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A review by ruthmoog
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
3.75
Narrated by Steven Pacey.
The narration was a bit hard to follow, some of the accent choices for characters were random and distracting, and given that they did a good job pronouncing Swedish words and places I was confused! It wasn't always clear when the context changed which made the story hard to follow as we would change character often, and so I would lose the thread and get distracted - I'm disappointed I didn't enjoy it as much as other readers, I think this was why. I couldn't get lost in it.
It's disgusting, but gripping and interesting. The pace is choppy going from high drama to mundane quite sharply.
Sections start with quotes (which is a trait I don't enjoy) but I did smile to get a Bob Hund quote in there!
The narration was a bit hard to follow, some of the accent choices for characters were random and distracting, and given that they did a good job pronouncing Swedish words and places I was confused! It wasn't always clear when the context changed which made the story hard to follow as we would change character often, and so I would lose the thread and get distracted - I'm disappointed I didn't enjoy it as much as other readers, I think this was why. I couldn't get lost in it.
It's disgusting, but gripping and interesting. The pace is choppy going from high drama to mundane quite sharply.
Sections start with quotes (which is a trait I don't enjoy) but I did smile to get a Bob Hund quote in there!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
Acid attack, knives