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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

40 reviews

rockyc5's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

The usual horror problem of wanting to shout at them how differently you would do everything

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Vomit

haileyhardcover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The amount of time it takes me to finish a book isn’t always an indication as to how good it is, but in this case, it is. I could hardly put this book down! Not only does it continue to peak your curiosity, spurring you forward, desperate to figure out what is going on, but the end is genuinely surprising! I am one who typically solves the mysteries and figures out the twists early on, but this one really got me. Every time I thought I’d figured out what was going on, I was wrong. 🙃 Such a fun read and so engrossing!

This is also a really hard look into mental health struggles and how they are viewed and addressed, primarily in women. It’s a blunt look into how people who are struggling are treated. We see a full spectrum of response to women in various stages of recovery from feeling lonely & rejected to being demonized & persecuted, and it’s horrifying. 

A blurb on the back of the book describes The Lost Village as “The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar” and that’s honestly the perfect description. I would love to see this made into a movie! Then again, don’t we always say that and then end up disappointed when it’s never as good as the book? lol It seems like a lot of Swedish thrillers are being adapted lately, so I’ll keep my eye out for this one, but I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a thriller/horror rec! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment

thelovelydove's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape and Torture

castamere's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

kiramydeara's review

dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

An isolated town and economic turmoil are the fertile soil for religious fanaticism in this book. A young woman has been chasing her family history for years and can finally go to the town she only knows from her grandmother’s stories. But poking around in the past is dangerous; things that were buried have a way of clawing back into the present. Some questions are best left unanswered. 

This is a very unsettling book, especially if you (like me) have some religious trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Murder

asmei's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Dementia, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

urat_forta's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Murder and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

icanhazknit's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

thelovelylibrarylady's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is a classic example of a novel that is perfect… until it isn’t. I truly thought I was going to give The Lost Village a five-star rating until I got to the very last chapters. The characters were well-developed, the eerie setting was expertly described, but the ending was just atrocious. It actually makes me irrationally angry now that I am reflecting on the story as a whole. I do not know why the author decided to end the novel in the way she did, but it completely ruined my reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape

audioaxolotl's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis