Familie Grunz auf der Flucht

The Grunts #4

by Philip Ardagh, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator), Franziska Gehm (Übersetzer)

Im großen Finale lässt es Familie Grunz noch mal so richtig krachen! All die Jahre haben Herr und Frau Grunz einen Haufen Leute verärgert. Manche wurden wütend. Einige wurden sogar derart sauer, dass sie ewige Rache schworen. Höchste Zeit für Herrn und Frau Grunz sich mit Sohnemann und der ganzen Bagage zu verstecken. Weil sich aber ein Elefant so schlecht verbergen lässt, muss Abschied von dem guten alten Fingers genommen werden. Doch die Verfolger sind ihnen mit Klauen und Zähnen auf den Fersen ...

258 pages, Hardcover

First published September 3, 2015

About the author

Over six-and-a-half feet tall, with a bushy beard, Philip Ardagh is not only very big but also very hairy. He is the author of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy and when not writing silly books, Mr. Ardagh is quite serious and frowns a great deal. He lives in a seaside town somewhere in England with his wife and their son, Fred.

Reviews

[Ambeq Theo]

This book was really funny. Out of all the books at school in our bus this is the best one. I gave it a 5 star. I would definitely recommend it to everyone I know or who talks about some books. U should read the book 100%!!!!

[✿Berra⁠✿]

Sunny yine ailesini bulamadı bahtsız çocuk 😭😭onun dışında yine aynı komik yapmaya çalışmış yazar ama değil seri güzel ama komik değil bir yıldızda bu yüzden kırdım👽😎🤟💗✨🧃🦄👻

[Ville-Markus Nevalainen]

While The Grunts on the Run is on many occassions quite funny, quirky and strange, it also equally baffling and at times quite difficult to follow, especially as a bedtime story. The narration may shift in the middle of a paragraph in such a strange way that I had to read the same part multiple times to realize what was going on. And that's the thing, I think, it's not high literature but simply unrefined and, to be frank, quite poorly realized at times. While I adore the weird bad guys we are following, one of who is in a bird costume and one who loves fake moustaches, I still could not tell you which of their names are or who is who. One the characters carries Chocolate Biscuit with them, which, I believe, is a... doorstopper?

On paper, all of these things are funny, don't get me wrong, but written as they are, they elicit no reaction after a point. Things just happen and you try to follow and nod along.

It's a shame then because there are laugh out loud moments in it and even heartfelt sentiments, especially how Mr and Mrs Grunts really love each other, despite their comments to each other. I just had hoped that the novel would've been written better to really utilize all the great things in it.

[TwoDrinks]

Audiobook while doing art. Loved the narrator and the comedic style of writing but didn’t find the story that engaging.

[Tim Robinson]

One of the better Grunts books, and certainly the least disgusting.

[Mia]

Immer wieder schön ♡