Lost Village
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*BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER FOR THE YEAR* for NPR
"Come for the mounting horror and scares, but stay for a devastating examination of the nature of family secrets." - New York Times book review
"[A] scary, highly entertaining debut...that pays homage to Shirley Jackson." - South Florida Sun Sentinel
An Indie Next pick! A Library Reads Pick! The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense. Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed "The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left--a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn--have plagued her. She's gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened. But there will be no turning back. Not long after they've set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice: They are not alone. They're looking for the truth...
But what if it finds them first? Come find out.
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I wasn't sure how I would rate this book for a while. At times, it felt like it was dragging a bit, and I couldn't stand the main character, so I was thinking maybe 3 stars. But I was reading it at 4 AM and my heart was pounding because the atmosphere was just so well described, and I thought - okay, maybe it's more than 3 stars. 3.5 stars? idk.
I picked this book up because it made me think of the podcast Limetown, which I adore. From the beginn...read more
I picked this book up because it made me think of the podcast Limetown, which I adore. From the beginn...read more
Definitely a thriller. In two time periods but the same location. A young woman brings a filming crew to a deserted Swedish village, to make essentially a fundraising film so that she can investigate the strange happening there in 1959. Her grandmother’s family and the rest of the village just vanished one day and nobody knows what happened to them. We hear about things Now and Then. Things get very tense by the end. Maybe more of a thriller than...read more
I got The Lost Village by Camilla Sten from Ink Drinkers Anonymous in Muncie, IN via their blind date with a book subscription. Since I like horror, they sent me this as my first blind date.
All 900 residents of Silvertjӓrn have disappeared except for a newborn baby, wailing in the school, and the body of a woman tied to a pole, stoned to death. Alice’s grandma is from that village and her mom, dad, and sister disappeared. All that are left are ...read more
All 900 residents of Silvertjӓrn have disappeared except for a newborn baby, wailing in the school, and the body of a woman tied to a pole, stoned to death. Alice’s grandma is from that village and her mom, dad, and sister disappeared. All that are left are ...read more
The Lost Village was an easy read with great atmosphere. I found the main character unlikeable and felt like many of the characters changed personality according to what the author needed for the plot, but I still enjoyed the mystery. Trigger warning for abuse of a disabled character, which I found difficult to handle, but was pivotal to the plot. This isn't a spoiler because it's mentioned quite early in the book.
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