmas is almost here and the Heffley family is way behind on all things Christmas and they want to go away. Fifty-fifty though Greg thinks information technology'south not a adept thought as he is perfectly happy staying indoors past the fireplace all through Christmas break, his family decides to go to Isla de Corales for the Christmas and be away from the excruciating cold. They are all packed and they leave for the drome but without taking in consideration all the traffic they will go. They arrive to the airport and striking Christmas is near here and the Heffley family is way behind on all things Christmas and they want to get abroad. Even though Greg thinks it'southward not a good thought as he is perfectly happy staying indoors by the fireplace all through Christmas break, his family unit decides to become to Isla de Corales for the Christmas and be away from the excruciating cold. They are all packed and they go out for the drome only without taking in consideration all the traffic they will go. They go far to the aerodrome and hit snag after snag.

Afterwards lots of bumps, they make information technology to Isla de Corales and instantly they feel better every bit the hot air hits them. But family holidays aren't family holidays until there is a lot of grouse and that's exactly what ensues. Greg's mother wants the family to spend time together but Greg's dad wants to do his own thing and Rowley wants to do his own affair too. Greg is looking to exercise lots of cool activities and then that he tin can finally prove Rowley that he had stellar time on his getaway. Let's simply say that short of getting thrown in jail, the Heffley family gets in all sorts of trouble.

I don't know what it is about the Heffely family holidays that they remind me so much of my family holidays. From not leaving for the airport in enough time to end up sitting on the plane in the heart of a different family to getting lost at the resort to birds eating our dejeuner to non be able to get a single decent family photo are all so relatable and non to mention hilarious. I loved this.

5 stars

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Mar 31, 2017 Felicia rated it liked it

This is definitely the weakest book of the series. The laughs only were non there.

Before reading

The Long Haul was one of my favorites and then I tin but imagine how their holiday will become this fourth dimension effectually!

This is definitely the weakest volume of the serial. The laughs merely were not there.

Earlier reading

The Long Haul was one of my favorites so I can simply imagine how their vacation will go this fourth dimension effectually!

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Nov 10, 2017 Smitha rated it liked it

Have been reading the Wimpy kid series in club ever since the first volume came out, and this has go one series, the hard dorsum of which I pre social club, and read as shortly as I can lay my hands upon.
Unfortunately, the quality has been dwindling every bit the series progressed, and this book, though interesting in the showtime, shortly became mediocre.
This is all almost Wimpy and his family making fourth dimension for a Christmas holiday in the warmer continent, and the vacation turning out to be something else from t Have been reading the Wimpy kid series in order ever since the first volume came out, and this has become one serial, the difficult back of which I pre order, and read every bit soon every bit I can lay my hands upon.
Unfortunately, the quality has been dwindling as the serial progressed, and this book, though interesting in the showtime, soon became mediocre.
This is all about Wimpy and his family making time for a Christmas vacation in the warmer continent, and the vacation turning out to be something else from the peaceful getaway that they expected. I thoroughly enjoyed the disastrous travel to the destination. But once they reached the getaway, at that place wasn't much in the course of a story.
Missed Rowley ( who was mentioned only in passing), schoolhouse and other secondary characters, who were banned from this item book.

Whatsoever be the faults, a quick and addictive series read.

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Nov 07, 2017 Ash rated it it was astonishing

I can't end laughing. This function was admittedly funny. Greg goes to a resort for a vacation this time and the adventures that this family has on that island is hilarious. Manny is at his best as e'er. Too good.

Jun 25, 2021 Kon R. rated it liked it

Another buddy read with my 7 twelvemonth old. This one was enjoyable, but The Long Haul was better. Perchance that was considering information technology was our kickoff swoop into the series or maybe because this one brutal a bit flat. The jokes didn't seem as funny and information technology came off a scrap more than farfetched than the previous read. Withal an enjoyable read, but not equally proficient. The daughter agrees. Another buddy read with my 7 year old. This one was enjoyable, but The Long Haul was better. Mayhap that was because it was our starting time dive into the series or perhaps considering this one vicious a fleck apartment. The jokes didn't seem as funny and it came off a flake more farfetched than the previous read. Still an enjoyable read, but not every bit good. The daughter agrees. ...more

Well, this book started out well. And continued pretty much the aforementioned style.

