Reviews with content warning for Pedophilia - Das Dorf der toten Seelen

This was such a disappointment for me. A solid premise and genuinely creepy atmosphere ruined by an impossible ending, ableism, and an asshole of a main character who doesn’t even try to use logic when making decisions.

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madarauchiha's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 💜 💙 💚 💛 🧡 ❤️

It's a passable horror story. It's not so much supernatural horror as it is religious and human horror. It's definitely tense, with some scary parts. There's more gore-horror than scary-horror, if that makes sense. I felt like it could have used more paranoia inducing stalking / hunting scenes. Otherwise it was pretty satisfactory. The ending was solid and answered every question posed. Despite the content warnings, this isn't too tortureporn-y. The writing and translation was clear and enjoying too.

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minor alcohol use, alcoholism, asphyxiation, blood, bone fractures, cancer, child abuse, confinement, death, emetophobia, infertility, jonestown massacre, mass suicide, miscarriage, murder, pedophilia, pregnancy, rape, self harm, sexual violence, smoking tobacco, suicide ideation, whorephobic language [used twice]

medium ableism towards person with autism, child abuse, childbirth, cults, emetophobia, medical content, mental illness, pregnancy, psychosis, sexual assault, suicide, suicide attempt

major ableism, arson? / explosions, cults, death, gore, murder, religion catholicism

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dark mysterious 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

3.5

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

When I requested this book, I wasn't quite sure what I was getting into. Just that it looked really creepy. This is a one-sitter kind of book. I read it in two because I was too tired to keep reading, but it's one that you want to binge through. It's told in two perspectives, one from Alice in the present about their investigation of a village where 900 inhabitants went missing and the second from a woman at the heart of that fateful day to show what happened.

This would have been a solid 4-star read, but I wasn't in love with the mental health rep in it. Just because someone is taking an anti-psychotic, it doesn't mean they are psychotic. I get that it's a common misconception, but it wasn't challenged in the story. Not to mention some other mental health things that were in the story.

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