Many fans of the series think the books have been getting progressively less funny and more boring with each new installment. It doesn't help that the number of books is going on fifteen with no end in sight, and much like your average sitcom, nobody is allowed to grow up or change. Jeff Kinney has stated on Twitter that he wants to write "at least 20" books. A lot of fans have also shown annoyance at the lack of character development, disappearances of fan-favorites, changes in the status quo and recent flanderization, over reliance on cynicism, convoluted stories and the random (if not, ridiculous) attempts at continuing the series, as well as storylines being recycled.
Boomerang123 added the phrase "changes in the status quo," which makes the example argue with itself — is the problem that the status quo didn't change at all, or that it did change in bad ways?
Boomerang123 added the phrase "changes in the status quo," which makes the example argue with itself — is the problem that the status quo didn't change at all, or that it did change in bad ways?