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Jan 30, 2012 Nikki ~ The Nocturnal Bookworm rated it it was amazing

Shelves: couldn-t-put-it-down, horror, vampires, human-depravity, dark

It was a huge challenge to put down this book and not just forgo sleep to finish it all in one go. Honestly if I wasn't reading other books as well for buddy reads I probably would have. The interesting thing about this book is that the horror comes from the depravity and cruelty of the people almost as much if not more than the vampire. I would still recommend this to a fan of vampire horror, Eli was quite creepy and terrifying (while still somehow being endearing in a sad almost pity way). I w ...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Latasha rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires, supernatural-paranormal, horror

Other than a couple of scenes the original movie is practically scene for scene. It is a good vampire book but it's not one of my favorites. ...more

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Aug 19, 2021 Tyler Gray rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, vampires

4.25 stars. Really enjoyed it!

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May 15, 2008 Elke rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, novels, german, favorites, review, keeper

Besonders beeindruckt an dem Buch hat mich der Schreibstil und die dadurch geschaffene Atmosphaere. Alles wirkt grau, trist und einsam. Die anonyme Wohnsiedlung und das kalte Winterwetter spiegeln perfekt die beklemmende Trostlosigkeit wieder, die im Leben der Charaktere, vor allem von Oskar, herrscht. Das alles aendert sich mit der Ankunft von Eli.

Obwohl - oder gerade weil - der Autor absolut nuechtern und sachlich schreibt und jegliche Ausschmueckung seiner Saetze vermeidet, hat das Buch eine ...more

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Oct 14, 2016 Carrie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: library, vampire, translated, halloween-fall-time-reads, meh, dark-twisted-disturbing

So yeah no...I read it and I couldn't stop reading it but I never enjoyed it. It's like that accident that you shouldn't look at yet you can help but to continue to stare at.

It's twisted and disturbing yet kind of meh at the same time. I don't get the 5 star reviews, the book could have been much better, it was interesting but wasn't all at the same time. I couldn't put aside and not finish it and yet on the other hand my life wouldn't be missing much if I had never picked it up to start with. ...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Kylie added it

Shelves: lgbtq-interest, vampires

I enjoyed the relationship between Oskar and Eli, but I can't really say I took much of a liking to the other elements of it. The quality of the translation seems good, in that while there are a few sentances that seem odd, you get a sense of an author/narrator's voice that is coherent if occasionally quirky, rather than something which is awkward. That voice in particular is what kept me reading through the elements I liked less, it is very enagaging. ...more

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