Dyddiadur Dripsyn: Y Brawd Mawr

By Jeff Kinney

Second book in this incredibly popular series - Roderick Rules. It's a brand-new year and a brand-new journal and Greg is keen to put the humiliating (and secret!) events of last summer firmly behind him. Reprint. First Published in 2012.

• Language: Cymraeg
• Publisher: Rily
• Release date: Dec 20, 2021
• ISBN: 9781849676595

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Reviews for Dyddiadur Dripsyn

[bobbybslax · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Appreciated this one more than the first because it spreads out the subject matter to the Heffley family as opposed to just Greg, who is, of course, a jerk. There's some funny bits that have nothing to do with him, which I liked more than much of the first one.

[jenica_flores-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Greg and Rodrick are brothers who do not get along and their parents are well aware of this. Their mom introduces mom bucks to help them get along better. Rodrick is not the only issue, Greg gets picked on by Holly Hills and Greg has to deal with many more embarrassing moments. I would read this to all grade levels and use the book to teach my kids to always get along with their siblings if they have them because we should love our family.

[bness2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Reading this makes me wish I had read them when I was a kid. Fun.

[benuathanasia · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Not as good as the original, however it was nice to see Rodrick fleshed out more, even if he truly is a shithead.

[jmkemp-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This one was definitely better than its predecessor. Like that I read it out loud to my son at bedtime (while he was polishing off book four in the series). The wimpy kid is definitely developing as a character, and he's pretty selfish and objectionable most of the time. His total lack of empathy adds to the fascination that makes it an interesting story. I've read other reviews where people complain about this, but for me the character flaws add depth and make him a more interesting read. They also allow for some in depth discussions with children about opinions on the issues. While the wimpy kid apparently has no insight into his own behaviour, the kids that read him are more than aware of how horrid he is to the others in the stories.

[rata_4 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I’m hooked on reading these quirky Diary Of A Wimpy Kid books as they are funny, quick to read but insightful of how young teens, 13 -15 think and act. This book is about sibling rivalry and how each child, 3 in the Heffley household, set about being heard and getting their piece of the action. I found myself laughing as the diary entries seem believable as to how youth and families would behave in relationship with each other.Read page 178 as Roderick’s band “Loded Dīper” practise using their echo pedal. I’m sure you will find yourself close to tears. Kinney’s clever wit and sarcasm is refreshing and great to discuss with children to align each others understanding of humour.

[cscapp1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

In my opinion, I thought this book was hilarious and great for kids. I can see why they havee started turning these comical and engagingg books into movies. The book was written as a diary and in first person which makes it more fun to read. The narrators voice makes the story interesting. You can easily sense the jokes, sarcasm, sadness, tension because it is a diary. The events int he book are so funny yet somehow believable. Everyone has nutty childhood stories and I can imagine a child telling these stories in real life. I also enjoyed this book is the authors illustrations. Each entry usually had a little pencil drawing that looked like a kid did. It added to the visualization of the book. The author drew each character different but what I thought was hilarious is that every character but the main character was drawn funny. The book was well written and the overall message was about the struggles of middle school and how to persevere through a tough part of life.

[myevzlin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is about Greg and his family .Greg has been going through some tough times. His older brother, Rodrick,knows about his incident and keeping a diary is not helping either . Greg does not want the news to spread. He just wants the rest of the year to be better. I liked this book because I am a curious middle child and I want to know what happens to Greg.

[markayla_olaf · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

DIARY OF WIMPY KID RODRICK RULESHave you ever got in trouble because your older brother did horrible in your school. This is how Greg Hefley live in school everyday. I think this book is good and bad. This book is good because it shows Greg how he should be bad in school so that his younger brother can go to school with out getting in trouble all day everyday. This book is bad because it can change youge kids mind about doing good in school and turning down good opportunities. Greg Hefley is a good and talkative student who gets in trouble for what is brother did when he was going to school.Rodrick Hefley is a very bad kid who is in a band call Loaded Diaper. I think Rodrick is a very bad influence to his younger brothers.Mom is a nice generous lady who thinks her kids should love each other work together.Dad he is a serious man who knows where things are every second every hour. I think the author wrote this book to show and teach you to always do good in school because it can effect on your younger siblings. I do not recommend this book to kids who have a high dream they look up to.

