John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Canonical name: Lindqvist, John Ajvide
Legal name: Lindqvist, John Ajvide
Birthdate: 1968-12-02
Gender: male
Nationality: Sweden (birth)
Birthplace: Blackeberg, Sweden
Places of residence: Stockholm, Sweden
Occupations: comedian
magician
screenwriter
novelist
short-story writer
Relationships: Ajvide, Mia (wife)
Awards and honors: Nöjesguidens pris bästa läsning (2005)
Svenska Akademiens pris till Harry Martinssons minne (2007)
Göteborgs-Postens litteraturpris (2008)
Stiftelsen Selma Lagerlöfs litteraturpris (2008)
Short biography: John Ajvide Lindqvist was born in 1968 and raised in Blackeberg. He wanted to become something awful and fantastic. At first he was magician, came second in the Nordic Championships in card tricks. Since he was a stand-up comedian for twelve years. In the end, he was horror writer.

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Il porto degli spiriti

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Ad ogni dolire che li colpisce, si lanciano per i sentieri più selvaggi verso i precipizi spalancati

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LLonaVahine | 71 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |

Una piccola stella

orecchio puro, note perfette
protagonisti alienati

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_oggi non va a lavorare
-Perchè è malato?
_No, sta benissimo, Forse lavorerà domani, se starà peggio

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LLonaVahine | 29 other reviews | May 22, 2024 |

Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Had I have know that there was sex trafficking of very underage children in this book, I would not have even started it!

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tootall77hc | 264 other reviews | May 9, 2024 |

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Read this book because Anda Kent reviewed it and it just sounded really interesting. Obv its about vampires, but I think it was a really interesting take on the vampire and vampire literature. I agree that it's one of those books that has some HIGHLY disturbing subject matters in it, but I think it still has a lot to dig at.

I think that as much as my heart bleeds for Oskar, Eli is my absolute favorite character and favorite vampire in literature as far as I have read. I think there are so many ways to read and make sense of this novel- as a coming of age story, about self discovery, about finding your people, about the different ways that families are made, what makes a person a monster...its all in there.

I also wish that we got more of what Eli's story was, but then again, it's so horrifying and themes and things that happened to him when he went from child to vampire is so painful to read that I see why we get so little.

Overall, this is a hard book to read and I am still trying to make sense of it, but if you're okay with difficult literature and disturbing subject matter that still seems to have larger messages and important information under the surface, you may want to consider this one.… (more)

½

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