Let the Right One In Book Review! 4 stars.

I first heard about this title through a sneak preview of the film. There are two versions of the film, the original was released in 2008 (Swedish) and the new one in 2010 (American). The trailer alone was enough to get me hooked instantly. John Ajvide Lindqvist, the author, describes the tale of an isolated and lonely boy of 12, Oskar, who befriends a centuries-old vampire child "girl" named Eli. This books tends to focus more on the darker side of humanity: bullying, anxiety, paedophilia and murder.

Twelve-year-old Oskar is obsessed about the murder that has taken place in his neighborhood. Then he meets a new girl from next door. She's a bit weird though. And she only comes out at night...

Lindqvist has written what is cleary a classic in the making, in my opinion. There are very few chapters in the book which makes the novel seem to go by sluggishly slow: the time span in the story takes place in the course of about a week or two so you can imagine how much detail and information has to be squeezed into a 472 page book. Towards the beginning of the book, I found it to be slightly grueling to get through. The only thing really motivating me to finish it was because of the outstanding film. But once I started getting to the middle portion of it, it started to really pick up and the book gradually increased my appreciation for it. The struggles that are revealed by the characters made me feel what they felt, hurt when they hurt, and scared when they were put in danger. I could understand and condone the hardships Hakan had to go through, all for his loving affection for Eli despite how dangerous and life threatening they were. I'll stop talking about that because that plays a somewhat huge role in the story and I don't want to ruin it for those that do plan to read it. 

Overall, it was fantastic read and one I would definitely recommend to those literature and classic horror fans. Absolutely chilling and twisted, I believe this was a powerful and thought provking piece of art that deserves to be more well known to the world. So go ahead, give this book a try. You won't regret it.