[olivia.rose3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is about a boy named Gregory. He has many crazy experiences with his brother Rodrick at school, home and his Grandpas house. One time Gregory walked in to the girls bathroom with out noticing and his brother tells the whole school. So everyone makes fun of him. Will Gregory survive middle school and life with his brother? "Diary of a Wimpy Kid- Rodrick Rules" is a hilarious, laugh out loud, amazing book. One part made me laugh so hard that I started to cry. The book makes you feel like you hope these experiences would never happen to you. I think this book is appropriate for 3rd -5th graders. It will leave you laughing your head off.

[ryanc.g1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is a comedy book about Greg Heffly's life, and he has 2 brothers, a mom, and a dad. His brother Rodrick had a party when mom and dad where gone and mom and dad didn't know about the party. So when mom and dad came back home the place was clean because Rodrick and Greg cleaned up. Dad was checking around the house to see if they had a party and forgot to clean. It was, but about a week or two later they found out from the pictures in the camera. Greg was grounded from video games and Rodrick was banned from going out of the house, but he was still able to go to the talent show. When they got to back from the talent show to watch it on TV, when it was time for them to perform, the camera focused on mom dancing. I liked the book because it was funny, and the book was realistic too. My favorite person in the book is grandpa because he made no sense when they where playing a board game. My favorite part of the book was at the end when mom was dancing and the camera focused on her. I thought that Rowley was kind of a show off at some points because he went to visit other places and brought back souvenir's and talked with an accent. Some parts of the book where ok and some where amazing. Finally, I liked the part hen Greg got back to school from grandpa's because he went into the women's bathroom by mistake and the people at the school thought he infiltrated the women's locker room.

[stephanie.dicesare.7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love this series! This book really shows kids how hard it is to have an older brother. I have two sisters so I wouldn't know! Lol.

[schusreadingstars · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

really funny book and good for people who have older brothers awesome book

[eglinton_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Second in the Wimpy Kid series, still funny and readable, Greg getting into scrapes this time with his elder brother. After a while, the level of meanness of the characters grates ('Cynical kid' would be more apt than 'wimpy') but Rodrick here is happily not quite as cruel as in the movie.

[elliepoole · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a very funny series,quick read

[ryanm.b3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book starts with Greg Heflley explaining how bad his summer vacations were with his brother Rodrick annoying him, who knows a secret that Greg is trying to keep. After Rodrick puts him in the back of his van, he drops Greg off to school, but Greg finds out he still has the Cheese Touch from last year. He gets away with passing it on to a new kid. They're mum noticed that they were always broke, so Their mum starts a "Mom Bucks" thing . Rodrick, at first, wastes the money on his Heavy Metal magazines, whilst Greg carefully saves up is money . Rodrick later pretends to have the flu, and after their Mum and Dad leave the house, he calls every friend he knows and has a party. later in the story, Greg notices Rowley has play money identical to that of "Mom Bucks" and takes it home to put under his mattress. When Greg fails to do his history homework, he must borrow an assignment from Rodrick and pay him $20,000 in Mom Bucks. But his Mum finds out about the stolen Mom Bucks when Rodrick tries to cash in the lot and she takes all of Greg's Mom Bucks, including his real ones!After Thanksgiving, Rodrick's party is unconverted by a photo and he is grounded. Greg is accused of taking part with Rodrick, and is banned from playing video games, even though he had been locked in the basement the whole time and had nothing to do with the party. Their Dad then ends Rodricks punishment two weeks early because he hated listening to Rodrick's band, Löded Diaper, play every day. After Greg hurts Rowley by putting a dumbell in a pillow that Rowley kicks during a sleepover, Greg has to perform in the talent show with a first-grader, Scotty Douglas who rowley was partners with. Greg persuades his parents to let Roderick in the talent show to repair they're relationship. They eventually let him and they were the winner. helping Rodrick do this they became friends.

