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Let me in is a terrifying yet moving tale of two lonely adolescents who stand together against the world. It begins with the horrific discovery of the body of a teenage boy emptied of blood. Our 12 year old hero is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last. Revenge for all the bad things the bullies at school do to him day after day. While he is fascinated by the murder, it is not the most important thing in his life. A new girl has moved in next door, a girl who has never seen a Rubik's Cube before, but who can solve it at once. They become friends, then something more, but there is something wrong with her, something odd, and she only comes out at night. So the main character, I can't remember any of that. I haven't read this one recently. I have read it and listened to it. No, actually, I just listened to it. I listened to the audio book and that's why I picked up this. This will be in my next book haul. But I needed a regular copy so that I could see if the text holds up to the audio book. So I'll be reading it soon. I'm just going off my memory here because this is one of those books that's perfect for the Halloween season and it is also perfect for around Christmas time or any time in winter. The story revolves around the two kids, a boy and a girl. The girl only comes out at night and if you're worried about any spoilers, you probably need to click away now. I'm not going to go into depth about the book, but I will be talking about some of the things that weren't mentioned in the description. Minor spoilers in three, two, one. Minor spoilers. This is a vampire story. The little girl is a vampire and she has an adult with her and this may as a very terrible, horrible, nasty human being. He is a pedophile and the way all this interacts together, the way these characters, the dynamics, everything about this is amazingly done. It is a beautifully tragic story. It is a horrifying story. This is not a romantic, you know, twilight-esque kind of vampire story. It's brutal. I loved the interaction between the two kids and I even liked reading about the man who's with the little girl. It bothers me to read this kind of stuff, but I like affecting fiction and this story especially. I like how all the storylines pan out and if you have not read this one, I highly recommend it because you're hearing this review from me, someone who cannot stand vampire fiction. I hate it. It's usually over the same thing, over and over and over again and I think this one does a better job at showcasing a child being turned into a vampire than Anne Rice's interview with the vampire. That one, nothing about that book. I didn't enjoy anything about that book, whereas with this one it covered all the bases that I would think if I ever wrote a vampire story. These are the things that I would want to tackle. Now I don't have any criticisms here. I truly don't, other than I do remember wondering why the book was so long and I don't know if that's because I was listening to the audiobook back then. I didn't listen to anything more than times one speed and nowadays I listen times two times three so that could be an issue because I would have been able to read it faster. I just couldn't get my hands on a decently priced copy and my friend Nettie wouldn't shut up about it. Love you, Nettie. Love you, but I couldn't get my hands on a physical copy so I just ended up getting the audiobook. For some odd reason this book is insanely priced or it was back then. Also this is, let me get that, this is written, see this is why I didn't mention it before. It's by John Alvide Lindquist. I don't know if I got that right but I tried. Anyways, now let's talk about the movies. The original, I believe Swedish version of the film is super dark, fantastic adaptation, very close to the book. I love it with all my heart. The remake or the American reboot of it is just as good as the original film and both of them are damn good adaptations of the source material. The one thing, I don't know why American audiences aren't trusted with longer titles. I don't understand it but let the right one in is much better than let me in in my opinion and I hate that they changed it for American audiences. I especially don't like the movie tie-in cover but hey what are you gonna do? I got this one for I think three dollars at Goodwill during my recent, well not well my most recent thrifting haul because I went to BAM and I got that. You guys have already seen that book haul but this one we went out thrifting to celebrate the release of Maiden. Anyways, so that's my thoughts on the book. Have you read let the right one in or let me in? Have you seen the movies? What did you think of them? Did you love them? Did you hate them? Did you feel mad about them? If you felt any of those things explain to me in detail down there in the doobly-doo so that we can have a discussion. But until next time, I have an E, you have an U. This has been another episode of 31 Days of Halloween. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye!