Thank you Minotaur Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of The Lost Village in exchange for my honest review. I borrowed the audiobook from the library.
Publisher: Minotaur Books / Macmillan Audio
Published: March 23, 2021
Summary:
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:
I had this book sitting on my shelf since it came out and decided now was the perfect time to finally read it as I’ve been all about spooky reads and this just screamed that to me…and it definitely was! I’ve never actually seen The Blair Witch Project but I did read Camilla Sten’s second book, The Resting Place, and really liked it so I had to give this one a try.
I don’t read a lot of outright horror books but when they are a crossover with the thriller genre, I find I really quite enjoy them and that is what we have here. I think what I really liked about this one is that it’s just creepy enough to keep me on guard without being gory, which I don’t really care for. I loved how the story was told using a dual timeline, moving back and forth between the two. It adds such a layer of suspense that it just begs you to keep reading. And that cast of characters also adds to the intrigue – they all have their secrets and that helps build suspense as well.
All in all, I really liked this one and it was definitely a good pick for Spooky Season! It’s very atmospheric and quite chilling at times. I definitely recommend picking this one up if you haven’t already read it.
Audio thoughts:
I think the narration for this book was amazing. Angela Dawe, the narrator, did a fantastic job bringing this story to life, giving all the characters their own voice and infusing just the right amount of tension and suspense into her voice as needed.
