Let the Right One In

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John Ajvide Lindqvist, Ebba Segerberg: Let the Right One In (2008, St. Martin's Press)

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Published Nov. 7, 2008 by St. Martin's Press.

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978-1-4299-2446-7
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"Let the Right One In" is essentially a horror book combined with a Scandinavian thriller. And if you've ever read one of those, you know how bleak they can be, with this one no exception. This book is one of the bleakest and, strangely, most realistic vampire stories I've ever come across.

The rules of vampirism that Lindqvist decided on are on the strict side of the spectrum, and he handwaves nothing to make Eli fit better into society, like many other vampire media does in order to tell the story they want to tell. No fake blood substitutes, no constantly cloudy skies, not even the idea of vampires as a different, superior species which is so often used to explain why they're not morally conflicted over drinking blood. In fact, in this story, there are very few vampires because most of them end up killing themselves out of guilt. …

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  • Fiction, horror
  • Vampires, fiction