Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

85 reviews

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Rape

pclairx's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, and Mental illness

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nightmare_maven's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

herelieshenry's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Ableism against Autistic & Intellectually Disabled character including demonization,

rape, brutal murder,

and usage of mental age theory. There’s also demonization of schizophrenia & psychosis, including

characters shaming another for not forcing someone to disclose their schizophrenia, and a character being assumed violent due to having a history of psychosis

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ju_shi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Mental illness and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape

beholderess's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Alcoholism, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

archaicrobin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I have a real pet peeve about publishers marketing books incorrectly. This novel was described as a mix of Blair Witch and Midsommar and all I can say is how? There was nothing paranormal about this book at all, nothing creepy or eerie, it’s just another mediocre “crazy” cult book. I figured out the twist less than an hour into the audiobook, so the whole reading experience was me hoping I was wrong because the “twist” is dumb.  I was so excited to read this one, and despite some disappointing reviews I decided to still give it a try, I shouldn’t have. 

Alice is attached to this old village where her grandmother grew up. Alice heard all these stories and is enthralled with figuring out what happened to everyone in the village. Who stoned this lady to death? Where did everyone go? Why? To answer these questions Alice gathers a film crew made of friends and acquaintances with limited experience to travel to this town and film a documentary trying to figure out what happened. 

Weird but mundane things start happening, none of the characters are like able or even  seem like actual people. Alice is also absolutely the worst,  no redeeming qualities at all in my opinion. As the gang bumbles along they start to realize they might not be alone.  The story jumps back and forth between Now and Then. You see how this town starts to turn into a cult, kind of. It’s more like everyone wakes up one day and decides to just be psychos. The author tries to create a scenario where this whole cult thing makes sense, but it’s just too weak. “They all lost their jobs and this new hot guy says he’ll be their hot priest so now they’re a cult” isn’t really a good set up for me…

I did not enjoy this, I was disappointed and just kinda irritated honestly. Positives? The audiobook was great, very well done and the writing was also great. It was just everything else that sucked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Alcohol

casslibraria's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

dgrachel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

Billed as Blair Witch meets Midsommar, this is not a graphic slasher-horror novel. Instead, there is a quiet menace the permeates each page, so the reader turns each one on high alert. It’s creepy, atmospheric, sad, but brilliant. I do think that if you liked Laws of the Skies by Gregoire Courtois, you’ll enjoy this, too. It has a similar tension to it - a slow relentless building of fear and paranoia then BOO! I loved it. But maybe don’t read it at night

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

pamshenanigans's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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- “The Lost Village is a book about a lot of things—isolation, fear, the terrifying power of groupthink, and how desperation can drive us to do things we never thought we’d stoop to”
- “And maybe more than anything, it is a book about how society views women suffering from mental illness.”
- “There are three female characters in the book suffering from mental illness, and they are all perceived and treated differently. One of them has recovered, one is in recovery, and one was never given the chance. They are neither victims nor villains. They are just people, with differing needs and levels of functioning.”

Trigger/Content Warnings: cultism, depression, suicide, autism, psychotic disorder, death by stoning, sexual assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness