Let the Right One in - Film Tie In | Paperback

What makes this book so extraordinary is the way its written, and the story itself. Sure, there are some supernatural aspects in this book regarding the vampire-girl Eli, though nearly everything is plausible and fully realistic.

This gives the book an eerie cold feel, you cant help but recognize enviroments, similar experiences and personalities from your own past. Raising interesting questions about the concept and legends about Vampires as a whole.

What makes this book so unique and eerie, is that it handles the legends with a sense of realism previously unseen in vampire-novels. Eli is a girl like all others, as far as we know. She isnt remarkably beautiful. She isnt invincible, nor is she evil in any way.
There is no evil spirit here, there is no secret underground vampire cult, there is no stupid "oh noez, garlic! im meeeltiing!!" stuff.

Eli is a fragile, but self-sufficent 12 year old girl. She's alone. For all she knows, she's the only such "vampire" in… more »

What makes this book so extraordinary is the way its written, and the story itself. Sure, there are some supernatural aspects in this book regarding the vampire-girl Eli, though nearly everything is plausible and fully realistic.

This gives the book an eerie cold feel, you cant help but recognize enviroments, similar experiences and personalities from your own past. Raising interesting questions about the concept and legends about Vampires as a whole.

What makes this book so unique and eerie, is that it handles the legends with a sense of realism previously unseen in vampire-novels. Eli is a girl like all others, as far as we know. She isnt remarkably beautiful. She isnt invincible, nor is she evil in any way.
There is no evil spirit here, there is no secret underground vampire cult, there is no stupid "oh noez, garlic! im meeeltiing!!" stuff.

Eli is a fragile, but self-sufficent 12 year old girl. She's alone. For all she knows, she's the only such "vampire" in the entire world. The word itself is somewhat uncommon to her, she's just living her life, doing what she needs to do. Which is of course to feed upon blood.
But this is not like in all the other vampire novels, she doesnt do it for some occult reason, she doesnt do it because she's evil. She simply does it because she has to, and she loathes herself for it.

A very refreshing look on the subject without many of the tried and true, but oh so tiring vampire stereotypes.
And frankly, i preffer this more human vampire. Pun intended of course.

As a big fan of the film and after introducing the film to a friend of mine, he bought the book and then loaned it to me. I was not expecting what I got. I couldn't put it down. One of the best reading experiences I've ever had and possibly the fastest I've ever finished a book.

The book is superbly well-written and features a lot of scenes that didn't make the film, including a superb twist about Eli (and her backstory), the true nature (and backstory) of her "father" Hakan and a different fate for him, features a new character Tommy and his new policeman stepfather and goes more in-depth about Virginia's character and her fate and more disturbing about Oskar and his bullying.

This is a lot more graphic and disturbing and more of a horror than the film, which almost put Eli's vampirism on the backburner and concentrated more on the relationship between her and Oskar. Needless to say, the novel is a lot darker and worth it alone for a particular scene in the basement with… more »

As a big fan of the film and after introducing the film to a friend of mine, he bought the book and then loaned it to me. I was not expecting what I got. I couldn't put it down. One of the best reading experiences I've ever had and possibly the fastest I've ever finished a book.

The book is superbly well-written and features a lot of scenes that didn't make the film, including a superb twist about Eli (and her backstory), the true nature (and backstory) of her "father" Hakan and a different fate for him, features a new character Tommy and his new policeman stepfather and goes more in-depth about Virginia's character and her fate and more disturbing about Oskar and his bullying.

This is a lot more graphic and disturbing and more of a horror than the film, which almost put Eli's vampirism on the backburner and concentrated more on the relationship between her and Oskar. Needless to say, the novel is a lot darker and worth it alone for a particular scene in the basement with Hakan - one of the most DISTURBING scenes I've read...spectacularly creepy.

If you were a fan of the film, the novel is essential, a fantastic book and perfectly written. One of the best books I've come across.