I felt as if this book was a rambling of a misfornate family being broke in many different ways of maken it a point to say, even so far as naming the family the "Poores" the very few parts w. The actual Willoughbys were just in rememberance of the first book (Recapping), It wasnt nearly as silly and did not have all the lovable characters from the first book, felt dragged, I did like the lil jokes about nanny and her fanny and parents apology to tim but other than that I'm pretty disappointed.