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Let Me in by John Ajvide Lindqvist
2.5

This was almost a DNF for me ... and probably should have been. Very difficult to follow, very explicit. I think I heard about this one in one of my FB groups ... someone recommended it, but it was not for me. 

3rd person/past tense - quite a few characters, and the scene/pov would shift. In print, there would be a little space and symbol to indicate the break and change. In audio ... it just seemed to go from one breath to the next and I'd be so confused as to who "he" or "she" was as the character POV shifted, waiting for a name to be said so I could figure it out. Probably easier in text to follow. 

Very explicit; sex and violence and gore.  ProFanity x 35. 

Do cats not like vampires? I haven't seen that implication before.

I'm not sure if it was the translation ... but a word I tend to notice is the past tense of sneak. Do author's use sneaked or snuck? They are both acceptable, but people tend to use one or the other. This had both, several times. 

I finished ... why did I? The basic premise was interesting, but not worth dealing with all the explicit descriptions and the confusion with all the changing characters.