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Moominland Midwinter
by Tove Jansson
Moomintroll wakes unseasonably early while the rest of his family hibernates through winter. As always, but especially so with these seasonal and particularly evocative books, I love the atmospheric parts of this--the lonely, cozy winter and the pleasurable anxiety of temporary scarcity is beautifully rendered, and I adore the hidden beasts:
Moomintroll's PoV is closer and more inward-focused than usual for this series, and the smaller touches of humor, like the unwelcome houseguests, are a productive contrast without being overwhelming. But my sense of humor was surgically removed at birth, and so I bounce off the more mundane and humorous elements, particularly the sporty Hemulen which recycles the plot of the winter arc in the comics and echoes the absurdist social critique of the theater plot in Moominsummer Madness. And each time, that disconnect breaks my heart because I want to love the book that little bit more.
Too-Ticky rubbed her nose and thought. "Well, it's like this," she said. "There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that's a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds odd night animals and people that don't fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all year. and then when everything's quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep--then they appear."
Moomintroll's PoV is closer and more inward-focused than usual for this series, and the smaller touches of humor, like the unwelcome houseguests, are a productive contrast without being overwhelming. But my sense of humor was surgically removed at birth, and so I bounce off the more mundane and humorous elements, particularly the sporty Hemulen which recycles the plot of the winter arc in the comics and echoes the absurdist social critique of the theater plot in Moominsummer Madness. And each time, that disconnect breaks my heart because I want to love the book that little bit more.