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Let the Right One In
by John Ajvide Lindqvist
Twelve-year-old Oskar is tired of being tormented at school, so when a strange new girl named Eli moves in next door—who only comes out at night and doesn’t seem quite…normal—he thinks maybe revenge has finally arrived.
Unfortunately, Let the Right One In didn’t do much for me. Maybe it’s a translation issue, or maybe it just wasn’t my style, but I found the pacing painfully slow and the story scattered. The atmosphere should have been eerie and intense, but instead it dragged, with too many side characters and subplots pulling focus.
It had potential, but I was left more confused than creeped out—and mostly just ready for it to be over.
Unfortunately, Let the Right One In didn’t do much for me. Maybe it’s a translation issue, or maybe it just wasn’t my style, but I found the pacing painfully slow and the story scattered. The atmosphere should have been eerie and intense, but instead it dragged, with too many side characters and subplots pulling focus.
Spoiler
For a book about a child vampire and her odd friendship with a lonely boy, it was surprisingly lifeless.It had potential, but I was left more confused than creeped out—and mostly just ready for it to be over.