Details Out Of Books Little Star
| Title | : | Little Star |
| Author | : | John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 533 pages |
| Published | : | October 2nd 2012 by Thomas Dunne Books (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. European Literature. Swedish Literature. Thriller |
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Hardcover | Pages: 533 pages Rating: 3.63 | 5940 Users | 696 Reviews
Ilustration In Favor Of Books Little Star
A man finds a baby in the woods, left for dead. He brings the baby home, and he and his wife raise the girl in their basement. When a shocking and catastrophic incident occurs, the couple’s son Jerry whisks the girl away to Stockholm to start a new life. There, he enters her in a nationwide singing competition. Another young girl who’s never fit in sees the performance on TV, and a spark is struck that will ignite the most terrifying duo in modern fiction.Present Books As Little Star
| Original Title: | Lilla stjärna |
| ISBN: | 0312620519 (ISBN13: 9780312620516) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://us.macmillan.com/littlestar/JohnLindqvist |
| Literary Awards: | Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2012) |
Rating Out Of Books Little Star
Ratings: 3.63 From 5940 Users | 696 ReviewsNotice Out Of Books Little Star
So. SO. This book... I think this is the goriest, most violent, brutal, graphic book I've ever read. And it was inspired by ABBA... so that's fun! Little Star is the horrifying story of an abandoned baby who is found to have a powerful and sinister talent; as she grows up her talent for singing increases and her influence grows to an alarming rate among her fans. Much violence and murder ensues..This is a unique book, but it's not without its flaws. At 630 pages it could stand to be edited down,I really wanted to like this book. I fell in love with Let the Right One In, but then was terribly disappointed with Harbor. This is the third book I read by Lindqvist, and I would say that it falls somewhere in between Harbor and LTROI, but nearer to Harbor. In this novel we find many similarities with LTROI; first we have Theres, mysterious and fascinating, pure in the evil acts she commits. Then we have Teresa, a loner, introverted and bullied. She becomes entranced by Theres and ultimately
Last year I decided I needed to man up (woman up?) and get over my wussiness regarding horror. One of the books I read in that pursuit was John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel Harbor . To my utter surprise I loved it. Yes, it was scary, yes it was utterly, dreadfully creepy, but I loved it to pieces. At the time, Little Star had already been released in the UK I had read the US edition and from some of the reviews I'd already read and some conversations on Twitter, I knew that at some point I really
Holy Cow! What the heck did I just read?!I don't really know what to say. Was this science fiction? Or paranormal? Or a psychological thriller? I-I feel so confused! I'm pretty sure Theres was either autistic or a demon.The violence and morbidity was cool but I didn't really internalize the essence of the story. So all those problematic and insecure girls became a dangerous cult of murderers? That's it?! Ugh! I am frustrated with the ending because I thought there would be more to the story than
For some reason this book left me cold cold in a, really, type of a way. I didnt find it as good as Handling the Undead or Let Me In. While the book starts off very well, it seems to descend into a maelstrom of violence intended to shock. Maybe its because I live in America where there is too much violence among children that this book feels so facile in its look and development of a duo that take up violence. Maybe its because to me, violence doesn't necessary equal fear when reading. The
I came to Little Star after John Ajvide Lindqvist's debut novel Let the Right One In turned into the scariest book I'd read since Helter Skelter, more unsettling than Stephen King at his best. I was more reminded of David Lynch throughout. Lindqvist is not writing books for everybody. They're dark and disturbing, but at times also beautiful and tender. I believe you need both as a storyteller, otherwise you're taking aim at lukewarm junk, otherwise known as the Young Adult genre.In the autumn of
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