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# Handling the Undead Paperback – August 30, 2011

**Brand:** john ajvide lindqvist
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- **What is this?** Handling the Undead Paperback – August 30, 2011 by john ajvide lindqvist
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Swedish Stephen King? No, Unique and in Many Ways Better
  

*by R***X on Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2016*

I was first exposed to John Ajvide Lindqvist by viewing both versions of the films inspired by his novel, Let the Right One In. I prefer the Swedish version, but they are both excellent. I decided to read the book and was totally mesmerized. It was hypnotic and I became totally engrossed. However, like a lot of people, I wanted to know what happened to the main characters following the end of the book. Then I discovered that Lindqvist had written a brief epilogue that was included in his short story collection, Let the Old Dreams Die. So I ordered that and found the sequel too be brilliant...thoroughly satisfying. Exactly what it needed to be. However, I noticed there was also an epilogue in this collection to another Lindqvist novel, Handling the Undead. OK, I loved Let the Right One In so much, I decided to read this newer novel as well. It's incredible too. In fact I plowed through it faster than I think I have any novel in a long, long time. It's as equally a unique look at the whole zombie apocalypse phenomenon as Let the Right One In was a completely different spin on old vampire legends. No gore and brain-eating mayhem, but rather deep, complex examinations of just what it means to be dead.  I couldn't put it down. In fact, I kept getting annoyed at the droopy bedtime eyes because I didn't want to stop, despite knowing the wake-up alarm was set to go off in just a few hours. I'm a true Lindqvist fan now and after I finish reading the aforementioned short story collection (and sequel to Handing the Undead) I'm moving on to yet another Lindqvist novel, The Harbor.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A humane, emotional take on zombie fiction
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2011*

Much like Lindqvist's earlier book, the superb vampire coming-of-age tale 
  
Let the Right One In







  
  
    , Handling the Undead traffics in horror trope, but turns them on their head by focusing on the emotional and psychological ramifications over the pure horror. As the title suggests, Handling the Undead is a zombie novel, one that focuses on a small Swedish town where the recently dead have come to life. As he did with Right One, Lindqvist creates complex characters with their own psychological scars, and watching his characters using the undead as a way of coping and coming to terms with death is fascinating. However, where Right One strode the line between drama and horror perfectly, Handling barely contains any horror elements at all, instead ultimately moving into supernatural events more about a somewhat fuzzy cosmology (and maybe theology) than evil. None of this makes Handling the Undead a bad book, but it's also never quite as gripping as you'd like. The stakes are low, the threats mild, and the ending is ultimately a little unclear and frustrating. That being said, there's something appealing about such a different take on zombies, and there's no denying that Lindqvist's characters are compelling enough to watch develop, much less their perfect thematic pairing with the material. It's just that the book lacks the edge it needs to push it into something truly great.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    2010 They Came back
  

*by S***F on Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2024*

Derivative of the 2010 DVD "They Came Back" - which stunk as a zombie film - but this book was bought based off the TRAILER for the upcoming movie - and having read it, I'll bet the trailer was all the best bits---and the rest will be stuff I won't care for.  The book was a slow read - some points of interest with the one that actually speaks (freshly dead) - and in the end---it is a 1-read book.  Don't expect to want to re-read it.  I liked "Let the right one in" so had similar hopes here - but very disappointed.

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