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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
10/28/18
All I remember from this book and the other ‘moomin-‘ books was that I didn’t like them, they were similar to The Gammage Cup, I liked that book better, and I read it way more often.
All I remember from this book and the other ‘moomin-‘ books was that I didn’t like them, they were similar to The Gammage Cup, I liked that book better, and I read it way more often.
Again, wonderful and extremely sweet! I read this to kind of cool off after reading Strange the Dreamer (oh man that book is heavy) and it did just the trick. So many new characters, and all of them great! I love that the Snorks change colour (it's such a shame that they're rarely ever shown that way.)
Also like, Snufkin, the legend, is everything I ever hoped.
Also like, Snufkin, the legend, is everything I ever hoped.
4,5.
Nie wierzę, że dopiero teraz czytam Muminki. W porównaniu do pierwszego opowiadania, "Kometa..." jest o wiele lepsza. Opowieść pełna dziwności, którą... wszyscy akceptują. Jednocześnie jestem lekko w szoku, że w książce kierowanej bardziej do dzieci, jest tak silna atmosfera armageddonu, aż sama momentami się trochę bałam.
Nie wierzę, że dopiero teraz czytam Muminki. W porównaniu do pierwszego opowiadania, "Kometa..." jest o wiele lepsza. Opowieść pełna dziwności, którą... wszyscy akceptują. Jednocześnie jestem lekko w szoku, że w książce kierowanej bardziej do dzieci, jest tak silna atmosfera armageddonu, aż sama momentami się trochę bałam.
4,5/5
Ubawiłam się przy niej, serio, tylko nie wiem czy jest odpowiednia dla dzieci mimo wszystko. Bohaterzy nie są dobrymi wzorcami...
Ubawiłam się przy niej, serio, tylko nie wiem czy jest odpowiednia dla dzieci mimo wszystko. Bohaterzy nie są dobrymi wzorcami...
What a fun book. It was a bit crazy and the characters were peculiar, yet it was imaginative and interesting from beginning to end.
A crazy, ironic parody of the apocalypses that I didn’t know that I needed.
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
FIRST BOOK OF THE NEW YEAR as a 90s moomin cartoon watcher… for anyone new to the moomins and wants to find a good starting point to the moomins, I would highly recommend this book! I like this book because it introduces you to many main characters of the series, this book features many first meetings of characters that would appear oftenly in the series and perfectly showcases their characteristics really well. this book is one big story with a continuous storyline instead of bits and chunks of scattered stories ( I haven’t read the other moomin books yet and from what I know they are comprising of short tales ) which makes it easy to follow and read. I like how this book has agency to it however, in the end it is revealed that the comet just passes by moominvalley and nothing catastrophic happens the foreshadowing with the animals making the star symbol, moomin and friends rushing to meet the scientists to know what is happening, the crazy things that happened while rushing back to moominvalley ( snufkin breaking down is the craziest thing to see cause snufkin is portrayed as this wise and cool character ) , how the characters are in constant fear of the comet … a very big adventure and a good read. giving it high ratings cause it help me overcome my reading block also I love love loveeee the moomin series.
Muminu tēli ir īsti un katrs no tiem ir kā atsevišķa rakstura iezīme. Viņi atļaujas nobīties, spītēties, lielīties un darīt vēl daudz ko citu, ko klasiskie bērnu grāmatu tēli, manuprāt, neatļaujas. Tomēr visvairāk mani Muminos saista miers - lai vai kas notiktu, viņi virzās uz priekšu. Jā, varbūt pienāks pasaules gals un komēta skars zemi, bet mums ir jāpaspēj mājās uz kūku.
My cousin, Diane, has some fascination/connection with Finland, and that's where I first encountered Moomins, from perusing her FaceBook posts. I gather that they are sort of hippo-like forest trolls, or something. No idea, but apparently in Finland they're wildly popular. I read a book by the Moomin creator, Jove Jansson, but it had nothing to do with Moomins, just weird, slightly depressed Finnish people. So, I finally broke down and went to the library to get a dead-tree Moomin book because my library didn't carry any kindle books featuring Moomins. [It was my first time in our newly refurbished library, and I must say it's awesome. I might take up reading dead-tree books again just to have the chance to go to the library more often.]
Anyway, this was a most delightful book. Just what I needed after finishing something about the horrors of racism. So, Moomintroll lives in a blue Moominhouse with Moominmamma and Moominpapa. I think, maybe, Sniff, who is a "little animal"—sort of like a mouse perhaps—, also lives with them. First Moomintroll and Sniff go off on an adventure and discover a cave. They also come in contact with Snuffkin, a wanderer, with whom they become fast friends. Then they hear about a comet that is hurtling toward earth. So they're off on another adventure to an observatory to ask the scientists about the comet and it's potential dangers. They collect up some more companions along the way, most notably Snork Maiden, with whom Moomintroll develops a romance. They discover that the comet is indeed a danger and they have only a short time to warn people in Moomin valley to flee. They get back, just in the nick of time, move all their stuff into the cave and survive the comet. Something like that.
My synopsis is, of course, a bit simple minded, but that's not the fault of the book. This is a delightfully written story that reads like a very good bed time story, somewhat like the first couple of Dr. Doolittle books or The Hobbit. Interestingly, I conned my spouse into reading this book and she was less impressed. "A bit bland", I think was her comment. She thought I'd be better served by re-reading The Wind in the Willows, or Winnie the Pooh. So, now I have those two in kindle format for reading in the near future. But first, the next in the Moomin series, Finn Family Moomintroll.
Anyway, this was a most delightful book. Just what I needed after finishing something about the horrors of racism. So, Moomintroll lives in a blue Moominhouse with Moominmamma and Moominpapa. I think, maybe, Sniff, who is a "little animal"—sort of like a mouse perhaps—, also lives with them. First Moomintroll and Sniff go off on an adventure and discover a cave. They also come in contact with Snuffkin, a wanderer, with whom they become fast friends. Then they hear about a comet that is hurtling toward earth. So they're off on another adventure to an observatory to ask the scientists about the comet and it's potential dangers. They collect up some more companions along the way, most notably Snork Maiden, with whom Moomintroll develops a romance. They discover that the comet is indeed a danger and they have only a short time to warn people in Moomin valley to flee. They get back, just in the nick of time, move all their stuff into the cave and survive the comet. Something like that.
My synopsis is, of course, a bit simple minded, but that's not the fault of the book. This is a delightfully written story that reads like a very good bed time story, somewhat like the first couple of Dr. Doolittle books or The Hobbit. Interestingly, I conned my spouse into reading this book and she was less impressed. "A bit bland", I think was her comment. She thought I'd be better served by re-reading The Wind in the Willows, or Winnie the Pooh. So, now I have those two in kindle format for reading in the near future. But first, the next in the Moomin series, Finn Family Moomintroll.