by John Ajvide Lindqvist
It is autumn 1981 when the inconceivable comes to
Blackeberg, a suburb in Sweden. The body of a teenage boy is found, emptied of
blood, the murder rumored to be part of a ritual killing. Twelve-year-old Oskar
is personally hoping that revenge has come at long last—revenge for the
bullying he endures at school, day after day.
But the murder is not the most important thing on his mind.
A new girl has moved in next door—a girl who has never seen a Rubik’s Cube
before, but who can solve it at once. There is something wrong with her,
though, something odd. And she only comes out at night....
(Summary retrieved from goodreads.com)
So my flight had been delayed by about 4 hours and I tried desperately not to loose my mind. I felt like getting violent when all of a sudden... I spotted this book in the Waterstones bookshop in Heathrow Terminal 4. I figured it would be safer and legal-er for a [hopefully] fictional character to kill people instead of me resorting to such things. I loved the two main characters and the dark new take on vampires. This is the perfect example of fiction featuring young protagonists that was definitely not intended for the young. Absolutely captivating, regardless of the fact that I was trapped in Heathrow forever.
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