Right off I have to say that this book is not for the faint of heart. It was easily the most freakishly interesting vampire book I have read. I have to say it rivaled Anne Rice. I also have been cured of any desire I may ever have to visit Sweden.
Oskar is a young Swedish boy in the early 1980's. He is a picked on, wussy, mama's boy. I say that with the utmost respect for those kinds of boys. His father is an alky. His mother works and watches TV with him at night. Oskar tries to avoid the nut job bullies. It is a seriously depressing existance. It as like........IKEA in a cesspool.
Oskar keeps a scrapbook of serial killers/ murders in Sweden. He pretends in the woods near his apartment, that he is a killer. Most likely because he lacks true power in his real life. Then murders begin happening in the suburbs near where he lives. This, just as his new neighbors move in during the night.
Oskar meets the new girl one October evening while playing with his knock off Rubics Cube on the apartment playground. She is small, thin and reeks of death. But Oskar and Eli form a very committed friendship. Oskar finally finds the strength within himself to begin to stand up the the bullies. All it took was someone else to see his value.
There are many other story lines..........all wildly depressing, throughout the book. Another main one happens to be that of Eli's helper. He is a pedophile that kills (anyone.....not children) in order to bring her the blood she needs to survive.
Rating 4 Seriously written with great imagination. Probably hands down the best vampire book I've ever read. Also one of the most disturbing books I have ever read.
Rating R Pedophilia, murder, abuse, alcoholism, sexual context, drug use, theft.........really it just goes on. If Sweden is at all like this.........I hope to never go.
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