It's been a while since I wrote anything here. I think I kind of gave up trying to make entries for every book I read, so from now on I'll just try to pick and choose. Something being better than nothing and all that.

On to the book. Despite the somewhat silly title, this is a well-worth-reading novel, with an interesting story I haven't really soon before. We've seen humans raised by animals, and by elves, and so on, but never by trolls.

Looking at the author's website, it looks like some of the material in the book was previously published as short stories, but it all comes together quite nicely, unlike some books that started as short stories.

The best parts of the book are when Maggot starts learning about human society after leaving the trolls. There are also some interesting bits at the end. Finlay happily avoids any obvious moralizing about trolls and humans, though the fact that the troll population is dwindling because of humans is clear.

Maggot dislikes much of what he sees in human society, but the human characters are varied, and have good reasons for much of what they do.

This is Finlay's first novel, though he seems to have written many short stories. This novel ends with sequel potential, and I'll be interested to see what does next.