3 1/ii for adults

Hither are all the words on the first page.

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The worst office of having someone tell you lot well-nigh their vacation is trying to pretend you lot're HAPPY for them. Because no one wants to hear most all the fun they DIDN'T have.

The just vacations I want to hear about are the ones where things went WRONG. That way, I don't experience bad for missing out.

And in keeping with his own feelings, pre-teen Greg (diarist, wimpy kid Well, this book started out well. And continued pretty much the same way.

three ane/2 for adults

Hither are all the words on the commencement page.

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The worst part of having someone tell you nearly their holiday is trying to pretend you're HAPPY for them. Considering no 1 wants to hear near all the fun they DIDN'T have.

The only vacations I desire to hear nigh are the ones where things went Incorrect. That fashion, I don't feel bad for missing out.

And in keeping with his ain feelings, pre-teen Greg (diarist, wimpy kid) tells the readers of this volume all nearly a vacation where LOTS of things become incorrect. So those kids reading information technology can exist HAPPY.I'll add some more than afterwards. Promise. I know I'll make you happy if I don't, merely I want to make yous miserable. Lost the note I had on all the pages that fabricated me LOL. So the review is done.

establish the note a couple days subsequently
but all I could practice with it at present is to provide a list of the pages, ha ha … I returned the book to my grandson before finding the list, so the review is still washed.

by the way
Upon looking at the reviews linked to beneath, information technology strikes me that Wimpy Kid books announced to exist at some sort of nexus linking them to books on science and books on philosophy. Wonder what Greg would make of that.

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Next library review: Science and Human Values

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Mar 09, 2018 Anya (~on a semi-hiatus~) rated it liked it

Recommended to Anya (~on a semi-hiatus~) by: My lil bb cousin

My little cousin is the cutest. He'due south decorated with his exams and didn't desire me to get bored while I was staying at my uncle'due south place, so he lent me his copy of The Getaway which I promptly finished that very dark. Information technology warms the cockles of my bookish centre to see my cousin equally interested in books as I am. c: My fiddling cousin is the cutest. He's busy with his exams and didn't want me to go bored while I was staying at my uncle's place, then he lent me his re-create of The Getaway which I promptly finished that very night. It warms the cockles of my bookish heart to meet my cousin as interested in books every bit I am. c: ...more

Dec 26, 2017 Imaane rated it really liked it

Jeff Kinney never disappoints. These books are great to get out of reading slumps with their weird, funny and relatable stories.

This book in particular was great. A fun relaxing read with a quirky story and sense of humour.

Loved it. Would definitely RECCOMEND it especially to become out of reading slumps.

November 14, 2017 Carolyn rated it did non similar it

Yikesabee.

Of class equally a elementary and middle schoolhouse instructor, I am well aware of Greg and friends--I have all these books in my library and they are WORN OUT--only I had successfully gotten away with never actually READING i of these. Or never reading ane all the fashion through.

Ugh, did non enjoy. Sure, I can see why the kids beloved it--he writes exactly the way they do. First I did this. Then I did this. And so we did this. This awful thing happened. And then we did this.

Honestly, information technology didn't even make yard

Yikesabee.

Of course every bit a elementary and middle schoolhouse teacher, I am well aware of Greg and friends--I accept all these books in my library and they are WORN OUT--but I had successfully gotten away with never actually READING 1 of these. Or never reading one all the way through.

Ugh, did non relish. Sure, I can see why the kids love it--he writes exactly the way they do. First I did this. And then I did this. Then we did this. This atrocious matter happened. So we did this.

Honestly, it didn't even make me express joy. So! Much! Complaining!

And don't leave me nasty comments about me not liking a book the universe loves. I don't leave nasty comments on YOUR reviews. Thanks.

