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Title details for Let Me In by John Ajvide Lindqvist - Available

Let Me In

by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Steve Pacey
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John Ajvide Lindqvist's vampire novel Let Me In was adapted into an award-winning Swedish movie and made into an American film and is now a TV show available to stream on Showtime!
It is autumn 1981 when inconceivable horror comes to Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenager is found, emptied of blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—-revenge for the bullying he endures at school, day after day.
But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind. A new girl has moved in next door—-a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her, though, something odd. And she only comes out at night. . . .Sweeping top honors at film festivals all over the globe, Let Me In has received the same kind of spectacular raves that have been lavished on the book. American and Swedish readers of vampire fiction will be thrilled!
Following the success in Sweden, this movie was remade in 2010 starring Kodi Smit Mcpheem, Chloe Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins changing its name from the Swedish Let The Right One In. The story has continued to reach new viewers in a London Musical and John Ajvide Lindqvist's book remains a vampire favorite among its readers.

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  • Release date

    October 13, 2010

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427212016
      • File size: 484533 KB
      • Duration: 16:49:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 16, 2007
      Swedish author Lindqvist’s debut, a horror novel, offers few twists that won’t already be familiar to readers of modern vampire fiction. Oskar, a much bullied 12-year-old schoolboy living in a Stockholm suburb, notices that his next-door neighbor, Eli, has some peculiar traits: Eli only comes out at night, smells like death warmed over and is of ambiguous gender. Eventually, Eli reveals he’s a vampire who survives by feeding off the neighborhood lowlifes. Occasionally, his bite accidentally turns victims into undeads who, unaware of their vampirization, go on rampages that end in spectacularly gruesome fates. As sweet as the pure and wholesome friendship between Oskar and Eli may be, it’s the gory set pieces that propel the predictable plot.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Sweden enters the horror genre. This debut novel is a terrific story, ably performed by Steven Pacey. The novel focuses on 12-year-old Oskar and his friendship with his unusual neighbor, Eli, who turns out to be a vampire. Further, some of Eli's victims, who do not even realize they've been transformed into vampires, go on their own rampages, which turn out to be quite gory. Pacey's gravelly voice and protracted enunciation help extend the drama and keep the listener captivated. He's especially adept at framing the relationship between Oskar and Eli, making the book enjoyable from start to finish. D.J.S. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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