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A review by caidyn
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
When I requested this book, I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into. Just that it looked really creepy. This is a one-sitter kind of book. I read it in two because I was too tired to keep reading, but it's one that you want to binge through. It's told in two perspectives, one from Alice in the present about their investigation of a village where 900 inhabitants went missing and the second from a woman at the heart of that fateful day to show what happened.
This would have been a solid 4-star read, but I wasn't in love with the mental health rep in it. Just because someone is taking an anti-psychotic, it doesn't mean they are psychotic. I get that it's a common misconception, but it wasn't challenged in the story. Not to mention some other mental health things that were in the story.
When I requested this book, I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into. Just that it looked really creepy. This is a one-sitter kind of book. I read it in two because I was too tired to keep reading, but it's one that you want to binge through. It's told in two perspectives, one from Alice in the present about their investigation of a village where 900 inhabitants went missing and the second from a woman at the heart of that fateful day to show what happened.
This would have been a solid 4-star read, but I wasn't in love with the mental health rep in it. Just because someone is taking an anti-psychotic, it doesn't mean they are psychotic. I get that it's a common misconception, but it wasn't challenged in the story. Not to mention some other mental health things that were in the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide