this was another in my series of reading in finnish to keep the language up. i got this off librivox as well (props to the excellent finnish reader tuija aalto). the book seems like it will be a journey book, and it is, but not in the way you might expect. it’s more about a boy’s journey into adulthood, from country life to sophisticated city life, than it is about getting there. overall, i enjoyed it, but not as much as rautatie.