I'm not sure whether to open this review up with "what a wild ride" or "what the actual fuck".

This book is dark and brutal in the best of ways. It's an atmospheric book set in a small town in Sweden and features beautifully written horrific events. Several content warnings are necessary for this book, one of the biggest of which is the overarching and quite graphic pedophilia. The other is the horrific bullying that takes place. Altogether, the events of the novel often leave the reader helpless but also engrossed (and grossed out).

I saw both movie adaptations about a decade ago and kept thinking "I don't remember this from the movie....". Thats likely because the bits that weren't adapted are too gruesome for the screen. All that said: excellent horror/thriller that I recommend to seasoned fans with strong stomachs.