Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

21 reviews

fschmidt2001's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

One of the coolest vampire stories I've ever read, also perhaps the most disturbing thing I've ever read.

One thing I found especially interesting is the characterization of Elie - their gender expression was one of the fun surprises halfway through the book, but more importantly I like that theyre still 12, even though theyre a 200 year old vampire -pretty much all other vampire stories have their child vamps possess the mind of an adult, and it was interesting to see another expression.  Also the biology of the vampiric disease was FASCINATING!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Addiction, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Excrement, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcohol, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

amandalove2bme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Child death, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Body horror, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

vlpfeiffer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I've been curious about this book for quite a while and finally picked it up. I had seen the movie when I was much younger and remember the atmospheric and tense vibes that really appealed to me. After struggling to get through halfway I watched the film again and realized I much prefer the film, which is a rare phenomenon. But watching it did get me to finish the book to finish the comparison. 

There were several arcs that seemed unnecessary and it seems that the filmmakers felt the same. Several characters I was forced to slog through with little to no connection to the plot until the end. And the relationship to Hakan, which

in the film was more mysterious and felt more like a genuine father/daughter or thrall situation turned into an unnecessarily disgusting portrayal of a pedophile who has latched himself onto this child vampire in an attempt to assuage his proclivities by way of justifying it through the lens of 'she's not REALLY a kid so it's okay'. All the while some of the most vile descriptions of sexual attraction and behavior towards children seemed unnecessary and just there to horrify. Which, duh, horror, but for my personal tastes was not a thread I was happy about.

 

Otherwise, things were neatly tied together with a hint of sweet justice for Oskar's antagonists and a deserved outcome for Hakan. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Murder, Torture, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

kaanda's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Extremely dark in so many ways, but fantastic at holding tension. Truly horrific.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Fatphobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

sargasso_c's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The book starts pretty strong, lags a bit in the middle, and definitely picks up towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Medical content, Bullying, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

lilbookishdragon's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, and Child death

rbynski's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Death, Cannibalism, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Animal death

jbcrue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Animal death, Body horror, Medical content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Excrement, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

illtakethenightshiftx's review against another edition

I got just over 25% of the way through, but I wasn’t feeling the main POV/narrator. I’ll definitely revisit this, but not anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

samtheoboeguy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child death, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Blood