Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780312355296
ISBN: 0312355297
Label: St. Martin's Griffin
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2008-10-28
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Studio: St. Martin's Griffin

Customer Rating:
Summary: YOU MAY COME COME IN.
Comment: I seldom read fiction but became aware of this book and it's movie adaptation through a Rouge Morgue article. I read it, and am glad I did. This is a very unique take on vampire mythology. It is a coming of age story; ridden with angst, hope, fear and longing. It is a very dark tale. The characters are very real people with some very serious defects, the type developed by living life and sometimes just making bad choices driven by primal urges. This cold reality of living is effectively punctuated by the winter Scandinavian landscape. Yet every individual is made three dimensional and their humanity, even of the undead, is revealed. The given name of this book was Let The Right One In. For some reason it was issued in the US under Let Me In. I bought it in this form to get it in hard cover...a good deal. It will be released on DVD under it's given name as a foreign movie in March. There are plans to also do an American re-make. After the hatchet job done on The Ring, my bets are on the foreign version. So make yourself a hot drink, settle into a seat by the fire and devour this cold and merciless tale. You'll be glad you did.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A gift for my girl
Comment: I got this for my girlfriend who loves Horror movies and is awaiting anxiously for the movie to come to town. She hadn't read the book yet and was thrilled to get it. She's read it and thinks the book is fantastic!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent novel, somewhat unique
Comment: "Let the Right One In" stood out because of its unique take on a relatively beaten to death genre. The true horror in this book is not just the evil vampire (who, despite having a friendship with the young protagonist, is still apathetic towards the rest of humanity) but the meagre quality of life for the human characters. It is almost capable to forgive the vampire for putting some of the characters out of their misery.

That being said, one criticism I've seen crop up regarding this novel is that the characters are poorly developed. I have to disagree, the characters are rather "realisticly" developed. Which means that for the most part, adults are established personalities. It is also important to note that many characters are not really capable of developing because they are so involved with drugs.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Tragedy
Comment: I read this book after viewing the movie. The book is a nice compliment to the movie. Do not think that because you saw the movie you know everything that will happen in this book. A lot of unanswered questions I had about the movie were, to my delight, answered by this book. The story took me on an emotional ride through the relationship between Oscar and Eli. This relationship has very interesting and thought provoking twists, without which the story would be nothing. The story, although ending with a happy ending, is tragic. If you tend to get emotional, as I do, do not expect to make it through without tears.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The right one
Comment: The most engaging fiction (aside from the typical memoirsy stuff I read that may or may not be fiction) I've read in a long time. Lindqvist weaves an intricate and elaborate tale of friendship between a boy Oscar and a girl Eli (who is quickly revealed to be a vampire) through the perspectives of the two main characters, a pretty full cast of supporting characters and the town of Blackeberg itself. As you see the relationship between Oscar and Eli unfold, a series of gruesome attacks also take place around Blackeberg, with supporting characters being involved in one way or another.

Everyone has a viewpoint of the events that ensue over the timespan of a month, and each perspective is carefully and thoroughly presented. Critical events are oftentimes told from multiple perspectives, done in a way that helps the reader to develop a well-rounded, albeit sometimes disturbing, image of that point in time. The character development in this book is astounding, and you find yourself invested in each and every one of their lives. At times Lindqvist doesn't even need to mention the name of the character in order for you to know exactly from whose perspective he's describing the scene.

All in all, this book is definitely for anyone who's into vampires or who's seen and enjoyed the movie. A warning however: this book is not for the faint of heart. There are some allusions to pedophilia and parts which describe violent acts (done to adults and children); I would say there's quite a lot of pretty risque and vile stuff. Most scenes convey an overall dark and disturbing mood, so I would not recommend this to anyone who may be put off by darker films or books.

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