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Comments for Not Before Sundown
Not Before Sundown: 01/21/07
Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi is a Finish urban fantasy retelling of the fairy and the troll, where the "fairy" in this case is a gay photographer specializing in advertising. His current gig is to help create an advertising campaign for "Stalker" Jeans and he chooses the perfect model for them, a young troll he's named Pessi.
Not Before Sundown (aka Troll: A Love Story in later translations) isn't a typical fantasy. There aren't lengthy sections of description or discussions of the nature of magic. In fact, there are no traditional chapters. Most scenes are no more than a paragraph or two. Every few pages, the book includes a tidbit on trolls: either a piece of lore, a bit about the biology, or a piece about sightings of the elusive troll.
Trolls as described in this book remind me a great deal of a cross between a bouvier des flanders and Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. Trolls are both aluring and dangerous. What started as a good deed, the taking in of an orphaned and injured troll, completely changes the protagonist's life.
Over all I enjoyed the book, though reading it wasn't always pleasurable. There are some scenes bordering on bestiality and there is one graphic death scene.
Another "Rest-a-day":
Sean ended up sleeping thirteen hours. He never got up to change out of his clothes until this morning when he changed into fresh clothes. He hasn't slept this many hours for a long time. He's either gearing up for a growth spurt or he's fighting off a bug.
At first he was disappointed at missing last night's "pick-up dinner" as he likes having a selection of foods to chose from but we decided to have a "pick-up" lunch today to make up for the meal he missed last night.
So we spent a lot of today taking turns playing video games. We also did chores like laundry and dishes. Sean helped sweep the kitchen floor and helped me do the laundry.
Harriet meanwhile practiced sitting up from lying on her back. She's inspired by Sean and always wants to see what he's doing. She has also taken to scolding me with ululation. She sounds like Xena Warrior baby when she does it.
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