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A review by spaceisavacuum
Two Old Men and a Baby: Or, How Hendrik and Evert Get Themselves Into a Jam by Hendrik Groen
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? It's complicated
2.5
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.
“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.