Being a guarding angel isn't easy and that's why aspiring protectors have to go through a week of training to learn the basics. Sulo Auvinen, a former religion teacher, is full of good intentions and determined to help his first protege: Aaro Korhonen.
Aaro Korhonen, who recently bought a coffee shop and an apartment in Helsinki, can describe his life as relatively peaceful so far and he couldn't be more relieved when Viivi Ruokonen, the young waitress of the cafè, decided to stay and work for him.
But guardian angel Sulo thinks she's too young for him: the perfect match for Aaro, in his 'humble' opinion, would be Ritva Nuutinen, a lady Sulo met at a church reunion a few years ago...
This and a tragicomic accident with a hearse are only the firsts in a series of absurd (and potentially dangerous) misadventures that Aaro, his friend Oskari Mättö, Viivi, and Ritva have to go through due to the overly zealous Sulo Auvinen.
👍👎My Thoughts
Sulo Auvinen had been a kind person when he was alive and he sure kept this trait when he became an angel. But since he died as an elderly person, he thinks he knows what's best for everyone and that's why he's so stubborn in wanting to help Aaro when he could actually live his life smoothly without any heavenly "assistance".
Aaro is a 40-something-year-old man, who worked many different (and peculiar) jobs and now decided, out of nowhere, to buy a cafè and annex above apartment and settle in Helsinki. Sounds like a safe choice? Yes, and it could have been if Sulo hadn't been assigned as his guardian angel.
The story is written in a very fun and catching way (or at least, the Italian version surely is), and while I couldn't get over some aspects of the characters' behaviors, like Aaro's passiveness or Sulo's obstinacy to intervene when there was no need to do so, I quite enjoyed the read.
My vote: 8/10
Ph: goodread.com & iperborea.com
Ph: goodread.com & iperborea.com
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