Review; The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Description from Goodreads
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?
My Thoughts on the Book
It's one of those creepy reads that keeps you on edge. It's well-written, fast paced, and with a few twists and turns, as it flips back and forth betwen past and present. The characters, especially the women, are complex, which makes it an even more engaging read.
The only thing that puzzled me a wee bit in the ending was (without giving too many spoilers) the lack of food for "the bad one", considering how remote the village was.
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