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Nov 07, 2017 Shreya rated it information technology was amazing

This is the best Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume, ever! When you retrieve of a getaway, y'all call up of vacation. When you call up of vacation, you think of paradise. When you retrieve of paradise, y'all think of the showtime of this book! Greg Heffley seems pretty gear up for life, when he goes on holiday to Isla de Corales. This identify is heaven, an amazing looking tropical resort for vacation - it even has a Tv set above the bathtub in the bathroom! But, Isla de Corales doesn't seem to be what it looks like and, Greg This is the best Diary of a Wimpy Child book, always! When you think of a getaway, you think of vacation. When you think of vacation, you think of paradise. When you think of paradise, yous think of the beginning of this volume! Greg Heffley seems pretty set for life, when he goes on vacation to Isla de Corales. This place is heaven, an amazing looking tropical resort for vacation - information technology even has a Telly above the bathtub in the bathroom! But, Isla de Corales doesn't seem to be what it looks like and, Greg rapidly finds himself in bad situations leading from switching baggage with some other traveler, to getting kicked out of the resort. I recommend this book to whatsoever Diary of a Wimpy Child fans or in general, anyone who needs to know they aren't the but ones without a perfect life! Awesome task, Jeff Kinney! I'yard in dearest with this book!!! :) ...more than

Now this is more like information technology. After the disappointment that was Double Down, book no. 12 is right back on rail to be i of the funniest ane yet in the series! I was literally laughing aloud from the very beginning of this Ballsy Christmas vacation of the Heffley family, and information technology just gotten meliorate and funnier as the story progressed. We all already knew it after the accented hilarious The Long Haul, only this one just cemented that notion: Nobody takes a bad vacation like the Heffleys! Even while in a Now this is more than like information technology. After the thwarting that was Double Down, volume no. 12 is right back on track to exist one of the funniest one yet in the series! I was literally laughing aloud from the very beginning of this EPIC Christmas holiday of the Heffley family, and it only gotten meliorate and funnier as the story progressed. We all already knew it later on the absolute hilarious The Long Haul, but this one just cemented that notion: Nobody takes a bad holiday like the Heffleys! Even while in a supposed "paradise". And I do mean BAD.

A v out of perfect 5 stars. Bring on the rest!

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Oct xviii, 2017 Mirha rated information technology information technology was amazing

You're never too sometime for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Can't await for this 12th volume. 😂💯 You're never as well erstwhile for Diary of a Wimpy Child. Can't look for this 12th book. 😂💯 ...more than

Dec 27, 2017 Jessica rated information technology really liked information technology

Poor Greg. Nothing goes correct for him, or his family unit. A last infinitesimal Christmas getaway at a fancy resort goes horrible incorrect, and for one time information technology (more often than not) isn't his fault! Poor Greg. Nil goes right for him, or his family unit. A last minute Christmas getaway at a fancy resort goes horrible incorrect, and for once it (mostly) isn't his error! ...more

Mar eleven, 2022 Audrey rated it liked it

3.6 stars

I accidentally read Volume 12 before xi, but it doesn't really thing anyway, as long equally you lot've read Book i and then you know who the basic characters are. For example, if yous didn't read the previous ones, you lot wouldn't know that Rowley is Greg's best friends.

I'thou now 20-one (OK, it feels crazy to say that) and I'k still enjoying these books. I practice kind of wish Greg would abound upward, peradventure enter high school or something, only please do keep the books coming. I'm glad Jeff Kinney has continued to

3.six stars

I accidentally read Volume 12 before 11, merely it doesn't really matter anyway, as long as you've read Volume ane and then y'all know who the basic characters are. For example, if y'all didn't read the previous ones, y'all wouldn't know that Rowley is Greg's best friends.

I'm now twenty-i (OK, information technology feels crazy to say that) and I'm still enjoying these books. I do kind of wish Greg would abound up, peradventure enter high school or something, but delight exercise keep the books coming. I'yard glad Jeff Kinney has continued to write them.

Wow, information technology really doesn't seem similar they had fun at that resort 😂. I experience badly for them too because information technology seems they paid a lot of coin for information technology and didn't get much out of the experience. Then, the mom paid a lot of money for a boat ride, and they were in the h2o for all of a infinitesimal earlier Greg idea he swallowed a seahorse and got sick.

