Books by John Ajvide Lindqvist
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review 1: A very short story that uses its brevity to create a tightness that is sometimes missing from Lindqvist's novels. Several of the reviews have complained that the story jumped around and was hard to follow. I didn't find this to be the case, but I'm also familiar with Lindqvist's ...
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review 1: Dopo un'infanzia a suon di Piccoli Brividi �� difficile pensare di poter prendere nuovamente sul serio un romanzo horror a base di zombie. Ma John Lindqvist, dopo aver gettato nuovi chiaroscuri sulla figura quasi mitologica del vampiro, riesce a reinventare un genere reso famoso ...
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review 1: Bello. Ma quasi anche di più. Gli manca tanto così.Non per il finale, che ci sta tutto e sfiora la perfezione, né per i personaggi, che sono raccontati con maestria.Qualcosa nella narrazione non funziona al punto da fargli meritare 5 stelle.Rimane uno splendido horror di atmosfer...
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review 1: I recently read "let The old Dreams Die" By Mr Lindqvist and I loved it. Not every tale was spectacular but all were quite beautifully told even if the subject matter is rather garish at times. The writing reminded me of Peter Hoeg Whose novel "Miss Smillas feeling for snow" is w...
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review 1: It seems that many people don't like this book because it is not like "Let the Right One In". That is probably why I do like it. Who wants an author who always writes similar books? This is not a typical horror novel but is extremely horrific to the few individuals who have to de...
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review 1: Hmmmm......thought provoking regarding our loved ones and worse case scenario for many parents....read it, read everything make your own mind up about books...reviews are after all one persons personal view...I read this book with difficulty only as a parent. I'm not religious, b...
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review 1: This book is bad.As much as it gets praise for being ,,innovative,, it`s still pretty much disappointing.I was especially excited to read it because Lindqvist`s first book ,,Let the right one in,, was amazing.When I got my hands on it I was severely disapointed it was just not in...
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review 1: A haunting venture, Handling the Undead explores the quintessential postmodern monster myth through the psycho-social paradigm requisite in broader European culture. The images are coldly personal, pragmatically descriptive, and rationally unconventional. Lindqvist manages to yie...
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review 1: ‘Harbor’ is a rare treat for those who read the horror genre. Lindqvist has found a sense of balance in plot, story lines, and information that keep the reader interested, without giving them too much. There are intertwining storylines, and jumps back in time that inform the re...
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review 1: I think I need to stop reading books set in other countries. No wait even a different setting would not have made a difference. I finished this book only because I have to finish I once I stat reading. I kept waiting for it to get better but that never happened. there was a brief...
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review 1: For the first 150 pages, this was a five star book. Then it really took its foot off the gas. For the last 100 or so pages it picked back up again, but all the key events didn't really seem to have much relevance to each other. It seemed like three completely different stories th...
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review 1: This is the third book by the author I have read.Translation is good. I felt it was not as "complete" as The Harbor. Not sure if that was a chosen style, a translation thing, or if the author was just writing faster, not putting the same kinds of very complex sentences together i...
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review 1: Det är otroligt vad duktig John Ajvide är på att dels sätta fingret på det helt vardagliga, och samtidigt på att göra det absurda vardagligt. Hans karaktärer tar sig för väldigt märkliga grejer, men han får det på något sätt att verka normalt, eller iallafall... förklarligt. Förs...
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review 1: A collection of short stories which include sequels to the novels 'Let the Right One In' and 'Handling The Undead' and also a prequel of sorts to 'The Harbour'. Linqvuist is great at creating a sinister and creepy mood and atmosphere in his writing as apposed to going for a gore ...