Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

49 reviews

scheierndevin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Toxic friendship, and Death

ozarkredwood's review against another edition

Depictions of mental illness were awful and I wish this book was much more than it was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

beetitnerds's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

A good mystery with some pacing issues. I'd recommend this to someone just getting into the cult/folk horror genre, but maybe not to people who are already fans. For what it's worth, this is way more Limetown and Midnight Mass than Blair Witch or Midsommar. 

I liked all the characters in this book, I liked the jump between perspectives, and the answer to the mystery is good (if predictable to genre-familiar readers). The Epilogue was one of my favorites I've read in a long time. I loved the thoughtfulness with which the author wrote about mentally ill and disabled characters, and I loved the strong and distinct female cast.

My biggest criticism in this story is the pacing. It's a rather short book, and there was a lot of exposition to get through. I enjoyed the exposition, and I enjoyed getting to know the characters, but it meant that the setting- which is almost its own character- didn't get to shine as much as it could have. We didn't get to spend much time building up the suspense and creepiness of the location, which is a shame, because I think this story could have used the documentary framing device to its advantage to give us an excuse to actually see the ironworks, for example. It's also a shame that we didn't see

the mine until the very very end, because scary mines in an abandoned mining town sounds like a no brainer, and frankly, if I found out 900 people suddenly disappeared, I'd have absolutely assumed they went into the mines.

The fact this never comes up in-universe as a conspiracy theory is distractingly unrealistic. Anyway, the plot takes place over about 4 days, so I understand why things starts popping off so quickly, but we're introduced to locations and then immediately have those locations turn into threats. It would've been nice to have some time for suspense to build. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault

audioaxolotl's review

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

nnnghhh's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Rape, Blood, Death, Dementia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

oheyitsthatgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Death, and Pregnancy

theborky's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol