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The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

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wollstonecrafty's review against another edition

honestly this would have been perfect if it'd gone fully into ghosts instead of clinging to ~realism. you're not northanger abbey you don't need to make a point about gothic sensation literature just do ghosts. people don't want to lean into the supernatural anymore. sad!

reading_ryn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

bourne_ultimatum's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

hellishpelican's review

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book would have ranked a lot higher for me if the characters knew what CPR was.

That said, the book was quite unpredictable and kept me intrigued.

rosemwood's review

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4.0

I read this for a challenge that I needed and when I read the synopsis I was worried that this was going to be a scary horror book and I definitely don't get into those but I am glad I was wrong. This is a mystery thriller that keeps you guessing at most a little of a supernatural feeling for a short time. The story alternates between Then and Now with two story lines that end up crossing in the Now. The character development was not as good as I would have liked. I really didn't care for any of the characters in the Now story and only a couple in the Then. This has a Rev Jim Jones cult vibe.