Comet in Moominland Review

 

I listened to the 2nd Moomins book by Tove Jansson on audiobook a while ago! 

Comet in Moominland picks right up where the very first book, Moomins and the Great Flood, left off (review for that here). The Moomins and Sniff are living in their iconic blue house, and go on many adventures and meet new friends along the way. These new friends are actually the rest of the iconic Moomin characters: Snufkin, Little My, the Snorkmaiden, the Snork, etc. Yes, they all make their very first appearances in this book. The overarching plot is that there are rumors of a prediction that a comet is going to come to Moominland and destroy everything, and everyone is really scared! But since it's the Moomins, you know it will have a happy ending. The comet does fly through the sky and everyone sees it, but it doesn't land in Moominland. Everything is fine, obviously.

Just like the other two Moomin books I read, this was a beautiful, heartfelt, masterpiece. I gave it 4.5 stars, but that was just for the usage of the words "stupid" and "dumb" in some parts of the narration. Other than that, the story was great!

Also, at the time of posting this, Tova Jansson's birthday was yesterday! She would've been 109 years old. What a coincidence that I post a review of one of her Moomin books a day after her birthday.

What's the last audiobook you listened to? Do you usually pick up audiobooks?