This volume is just the whole story of them going to a resort for a Winter Break getaway. I was surprised Greg had never been on a plane before. I didn't need all the plane details of watching the safety video, which as Greg said, no one watches anyway. (When I was younger, I used to always watch the video, just not in the past 3 years.) Of course Greg was watching it, like I used to do.

Rodrigo is a horrible counselor and should exist fired. I promise he's an intern because he doesn't even practice his job!

This book had me laughing a few times. I've definitely laughed harder and enjoyed other Diary of a Wimpy Kid entries more, only this was still proficient.

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Read it in succession of the previous book when I realised this had been released likewise.
Once more relatable and funny and mood lifter.
this ane deals with a holiday and since I recently had my first international trip so in a mode I could relate to this.

Nov 07, 2018 Yamna rated information technology really liked it

With the crappy year that I'yard having, I'thousand allowed to crook and read a couple of kids' books, right? With the crappy yr that I'k having, I'm allowed to cheat and read a couple of kids' books, right? ...more

I practise believe in coincidence , then when I saw this volume while I was having a terrible holiday , I knew it will be the brilliant side of my trip . And then , I read information technology immediately and without delaying , and of course Jeff never disappointed me 💛.

December 16, 2017 Fred Forbes rated it really liked it

In for a penny, in for a pound I suppose. Yeah, I know, these are child's books simply if one has read the first 11 and has a sophomoric sense of humor like mine, firmly based in a prepubescent lad'southward mindset and so apparently one is going to grab this. Interesting the number of folks who have commented that this is the worst in the serial when 83% of the reviewers listing information technology equally four or 5 stars. Put me in the laudatory category since I think it is the funniest i withal. His kickoff plane trip reminded me of mine In for a penny, in for a pound I suppose. Yep, I know, these are kid'south books simply if one has read the first 11 and has a sophomoric sense of sense of humour similar mine, firmly based in a prepubescent lad'southward mindset then obviously ane is going to take hold of this. Interesting the number of folks who take commented that this is the worst in the series when 83% of the reviewers list it as 4 or five stars. Put me in the laudatory category since I retrieve it is the funniest 1 yet. His get-go plane trip reminded me of mine at the aforementioned age (well, I actually flew cantankerous country on a Constellation at eighteen months one-time but don't really recall that counts) with the added dimension of the "joys" of the current state of air travel - security lines, crammed planes, that horrible feeling when you think y'all are going to have a whole row to yourself and just as the door is about to close a couple with a toddler shows upwards to snatch the 2 empty seats, etc.. His response to the resort his parents have chosen equally the family unit Christmas souvenir is the same ane they went to on their honeymoon is classic. A tad different with iii kids in tow! Croaky me up when I came across some quondam photo Christmas cards my sis set up upwardly with her kids underwater since one element of this story is the mother attempting to get a great family shot for next yr'south bill of fare. Don't forget to bank check out the drawings as some of the funnier elements are revealed in that location. Like most in this serial, an enjoyable interruption from my more than serious reading. ...more

This was a archetype Diary of the Wimpy Child, it was really funny and I couldn't put it down. I found it peculiarly funny when Dad came upwards with a classic program.
I would happily recommend this to other children as beloved the whole series. Big thumbs up from me! This was a classic Diary of the Wimpy Kid, information technology was actually funny and I couldn't put information technology downward. I found it particularly funny when Dad came upward with a classic plan.
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Mar 10, 2019 Fatima Farzeen rated information technology really liked it

FUNNY!! The Heffley family cannot even enjoy a getaway without getting into problem.

Sep 01, 2018 Sophia Ismaa rated it really liked information technology

I absolutely loved this and this series and I'g eager for the next in the series to be released. I would besides like to draw attention to Kinney'south illustrations which elevate the diary entries which are funny to begin with anyhow. The way he illustrates makes the characters oft expect dislocated, oddly determined, guilty only brushing information technology off or happy but in a empty-headed way.

