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• Oskar, a 12 year old boy, brought up by his mother, misses his father and is bullied at school. He meets Eli. young girl who moves in next door. She never goes to school, never goes out at night and is very pale and thin because she is a 200 year old vampire. They help each other to survive. Enjoyed this book. Never expected to find vampires in Sweden but I suppose they have to live somewhere. Very enjoyable read.

  5.00 out of 5

  magentaflake

• At first I wasn't sure about this book as I knew it was translated from it's original version. Many times things and the emotions of the writer get lost in the translation. This book, I am happy to say, did not fall into this trap. This is a great story from start to finish and I couldn't put it down. It is an interesting look at friendships and love. The two main characters are Oskar, who is a pre-teen who doesn't have the greatest childhood, and Eli, turns out to be a "child" vampire. This book follows Oskar and Eli's friendship as it evolves. This book can been somewhat creepy at times but it's a must read. This book is definitely for adult readers who would enjoy a vampire based story. This book provides a bit more "realism" to Vampires, they do not sparkle in this book.I know the movie came out and I would recommend reading this book prior to watching the movie. Although the movie was a great adaptation, the book is better.

  5.00 out of 5

  Angelic55blonde

• The Review:Spoiler Alert- I’ve intentionally been vague in my description of events in the film and have endeavored not to discuss anything you couldn’t glean from the theatrical preview. But nonetheless there’s bound to be a spoiler or two in the following review.Let Me In is the American remake of the Swedish Film, Let The Right One In, based on the bestselling novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. With incredibly strong performances by Kodi Smit-McPhee and Cloë Moretz, who played Hitgirl in the excellent Kick Ass, Let Me In earns a special place in the increasingly crowded vampire urban fantasy subgenre. I’ve rarely seen such young actors carry a film on their shoulders the way these two have.Set in New Mexico in the winter of 1983, Let Me In tells the story of Owen, a lonely 12 year old, bullied mercilessly at school. His parents are in the midst of an acrimonious divorce and he spends his nights by himself in the courtyard of his apartment building playing and devouring candy. There aren’t any other kids in his apartment building until one night when Abby and her dad move into the apartment next door. Owen quickly realizes that Abby isn’t like other girls. She walks barefoot in the snow, smells a little funny and seems way out of touch. Owen also hears strange noises coming through his bedroom wall from Abby’s apartment. The audience learns in short order that Abby is in fact no ordinary little girl and that the relationship between her and her father is unnatural to say the least.Let Me In is quite a subversive bit of storytelling. It turns many clichés on their heads. The kids in the film are not innocent little angels. Owen, who is constantly preyed upon by bullies, steals from his mother’s purse, acts out violent power fantasies, and shows a few of the warning signs of becoming a future serial murderer. Abby, while she has the face of an angel, is anything but. By the time you reach the film’s end and reflect on her relationships with her father and Owen, you may be surprised to find that she is actually quite a manipulative and a hugely destructive force. Her guile is never overt, and remarkably I found myself feeling a lot of sympathy for her despite her showing herself to be capable of some truly brutal behavior.Let Me In also succeeds in its use of subtlety. The most effective scenes in the film, including its climax are more effective for what isn’t shown. Appearances are deceiving, and the film challenges the audience to fill in some of the blanks and ponder why Abby and her father are the way they are and what the future holds for Abby and Owen. It’s dark and disturbing. Although its leads aren’t old enough to drive, Let Me In is very much a film for adults. While it has some intense gore and violence, it’s not gratuitous. It’s a smart film that blurs the line between good and evil and it’s ending should leave you feeling very conflicted about who the good guys and bad guys are, or whether the distinction has any meaning in the context of the film. If you want to experience a unique, tightly written, character driven vampire film, then do yourself a favor, and go see Let Me In.FTC Advisory: We purchased our own tickets.

  5.00 out of 5

  DarkFaerieTales

• This is totally awesome. I really, really loved it. It is a vampire story and a sort-of romance, but it is about as far from Twilight as you can get.Oskar is a fat kid who is constantly bullied at school. He keeps a wad of mattress foam called the Pissball in his underwear because he wets his pants. He's obsessed with murderers and serial killers and keeps a scrapbook with newspaper clippings about various murder cases, and he daydreams about killing his classmates with the knife he stole.Everyone in this book is fucked up and I love it. The movie makes everything so much prettier. Not just Oskar himself, but it leaves out the fact that the guy who kills for Eli is a pedophile, and cuts out a lot of the more gory stuff that happens. I liked the movie okay, but it can't compare to the book at all.I also really like Lindqvist's vampires. I really dislike a lot of vampire fiction, but I don't think there was any element of these vampires I didn't like. I especially loved that they were solitary and there wasn't this vampire society with sires and all that stuff.

  5.00 out of 5

  kyuuketsukirui

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