false 943402 20 Oskar and Eli. In very different ways, they were both victims. Which is why, against the odds, they became friends. And how they came to depend on one another, for life itself. Oskar is a 12 year old boy living with his mother on a dreary housing estate at the city's edge. He dreams about his absentee father, gets bullied at school, and wets himself when he's frightened. Eli is the young girl who moves in next door. She doesn't go to school and never leaves the flat by day. She is a 200 year old vampire, forever frozen in childhood, and condemned to live on a diet of fresh blood. John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel, a huge bestseller in his native Sweden, is a unique and brilliant fusion of social novel and vampire legend; and a deeply moving fable about rejection, friendship and loyalty. 928338 book 2004 Låt den rätte komma in total:1991|5:679|4:839|3:327|2:109|1:37| 1991 7987 4240 614 4 38 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 23:42:11 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 23:51:50 -0700 2009 Amadeus, where Salieri has composed this very uninspired little march, which he and the Emperor play for Mozart? Then Mozart sits down at the keyboard and says, hm, that's not quite right, is it? And he messes around with it for a couple of minutes, until he's s...more...]]> 3 12 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 26 09:22:24 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 17:10:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 12 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:10:57 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 10:28:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 12 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 16:31:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 23:39:29 -0800 2009
Easily the most *interesting* read in a long time. 4 stars instead of 5, or 3, because the story--just the pure story? Meh. In itself, only just compelling enough to keep...more...]]> 5 10 false false Sat Jan 03 21:11:48 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 21:14:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Jun 04 09:35:45 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 09:53:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 5 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:07:52 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 10:43:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 13:53:11 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 12:15:28 -0700 2009
Let the Right One In is not ...more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:38:59 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 11:47:38 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 07:56:50 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 03 05:25:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 13:11:29 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 13:23:48 -0800 2008 adaptation...

... but the book was even better than hoped, and all-around fantastic: grim and horrifying, then slyly fu...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Dec 10 18:52:27 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 06:42:24 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 18:52:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 4 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:37:49 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 19:27:09 -0700 2009
I am completely impressed with this author and his ability to weave a tale so descriptive, real, disturbing and yet enjoyable. ...more...]]> 2 3 false false Fri Feb 13 11:56:46 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:48:10 -0800 2009
I don't consume much horror fiction. I can sink my teeth in Edgar Allen Poe and thrill to the chill of H.P.Lovecraft, but for the most part I find I don't have a taste for modern horror. But I've been trying to broaden my read...more...]]> 2 2 false true Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 10:13:48 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 11:43:52 -0700 2009
Um. I liked the vampire. I wouldn't mind spending more time with her/him. And I liked Lindqvist's vampire technicalities: the cluster of cells in the chest, the 5 BPM heart rate, men...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:43:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 19:02:44 -0800 2009 5 2 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 08:57:39 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:00:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 10:03:44 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 10:13:28 -0800 2009 I read this book because I had been hearing great reviews of the Swedish film based on this book that is in theaters now. I wanted to see the movie, but of course was curious to read the book first.
Amazing! A really effective and creepy re-invention of a va...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jan 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 28 12:18:14 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 28 11:02:12 -0700 2009 Let the Right One In*

The story of Oskar, a 12 year-old boy living in a suburb of Stockholm, who is bullied mercilessly at school, has divorced parents, an alcoholic dad, suffers bouts of incontinence, shoplifts for fun, and keeps a scrapbook...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 27 19:22:40 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 04:44:01 -0800 2009
This isn't a book that's going to appeal to everyone. It's extremely dark and frequently disturbi...more...]]>