It'due south going to take a while to observe a series like this. Nigh books try to be overly witty, have edgelord characters, or seriously dar

I absolutely loved this and this series and I'm eager for the next in the series to be released. I would also like to draw attention to Kinney's illustrations which elevate the diary entries which are funny to begin with anyway. The way he illustrates makes the characters often wait confused, oddly determined, guilty only brushing it off or happy but in a silly way.

It's going to take a while to discover a series like this. Most books try to exist overly witty, have edgelord characters, or seriously nighttime humour... and that's merely not me. I love dizzy, goofy and kittenish humour and books don't do a lot of this. They're far as well serious and lose all and any spark of youth.

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I was a flake skeptical at outset, about the book being non so humorous. But then it hit me, in this i, Kinney not only tried to portrait the Heffeley family as the laughing stock, merely besides tried to mix some reality with it. And real life isn't that much humorous, right? Nevertheless there was some laughing out loud moments and Greg just being Greg. Go for it if you are a fan. Cheers. I was a fleck skeptical at offset, most the book being not so humorous. Simply then it hit me, in this one, Kinney not only tried to portrait the Heffeley family as the laughing stock, but likewise tried to mix some reality with information technology. And real life isn't that much humorous, correct? Even so there was some laughing out loud moments and Greg merely being Greg. Go for it if you lot are a fan. Cheers. ...more

Jeff Kinney must take known that whenever he writes about Heffleys going on a trip, he creates a masterpiece. 😄

I kept forgetting to bring home a copy of The Getaway. Not shocking, since I was however disappointed past Double Down'due south lack of any apparent plot. I had been booktalking historical fiction, and since my favorite has always been books written in years past, I had a copy of Henry Reed, Inc., that came abode in the aforementioned backpack.

The Getaway is probably the best Wimpy Kid yet, and had the most plot. Basically, Greg's parents decided to spend Christmas intermission at a warm, exotic resort, cost be danged, but

I kept forgetting to bring home a copy of The Getaway. Non shocking, since I was still disappointed past Double Down'south lack of any apparent plot. I had been booktalking historical fiction, and since my favorite has e'er been books written in years past, I had a copy of Henry Reed, Inc., that came domicile in the aforementioned haversack.

The Getaway is probably the all-time Wimpy Child nevertheless, and had the most plot. Basically, Greg'south parents decided to spend Christmas break at a warm, exotic resort, cost exist danged, just when they head off to Isla de Corales, zero goes correct. They have trouble getting on the flying, their luggage gets lost, at that place are bugs, the father gets ill from the water, the activities are all booked upwardly, and Roderick runs off with a girl instead of hanging at the teen zone with Greg. For most students, who have never traveled to an exotic locale, the details of the trip will exist new and interesting (Who knew almost then many bugs in these fancy resorts? Makes sense, never thought of information technology.), and will also make them feel improve about not traveling. Greg tries to have adventures and strike out on his own, which causes problems, and his family unit actually deals fairly well with everything that comes their manner. The catastrophe actually had a bit of a twist and closure non commonly plant in these books.

But I however didn't care for it, fifty-fifty though it read more like Big Nate Sails the Commonwealth of the bahamas. I realized why when I read Henry Reed. Fascinatingly, it came out on the same date 59 years ago, and the colors are even similar. (Dejection are now very green based, making my huge quilting stash hard to utilise with new textile!)

Yes, the 1950s had their problems. But Greg Heffley and his family are negative and wearisome to me, and I don't want to exist a part of their world for very long. The fact that my students do, when they could instead exist spending time with Henry or Anne or Homer or Laura... it just makes me sad.

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Jeff Kinney is an author of children's books including Diary of a Wimpy Kid volume series. Jeff was built-in in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip chosen "Igdoof."He also created the children's website 'Poptropica'. Jeff Kinney is an author of children'southward books including Diary of a Wimpy Child book series. Jeff was born in College Park, Maryland, in 1971 where he created a comic strip called "Igdoof."He also created the children's website 'Poptropica'. ...more

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