2.57k reviews for:

Let the Right One In

John Ajvide Lindqvist

3.94 AVERAGE

howlinglonewolf2222's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Probably the most most absurd coming-of-age stories I will ever read. 

Covered in red flags, this is a book that covers a lot of tough topics and situations. 

I absolutely loved it. 

Actually told from quite a few different perspectives with a 3rd person POV. The author's use of perception and timing creates massive suspense. He did amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

yunwithbooks's review against another edition

3.0

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I remember reading this when I was 14 years old. Very young with a taste of gore-thriller book.
I also love the movie..

sammyreedalot's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 stars. Soooo I thought it was about vampires which it was but there were also paedophiles which was unpleasant to read and then think about it. Some of it dragged on a bit then the ending rushed by. Eli and Oskar had very sad stories no wonder they were drawn together. I wonder how they will survive with just each other?

ajunejane's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ecko_11's review against another edition

4.75

dark tense slow-paced

lav's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious tense

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

misterxav1er's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 1%

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Uncomfortable 

alicia_nevermore's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

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I’ll try again later

cdifrango's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The narrator was great but the writing style just isn’t conducive to audio

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury

beetroot_thommus's review against another edition

5.0

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I feel like every Scandinavian book I've read is dark, dreary and full of terrible people. Somehow Lindqvist kept it bloody entertaining though.

The book painted some very graphic images and actually made me cringe a few times (no small feat). I liked Oskar, he was well developed and the relationships with the other kids felt really grounded, it didn't feel like a Stephen King story where the bullies are just pure evil.

Vampire elements were handled well keeping a lot of their classic traits and even providing explanations for some (the monster/virus in the heart)

The cast of characters were good but a bit hard to keep track of with names like Lack, Locke, Larry, Jimmy, Jonny and Tommy. Everything came together pretty well in the end