I never read this as a child, so when Book Riot's Read Harder challenge for 2020 turned up, and one of the tasks was a middle-grade book not set in the US or the UK, I figured it was probably time. After all, the thing is so famous - famous enough that I knew exactly what the title character looked like, even though I knew nothing else about her. Pippi is just that recognisable... and she's entertaining, too, though I wonder how much the entertainment value has dropped off with adulthood. Would I have found this funnier, or more appealing, as a kid? I don't know. I loved Roald Dahl, who had a similar sort of understanding of the ridiculous, but Pippi herself is kind of exhausting, and I only spent an hour or so with her. I like her, but I'm also not surprised that the sailors let her go off on her own. They probably spent the time since having a nice rest...