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It was interesting to read this "first" (famous) installment of the Moomin series after having read other novels. It really feels different, like it's finding it's footing, not ready to be its own world yet and falling back to more classic children book's tropes like the many monster fighting scenes. It was still really cute, I liked the introduction to all the characters and how unique they feel. I wish I could read the revised version though, because I kept thinking how strange it was to me that Tove Jansson would keep certain elements and, guess what, she didn't in the revision! But at least with this earlier translation we get queer and gay acts (as in, normal adjectives to use back then to mean strange and happy, which I always love to see).