I have had this book sitting on a bookshelf for something like 15 years without getting around to reading it. I finally brought it on vacation and read it quite quickly. It has some original ideas. I like how Niemi weaves the northern Swedish culture and language roots into the story and manages to do so quite well. I find the story a little messy in places and there are some of the more supernatural aspects I cannot quite decide what to think of. The plot has a seemingly supernatural side character whom I cannot figure out what to make of, and that bothers me a bit.