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Village of the Lost Girls: Perfect for fans of The Missing by Agustín Martínez

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challenging dark tense slow-paced

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I found this book at @smithandsonparis for half its original price and was convinced both by the cover and the summary. The story is about Ana and Lucia, two girls who disappeared at eleven years old while coming home from school. Five years after their kidnapping, Ana is found in an accident car, next to a dead man. Having rescued one of the girls, the police try to understand what happened during those five years and who abducted Ana while trying to find Lucia, who might still be alive. But Ana Has difficulties remembering things and seems to hide elements of her story, and even lies, to the police. I’ll start with the positives about this book. The beginning of the story was promising and intriguing. The description of the scenery and the landscape really made the story feel more realistic and the writing wasn’t bad at all. BUT I had a very hard time to keep reading as the story progressively felt lingering and didn’t seem to end. There were too many characters (to the point where I didn’t even know who was who) and too many side stories. The victims, Ana and Lucia, were totally antipathic and very childish for 16 years old, which can be understandable given their history but it was just too much complaining, jealousy and lying for me. There was no character to which I could relate and the overall story just felt disgusting, dark and truly unnecessary. The end was very disappointing to me and happened way too fast compared to the rest of the story. There is no real resolution or justice to the story and I just didn’t understand the aim of this book. Finally, the summary seemed way more exciting and intriguing than the actual story. For all these reasons, I wouldn’t recommend reading this book but, if you do, please share the trigger warnings first.
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