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A review by elliemcc11
Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist
5.0
I seem to have lost our copy of Let the Right One In but sat on my shelf was Little Star, and given that I've been reading a couple of Scandinoir novels I thought I'd give this one a go. I wasn't sure what to expect, especially given there were comparisons to Stephen King (who I've never read and I've never been sure I wanted to read). I'm also not a horror fan (films or books) so I went into this book with a degree of trepidation.When there was the addition of wolves I was concerned we were heading down a Twilight route, but we didn't meet any vampires (phew! not my thing either); just a group of teenage girls all set on revenge on society.
Theres, rescued from the woods as a baby and having an amazing gift for music (but also a thirst for blood) becomes a rejected star when she sings on the equivalent of X-Factor. A group of girls, her fans, and each of whom have been subjected to forms of bullying, form a gang with Theres, and plan to show everyone else they can't be messed with. The end of the story goes a little crazy, and not necessarily in a good way for all the girls, but overall it was a good read. I was pleasantly surprised; yes the book is gruesome in parts, there's lots of death and doing of unpleasant things to other individuals, but the characters were surprisingly engaging and I wanted to know what was going to happen next.
Theres, rescued from the woods as a baby and having an amazing gift for music (but also a thirst for blood) becomes a rejected star when she sings on the equivalent of X-Factor. A group of girls, her fans, and each of whom have been subjected to forms of bullying, form a gang with Theres, and plan to show everyone else they can't be messed with. The end of the story goes a little crazy, and not necessarily in a good way for all the girls, but overall it was a good read. I was pleasantly surprised; yes the book is gruesome in parts, there's lots of death and doing of unpleasant things to other individuals, but the characters were surprisingly engaging and I wanted to know what was going to happen next.