[jwarren42 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The format is still genius, the art engaging in it's primativeness. The story here is less engaging, though. There is loads of interesting commentary about masculinity, here, but the narrator is more off-putting, here than in the first book.

[nandakishore_varma-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I read this book for two reasons: I needed to get my book count up for the reading challenge, and reading We Need To Talk About Kevin immediately after No Country For Old Men was too much darkness, even for me. I picked this up from son's shelf, because I had enjoyed the first book: my son was flabbergasted, and my wife made fun of me, saying she'd give me Peter Pan next. But I am glad I did pick it up, however.

Greg Heffley is a loser: bullied by his elder brother and followed about by his tattletale younger one, ignored by the pretty girls and able to befriend only the unspeakable Rowley, he must be justified in feeling that life is unjust to him. He pours all this righteous indignation into the "journal" (he will kill himself before he calls it a "diary"!) his mother forces him to write. The result is HILARIOUS.

Jeff Kinney is a truly comic writer who has mastered the strength of the understatement. Greg's voice throughout the book is a sort of sardonic monotone-one is reminded of those sad-faced clowns who will have you in stitches. The journal is pieced together in little vignettes, like a series of connected jokes-and the punchline is often a cartoon. (I feel that authors should use illustrations more often, even in serious novels. In Vanity Fair, Thackeray's illustrations are as famous as his words.)

Greg, in this book, has grown up a little from his previous outing. His sarcasm has taken on an edge, and the portraits he paints of his Dad and Mom are less than flattering. Yet, they are lovable, all the same.

Jeff Kinney has written a book that can be enjoyed by children and adults alike.

Recommended whenever one needs a mood uplift!

[mephistia · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I didn't like it, personally. The cartoons were cute and funny -- some parents may think that means younger kids can read it, but the reading level is definitely around 5th grade and older. Think the age the first HP book was aimed at, and you have the correct reading age for this book.

Why I didn't like it? The protagonist never learned a lesson of any sort whatsoever. Throughout the book, it was hinted at that his elder brother (Rodrick) had a horrific secret held over his head. I was honestly eagerly waiting for Rodrick to let that cat out of the bag, because as odious as Rodrick was depicted to be, the protagonist himself was even more of a jerk.

This main character who we're supposed to sympathize with insults his "friends" constantly, talking about how he thinks they're stupid and he only hangs out with them because they have a hot babysitter or can get him good grades or some other reason. He makes fun of everyone around him, and it's sometimes funny and sometimes insightful, but it's relentlessly cruel. I wanted him to be redeemed in the end, I wanted him to be taught a lesson. But he wasn't -- nothing happened.

I was hoping this would be something along the lines of "Harriet The Spy," but it wasn't. It wasn't funny, intelligent, life-changing or in any way great. The only decent thing about this book is that it apparently opens the door into reading for boys who otherwise showed little interest.

I say buy them the "Great Brain" series. Nothing Tom and his Great Brain can't handle.

[librarybrandy · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Greg Heffley is back for a second volume. Things haven't changed much for him--he still thinks he's cooler than his best friend Rowley, his parents are still nerdily out of touch, and Greg is still running for the coveted Class Clown title. Unfortunately, that's not all that hasn't changed over the summer--younger brother Manny is still a tattletale, older brother Rodrick is still a bully, and Greg still has the Cheese Touch. Only now Manny is spilling secrets from ages ago, Rodrick has a new secret to hold over Greg's head, and all Greg's plans continue to backfire in horrifically hilarious ways. Rodrick Rules is every bit as satisfying--though Greg will tell you more embarrassing--as its predecessor.

[periwinklejane_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

My god little boys are silly and destructive. This one cracked me up, though not as much as the first one.

