#john ajvide lindqvist

[persefoniajax]

Do you ever get sad knowing that you'll never know all the languages and so since translators make choices (they have to) and things sometimes don't fully translate you can never experience every book exactly as it was originally intended to be read?

[esqueletosgays]

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008)

Director: Tomas Alfredson Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema

[adaptationsvs-polls]

Which version of this do you prefer?

[quillaffinity]

and into the (sea)water - Dazai Osamu Web Weave

i love the sea that swallows all

and yet “not you” i beg, tearing the shore apart

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BSD is written by Kafka Asagiri and illustrated by Sango Harukawa

turn towards the (moon)light  

bsd - anime / (?) / bsd - manga / john keats / bsd: dead apple / leigh bardugo /  m.l. stedman / bsd - manga / the mountain goats, “no children” / bsd - manga / bsd - manga / mary oliver / gospels of the flood / bsd - manga / ocean vuong / bsd - manga / phoebe bridgers, “stay down” / louise glück / bsd: dead apple / phoebe bridgers, “moon song” / bsd - manga / john ajvide lindqvist / the crane waves, “never love an anchor” / bsd - anime

[reinekes-fox]

Finally read Let the old dreams die, I am in love!

Tbh I wish there were more stories set in that universe!

Guess I have to do that myself (for my own universe).

[litandlifequotes]

It is impossible to say why we love something or someone. We can come up with reasons if we have to, but the important part happens in the dark, beyond our control. We just know when it is there. And when it goes away.

 Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist

[esevik]

Part 1: Outside

As soon as a pet bunny was introduced in one character's backstory I knew it would meet a tragic end. I may like Lindqvist as a writer but why does he need to keep killing bunnies in his stories? (I like bunnies so it hurts to read about them coming to harm.)

Anyway, this is a horror story where four seemingly random families are transported into some kind of other dimension and they have to figure out a way out of there. So far there is no direct threat to their lives but tension keeps building by every page.

The first family concists of a dad, mum and young daughter (my guess is that she's about six years old). Appearance-wise they look pretty much perfet but in actuallity they barely stand each other and the daughter may or may not be possessed by a demon/something evil. They're pretty dysfunctional bordering on abuseive.

The second family is like the complete oposite of the first one. It also has a dad, mum and a young son (about five years old) and while they look average(maybe even ugly) they love each other and care deeply about one another.

The third family is a stereotypical older couple with a stern conservative man and a woman who "knows her place". However she's far from meek, it's more a case of her finding comfort in her lot in life. And apparently she once poisoned her husband with rat poison (not a deadly dose) just to let him know that whenever she actually puts her foot down she means it. They also has a dog that's one of the point of view characters.

The last family is two middle aged gay guys who are together. It seems like they both had their own lives and families before discovering that they actually were in love with one another. By that I mean they talk as if they know the other person inside-out but they are pretty awkward with intimacy with each other. They also have a cat who sadly isn't a point of view character.

So far it feels like the cause of it all is pointing towards the first family's daughter. However it wouldn't surprise me if she turned out to be a red herring.

[desdasiwrites]

– John Ajvide Lindqvist, Let the Right One In

[collinsportmaine]

"I've been 12 for a long time..." by Dave Flanagan

(Blood variant below)

[birdisland]

I’m reading and ENJOYING my first actual book in at least a year and a half. It’s “Sommaren 1985″, the latest novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist (author of Let The Right One In) and it’s about a bunch of teenagers who find a mermaid. So far, its absolutely unputdownable! I haven’t been able to get into any of the books he’s released the past few years so I hope it stays as good as it’s starting out!

[stinkybreath]

Hi,

Today at Sing Along at Skansen we are going to kill a lot of people. We might die too. You never know.

You will ask why. Why, why, why. On the news placards. In the papers. Big thick letters. WHY? A sea of lighted candles. Pieces of paper with messages. People weeping. And over and above everything: WHY?

And this is our answer (wait for it now):

BECAUSE!!!!

Because the tide of death is rising. Do you realise the tide of death is rising? In our schools. On Idol.

In H & M. It is rising. Everyone knows. Everyone feels. No one realises.

Today it will overflow.

We were the nice little girls down at the front. We screamed and wept on cue. We worshipped ourselves when you made us into stars. We bought ourselves from you. ‘High five,’ you said. ‘Congratulations!’

The tide of death is rising. Thanks to you. It’s all thanks to you. You have deserved it all.

Goodbye

The wolves of Skansen

-from Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist

[filmmakerdreamst]

"To one side behind the family, there were two people who happened to be caught in the camera flash. One was Oskar Eriksson, and the other was a slender girl with long, black hair. In spite of the fact that the photograph must have been taken immediately after his disappearance, Oskar had changed his hairstyle; it was cut short in a way that was more fashionable among young people today. I remembered him as a chubby child, but the boy in the picture was considerably slimmer, and as he had been caught on the run, so to speak, he actually looked quite athletic. I looked at the enlargement again, and Stefan's story about what happened in Karlstad came back to me. There was something vaguely menacing about the way the two children were moving behind the smiling, unsuspecting family. Like predators. Then I spotted something that made me gasp. The father of the family was holding a mobile phone, and not just any mobile phone, but an iPhone. How long had they been around? A year? Two years? I turned the photograph over and read the words in the bottom hand corner Barcelona, September 2008 The photograph had been taken barely a month ago." - Let the Old Dreams Die

[sflow-er]

In case any of you are following me for more Henry fic, here’s a quick mood teaser for the independent second epilogue to ‘Other people’s secrets.’

It’s set in July, and you can expect it sometime in July! I’m taking a break from writing the boys' holiday to take one myself. Just got a couple of books by some of my favourite Swedish authors from the library (‘Ett lyckligare år’ by Jonas Gardell & a couple of John Ajvide Lindqvist books I had missed) so I’m all set.

Fun fact: Gardell’s post promoting ‘his friend Rojda’s new show’ was the main reason I gave Young Royals a go last summer after the trailer failed to pique my interest.

[cyberghostface]

Horror-Lover’s 30-Day Challenge

Day 28: Which Horror film did you enjoy more than the book?

I think Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist is a great book. However it it is heavy reading at times and it can be very disturbing with its themes of pedophilia and child abuse. 

As such I enjoyed the Swedish film more as it serves as a distillation of the novel’s story by primarily focusing on the relationship between Oskar and Eli with the more sordid details either left out or just implied.

[imjustahead]

Oskar in Let The Right One in is FAT! He is a FAT 12 year old boy. FAT! LET.HIM.BE.FAT!