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    <body><![CDATA[*(favorite character- the groke)*<br/><br/>moominpappa, in a truly male chauvanist way, is having a crisis because he is not feeling like strong male. so he gathers up his family and makes them move out to the sea to fulfill his own dreams of the sea.  moominpappa's crisis is very real to him, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5538273">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i once had a fight over this book - some asshole laughed cos i called it chekovian ... its beautiful and if it doesnt make you cry YOU HAVE NO SOUL! I have lived my life never learning the lesson of the sea horses. Actually, I am beginning to learn it now ... but then again I am very old.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What do I say about this book? I'm not sure I understood a lot of it. Who, for example, is Little My and how did she get into Moominpappa's family? What exactly are Moominpappa and Moominmamma? Not that any of these questions really matter. I loved the book even though I didn't completely get it. I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64993821">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Haunting. I read this in Swedish and the translator did a fantastic job. If you read the Moomin series from the first to the last, you sense the books growing from just being childrens books to journeys into the soul, rather like The Little Prince. I get very melancholy when I read these books.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one definitely had a feel more similar to the Midwinter book -- protracted periods in which the plot moves little and the characters stew in various states of restlessness or unhappiness, while various character actions make little sense whatsoever.  Even so, though, the writing really does tra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68900984">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Truly one of my favorite books.  Moomintroll always reminding me of myself being so shy and almost invisible.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Truly a book based on Tove Jansson's own father's obsession with the sea!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i love the creature mora]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Do not be fooled into thinking that these books are just for children!  I read this one aloud with a friend, and loved every minute of it.  <br/><br/>Tove Jannson is a treasure trove of curiosities and wisdom.  This book explores the inner life of her characters in a unique way.  In particular we ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17332613">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I suppose that there is a lot to be had in the way of psychological insight and life lessons in this book, but I don't think they're the best reason to read it.  Rather, read it for the sheer, vast, remote sense of the sea and the mysteries of the island and the reactions of the loveable characters ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9216536">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my gosh!  I had forgotten all about these books!  Well, almost...from time to time, the title will pop into my head, but by the time I get somewhere to add it to a book list, it's vanished again...I remember Moominpappa (and his family's) move to the lighthouse, and how I wore the cover right off...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14779636">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Philosophical, poignant and set at sea. (I'm a sucker for anything that involves a lighthouse keeper). Even though it's a kid's book it's often quite insightful on adult conundrums: &quot;Moominpappa was walking about in his garden feeling at a loss. He had no idea what to do with himself, because i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3826454">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably my favourite of the Moomin books. Having grown up by the sea, Jansson's description of its soul feels very familiar and beautiful and I recognize the feelings that living on a small stormy island with family causes. :P In this book I love the Groke especially much, the character is incredib...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27284732">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've loved moomins my whole life. As a kid, and actually sometimes even now, I used to watch the animation series, but now I noticed that the books can be even better. I know all the stories by heart, but in the books they are so much deeper and multidimensional.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a really interesting, deep, dark children's book. Though there is nothing terribly inappropriate here, the themes are perhaps better suited to adults.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another wonderful Moomin book by Tove Jansson. Delightfully creepy, a little scary and often funny. I would like to live in a tower by the sea with the Moomins.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Her books are just balm for my soul...her language is poetic, the characters dynamic, witty, lovable and so, so human. Read her short stories too!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An artful meditation on solitude and frustration, home and available pleasures that may not always be so simple.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Apparemment, lecon 1 pour connaitre la culture finlandaise. They seem a bit weird though, the Moomins.]]></body>
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