[irachelsweet · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Characters: Greg and his family (parents, Rodrick, Manny), Rowley (Greg's best friend)Setting: Greg's house, school, neighborhood Theme: Family, friendshipSummary: Greg is a middle schooler with a brother named Rodrick who would be crushed to miss a single chance to make Greg's life miserable; he bombards Greg with pranks, blackmail, bullying, and teasing. It does not take a rocket sentient to notice they are not best friends. In fact, they do not get along at all. But because they are family, the brothers inevitably face the circumstances where they have to learn how to get along and cope with each other. They seem to be a tad more congenial toward each other at last, but such development in relationship rarely happens overnight.Review: I did not expect to learn or laugh so much from a graphic novel. This book talks about family relationship, coming of age, developing self identity, puberty, belief and passion for dreams and goals, rules and consequences, responsibilities, friendship, self esteem, and being confident about, loving, and accepting oneself despite unsatisfactory character or physical traits. The author's sense of humor reaches to a wide range of audience regardless of age. This book can be adapted to any grade levels from kinder to twelve and especially produces great creative writing prompts.Curriculum ties: Health (family, healthy school life, health relationship with friends)

[brendanmatarau2012 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I liked this one as much as I liked the first, a lot

[eloisef_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It was really good!I found that it was not a story it was about greg when he has a hard time with his brother.But i would recomend it to every one and espeshally to me!

[taylorlabella · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Kinney did it again... A second really good book in the Wimpy Kid series.

[martensgirl · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I found this book a little disappointing as it was not as funny as the previous book. It will still raise a smile, there are some new characters, but the plot is lacking.

[nikolejosh · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

SummaryDiary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules, is about a boy named Greg going into his second year in middle school. Greg and his older brother Rodrick does not get along, but in order for Greg's little secret that he wore speedo during swimming lessons he has to do what Rodrick says and not tell on him. In the mean time he tries to get his cruch Holly Hill to like him.My ResponseThis is a great book to read in a journal form with some humor in it. I laughed here and there because you can kind of relate to the book of having older siblings that holds embarrassing secrets you don't want people to know. I would recommend this book to young readers 8-15 years old. Classroom Extension1)Ask students if Rodrick is considered bullying Greg in this book.2)Ask students if they ever been in a situation they had to do something someone told them in order to not tell or keep a secret from people

[jonathan_walk_299287 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Rodrick Rules is the second book of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series written by Jeff Kinney. This book is an illustrated fiction novel about Greg Heffley’s second year in middle school. This book focuses more on the relationship between Greg and his older brother Rodrick. After throwing a big party while their parents are out of town, Greg and Rodrick’s relationship grows closer due to the secret they are keeping for their parents. I would recommend this book to any beginning reader because it is an easy read and funny because of the illustrations. I really enjoyed reading this book, and I laughed plenty of times throughout the book.

[brandon7brown1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The book Dairy of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules is about a boy named Greg. In this book Greg goes for his second year of middle school. Greg gets picked on by his older brother Rodrick. In the book Greg goes to school with his best friend Rowely. Greg tries to have a girl like him named Holly Hills.Greg doesn't really get Holly to like him. That's what happens in this book. I gave this book a five star rating. One reason I gave this book a five star rating because I found the book to be very funny. Another reason is that i think the main character Greg is to have a funny life. A third reason I gave this book a five star rating is that is takes place in middle school. A fourth reason is that I like the beginning of the book. A five reason is that i also liked the ending. Tha'ts why i gave the book a five star rating.

[nicole6nmut8184 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As I said in my DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:DOG DAYS review, I LOVE the DIARY OF A WIMPY KID SERIES!! I also said that I read the series randomly!! I also read more books at once!! I just can't help myself!! Well this time, I am doing a review on the 2nd book in the series. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:RODRICK RULES. In this book, Greg Heffley and his two brothers, Rodrick Heffley and Manny Heffley (but this book is more between Greg and Rodrick), do NOT get along. Actually, not really in the other DIARY OF A WIMPY KID books I've read so far. So Greg's mom decides they need to spend more quality time together. From wild parties to mom bucks, their "quality" time together doesn't seem to be helping anything, or does it? Find out in this great book!!!!