3.46 AVERAGE

medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Ik heb het vooral uitgelezen omdat ik de eerste 2 boeken zo goed vond en hoopte dat het dat niveau nog zou bereiken. Maar helaas, het deed vooral erg geforceerd aan met de nogal gezochte verhaallijn en alle wisselingen van gezichtspunten op verschillende tijden. Jammer, ik had er meer van verwacht!
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Erg leuk boek, zo lekker toegankelijk geschreven dat je het zo uit gelezen hebt. Het boek is niet zo geschreven als de eerdere delen, maar toch raak je ook dit verhaal meegezogen, en is zeer vermakelijk met dit keer voornamelijk de streken van Evert. Na de serie als je aan Evert denkt of er over leest ja dan zie je het gezicht van Andre van Duin en ja dan verschijnt er toch een lach op je gezicht.

Boek bevat kort hoofdstukken, dit keer aangeduid met tijd en lokatie in plaats van dagen. Hendrik en Evert in de problemen door de verrassing die Evert leverde… Het verhaal speelt zich af nog voor de twee vrienden naar een bejaardencomplex verhuizen. Dit boek heeft weliswaar niet dezelfde humor als deel 1 en 2, maar bevat wel meer spanning. Zeker ook tv serie waardig!
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It has been a while since I’ve returned to the antics of Hendrik and Evert. Groen is truly inspired, and did a commendable job with the diary chronicling his life for a year and their lives at the retirement home. That’s truly something unusual, just having something silly to write about everyday of the year, which is what Hendrik did. & My life here at the boarding house is interesting, rather uncanny, I’m thrilled to be given the chance to live in one. When I first moved in, the manager’s were jumping on me for every lil thing. I’ve seen 5 roommates come and go, and leaving for bad behavior, but I remain here in this very same room, grateful for a bed to rest on, and a meal just like mom’s cooking. What’s more, I’ve done stargazing, soul searching, and I’ve of course been admonished for teetotaling,  but more or less depending on the other person living in my room with me, and whether they’re obstructing my lifestyle or something… like if I have to leave the house for a few hours everyday to separate myself from them. Mostly it's quiet. It’s nothing to write home about. 


“Well-read, sensible, cautious. I try to spend as little time as possible dwelling on the great tragedy of my life-or, rather, two great tragedies.”


This is a comical & amusing fiction pertaining to the author & his best friend Evert in ‘a jam’, aka, putting two people in an absurd and unrealistic situation where, the one has nabbed baby jesus from her stroller, and strolled off to enjoy said baby for a few hours, when suddenly, as any concerned parents are gunna be wont to do, put a nation-wide search, involving the Netherlands policja, the mayor of the city, and some crank callers demanding a ransom. Meanwhile, two Old Men are going about the day before Christmas, when all through the Haus, is the anxiety of trying to return the baby to her rightful parents without being detected. Nobody writes cops realistically; they either bumble and twiddle their thumbs or are unreasonably hostile. So Groen never minds accuracy, and is probably intending to write humor for this audience, and a select few of their audience are people whom Hendrik knows quite well and love him. Everyone’s got a legacy. And although I sympathized with their predicament, chuckled only a chirurgeon, because none of it was making some sense, I suppose the irascible and lovable characters were hilariously juxtaposed with an absurd situation that would’ve been funnier if they faced some tragic backlash, and counter posed with a witty retort, something like fabricating a story about their actually being gay men out for a stroll, idk, something, but only by a tempestuous conclusion, the funniest jokes are written with a straight line, and Groen goes absolutely off the rails. & Not-a-bit has any reason to make Not-a-bit of sense. It’s inspiring enough to reminisce about. You’re never to old to write books.

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes

a light read with dry humour and a few surprising plot twists

Hangen en wurgen dit boek. Geen succes