Ik hield een lijst bij, met de bedoeling de Engelse namen op te zoeken. De namen zijn heel ingewikkeld, en in het begin vond ik het moeilijk iedereen uit elkaar te houden. Alle personages zijn dieren, het merendeel muizen, ratten, hamsters en mollen, maar ze gedragen zich net als mensen. The fact that different characters are different kinds of rodents and small animals is mentioned, and there is some sense of species profiling, but unfortunately Hoeye doesn’t follow this up as much as it could have been.ĭit vond ik een erg leuk boek voor kinderen vanaf een jaar of 10. Hermux steps out of his mousy little existence (this is a pun, because he is in fact a mouse) to investigate, and finds himself embroiled in a dastardly plot. His imagination is fired up both by the attractive Linka Perflinger (I told you about the names) and her thrilling adventures, and becomes even more so when Linka fails to return to claim the watch. Hermux Tantamoq is shaken out of his extremely ordinary existence when a dashing aviatrix comes to his watch shop and asks him to fix her watch. It certainly helped that there was a lot more action so there were fewer painfully slow descriptions of Hermux’s meals and clothing. However, about halfway through I got interested in the mystery, and after that it was a quick read. Most of my dislike focused on the too-cute outlandish names and the too-detailed narratives of the main character’s daily routine. It’s difficult to write a positive review about a book that had me thinking about stopping through the entire first half. But as sure as corn is sweet and cheese goes mouldy, Hermux must rescue Ms Perflinger and, in the process, must find out just what kind of mouse he really is. What has happened to Ms Perflinger? Who is the mysterious Dr Mennus he keeps hearing about, and how is he connected with Hermux's eccentric neighbor, cosmetics tycoon Tucka Mertslin? Suddenly, Hermux's life is full of twists and turns and things are anything but ordinary. Fearing something is amiss, Hermux follows the rat and soon finds himself in the middle of a dangerous web of deception and intrigue. Instead, a shady-looking rat comes in and demands her watch. Hermux can't wait to see Ms Perflinger again, but she doesn't return. But his quiet life takes a dramatic turn when Ms Linka Perflinger, dashing daredevil, aviatrix and adventuress, bursts into his watch shop, drops off a broken watch and steals his heart.
Watchmaker Hermux Tantamoq is a hard-working mouse who is thankful for the ordinary things in life: doughnuts, coffee, peaceful evenings at home with his pet ladybird.
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