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Let the Right One In: A Novel by Lindqvist, John Ajvide; Segerberg, Ebba (Translator) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers Weekly Swedish author Lindqvist's debut, a horror novel, offers few twists that won't already be familiar to readers of modern vampire fiction. Oskar, a much bullied 12-year-old schoolboy living in a Stockholm suburb, notices that his next-door neighbor, Eli, has some peculiar traits: Eli only comes out at night, smells like death warmed over and is of ambiguous gender. Eventually, Eli reveals he's a vampire who survives by feeding off the neighborhood lowlifes. Occasionally, his bite accidentally turns victims into undeads who, unaware of their vampirization, go on rampages that end in spectacularly gruesome fates. As sweet as the pure and wholesome friendship between Oskar and Eli may be, it's the gory set pieces that propel the predictable plot. (Oct.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Swedish TV and stage writer Lindqvist's first novel is set in a commonplace suburb of Stockholm, where 12-year-old Oskar lives with his mother, is bullied at school, shoplifts, and keeps a scrapbook of notes and clippings about gruesome murders. Eli, apparently about his age, moves in next door but doesn't go to sch

Who reads Let the Right One In: A Novel?

Author

Lindqvist, John Ajvide; Segerberg, Ebba (Translator)

Publisher

Thomas Dunne Books St. Martins's Griffin

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312355289

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller

Rating

4.07 / 5 (3,036 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14