There are two main themes running through this book.
The first is the theme of a police murder mystery. The newly promoted Sara Panotti is tasked with solving the murder of a local character, and is determined to do it quickly to gain merit with her colleagues. The second theme is of the existence of the creature community living alongside the human community and their integration within it.
There was no magical theme associated with the creature community; usually goblins and such are associated with children's fairy tales but here they seemed to be a normal and integrated part of society, there was no magical fairy tale here, and the subject was left open and unexplained. I was left wanting to know more about the creatures and their origins. What was the symbolism of the creatures; did they represent a minority group in the real world? There was a lot of imagery through colour, and description of emotion through eyes.
This book is quite short at 87 pages, and the text is spaced out. Because of this there is a precise and concentrated meaning in the text and every word is meaningful to the text.
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