3.94 AVERAGE


Der Pädo ist ein bisschen ekelig, aber sonst gutes Buch
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kierkegaawd's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Beautiful, and disgusting, tragedy. Deeply, deeply sad. Written perfectly, with nothing spelled out that doesn't need to be, and nothing important left unsaid. Horror, and vampirism, at its finest. 
adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I watched the movie first and cried because the story affected me so deeply. this book is so rich with themes of childhood SA, abuse, personal autonomy, love, freedom, and heartbreak. Being able to see the nuance and the true feelings of each character gave me such a deeper understanding of this story and made me love many characters and their arcs. I love that this story isn’t just about Oskar and Eli, it involves the whole town. This is one of my favourite books of all time as a prolific vampire lover. 
dark funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lmelrose's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 31%

Return to library
dark tense

*Let The Right One In

loved this book read it in hs and re reading it now

Took me forever to finish this book and i’m the time since I started, I watched the movie and that might have been a mistake lol the amount of POV jumping that this does, does not work well with my brain. It was like impossible for me to get invested in the characters or story if it wasn’t Eli or Oskar at least because there was just too many other people. I also was not a fan of how…not atmospheric this was. Felt like I was just reading things happening, not FEELING anything which is crazy because this is a vampire story. I was expecting chills of some kind. Eli is absolutely FASCINATING though! I enjoyed quite a bit of this book, just not as much as I hoped. Was well-written, just maybe not my preferred style.