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Let Me In
Blackeberg.
It makes you think of coconut-frosted cookies, maybe drugs. "A respectable life." You think subway station, suburb. Probably nothing else comes to mind. People must live there, just like they do in other places. That was why it was built, after all, so that people would have a place to live.
It was not a place that developed organically, of course. Here everything was carefully planned from the outset. And people moved into what had been built for them. Earth-colored concrete buildings scattered about in the green fields.
When this story begins, Blackeberg the suburb had been in existence for thirty years. One could imagine that it had fostered a pioneer spirit. The Mayflower; an unknown land. Yes. One can imagine all those empty buildings waiting for their occupants.
And here they come!
Marching over the Traneberg Bridge with sunshine and the future in their eyes. The year is 1952. Mothers are carrying their little ones in their arms or pushing them in baby carriages, holding them by the hand. Fathers are not carrying picks and shovels but kitchen appliances and functional furniture. They are probably singing something, "The Internationale," perhaps.
Or "We Come Unto Jerusalem," depending on their predilection.
It is big. It is new. It is modern.
But that wasn't the way it was.
They came on the subway. Or in cars, moving vans. One by one. Filtered into the finished apartments with their things. Sorted their possessions into the measured cubbies and shelves, placed the furniture in formation on the cork floor. Bought new things to fill the gaps.
When they were done, they lifted their eyes and gazed out onto this land that had been given unto them. Walked out of their doors and found that all land had already been claimed. Might as well adjust oneself to how things were.
There was a town center. There were spacious playgrounds allotted to children. Large green spaces around the corner. There were many pedestrian-only walking paths.
A good place; that's what people said to each other over the kitchen table a month or so after they had moved in.
"It's a good place we've come to."
Only one thing was missing. A past. At school, the children didn't get to do any special projects about Blackeberg's history because there wasn't one. That is to say, there was something about an old mill. A tobacco king. Some strange old buildings down by the water. But that was a long time
ago and without any connection to the present.
From: LET ME IN, copyright © 2004 by John Ajvide Lindqvist, translation © 2007 by Ebba Segerberg. Reprinted by permission of Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Press, LLC.
Let Me In
Set in 1983, John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Let Me In is an unforgettable coming-of-age story with a ghoulish twist. Oskar is an overweight 12-year-old who lives with his mother in Blackeberg, a Stockholm suburb. Mercilessly bullied at school, the young boy spends most of his time alone, entertaining himself with violent revenge fantasies and an increasingly unhealthy obsession with forensics, true crime and serial killers.
When the body of a local teenage boy—emptied of blood—is found in a nearby forest, Oskar becomes obsessed with the case, until his attention falls upon Eli, the mysterious new girl who just moved in next door. She lives with an overprotective and neurotic man who may or may not be her father, and curiously, she only seems to come out at night.
The two become fast friends, and eventually an unlikely romance develops. Soon, Oskar is in over his head and doesn’t understand the feelings he’s experiencing—nor does he realize the extent to which he’s playing with fire. Eli has a big secret— and the ability to make all of Oskar’s darkest fantasies come roaring to life. A deeply disturbing yet strangely touching story, Let Me In is a supernatural thriller gets right under your skin.
Softcover : 496 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, LLC ( August 31, 2010 )
Item #: 13-164215
ISBN: 9780312656492
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 1.12inches
Product Weight: 16.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Loved it! 
February 10, 2012
I have to say I like most stories dealing with vampires and this one I loved. I saw the movie first and wanted to understand the relationship Eli and Oskar develop, so naturally I had to read the book. The movie followed the book to an extent, but left out the more gruesome parts. I was surprised at the relationship that Eli had with her protector but once I understood why it made sense. It can be shocking to some readers.The book was very powerful and full of parts that are not suitable for younger readers.
Reviewer: Mickey
Engrossing
October 30, 2011
Loved this book, I am not a modern day vampire fan so I was reluctant to dig in. I found it to be an entertaining and an exciting read. LOVED IT! I want to rent the movie.
Reviewer: Judy
Good Read 
May 17, 2011
Not a typical genre that I read but it was very good. Very dark and can be disturbing to some readers but the story flowed.
Reviewer: Donna A
Should have a "caution label"
April 15, 2011
Let Me In is a really great story. Fantastically written and very VERY detailed. The movie I watched first and liked it a lot, but the book is always better right? So I began to read. The movie does cut out a lot, no surprise, but I was COMPLETELY not ready for reading the perverted thoughts of a child molester. I thought once I got through the first part then it'd be okay, but it's all through the book. Let's say I skimmed some of it because I couldn't bring myself to read. I'm fine with blood and guts. I don't even mind reading sex scenes in a book that much. But when it comes to children... PROCEED WITH CAUTION! If you can get past that piece, it's an amazing read.
Reviewer: Chelsea
Let me In
February 18, 2011
Really liked this book. Now I gotta get the authors next, Handling the Undead. Nothing like a good weird read.
Reviewer: Rod
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