I recently read that his own father had drowned, and there must be something to that.a working out of his grief/anger.I see that it could be a truly horrid thing t0 right about!.often making it an almost evil place (the short story Eternal/Love most definitely has this element).Īs you read this book you will find many Lovecraftian nods. One thing that I found interesting is how often Lindvist refers to a fear of water (falling through the ice), and drowning in his books-not just this one, water appears everywhere in his writing. The stories showed the vast ability of Lindqvist to write in many different styles. The majority of stories are very unusual.and quit entertaining! I actually was only interested in the title story, having just finished Let the Right One In, to find out what happened with Eli and Oskar-but I found out that I loved almost every story in this book. I'm going to talk about the book as a whole first, before I move on to several incredible stories, mixed in with a few fillers. If you love Lindqvist or really trippy, modern Lovecratian horror stories, then you'll probably like this one.in fact, some understanding of the mythos is necessary to fully appreciate some of these stories, otherwise some cannot be truly appreciated at all. Totally transcending genre writing, these are world-class stories from possibly the most impressive horror writer writing today.Ĥ*. In fact, every single story in this collection meets the very high standard that Lindqvist fans have come to expect. In "Final Processing," Lindqvist also reveals the next chapter in the lives of the characters he created in Handling the Undead. “Let the Old Dreams Die” is not the only stunner in this collection. Now at last, in “Let the Old Dreams Die,” the title story in this absolutely stunning collection, we get a glimpse of what happened next to the pair. Now, in Let the Old Dreams Die, Lindqvist delivers his best book to date, a collection of short stories, including sequels to Let the Right One In and Handling the Undead, that will shock and delight his many fans.īecause of the two superb films made of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In, millions of people around the world know the story of Oskar and Eli and of their final escape from Blackeberg at the end of the novel. John Ajvide Lindqvist has been named the heir apparent to Stephen King by fans and critics alike.
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