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A review by absolutelyfatal
The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
dark
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
I am surprised to see there are so few people saying this book contains ableism. I fully believe authors who write about racism/sexism/ableism etc are generally not those things themselves but this book and this author??? This author doesn't seem to recognize the ableism weaved throughout, she acknowledges people being mean to Vergida (spelling is probably incorrect due to listening to the audiobook) but throughout ableism is what fuels the characters to look at one another through a lens of "you're the *bad* one".
One example: Even though several of them (3/5) had seen "someone else" in town when one of them goes missing it comes out she has a mental illness which is a personality disorder (a very stigmatized subgroup of mentally ill people) so she's now the culprit of all of the terrible shit happening, including killing one of the crew, despite the fact she's never been violent and they have PLENTY of evidence to the contrary.
Three people in this book are neurodivergent and/or mentally ill and there is ableism towards every one of them. The author seems unaware of how awful all of it looks when she does nothing to show that ableism is wrong.
Outside of this, the book failed to meet the potential it had and I'll probably avoid any of the authors' future work.
One example: Even though several of them (3/5) had seen "someone else" in town when one of them goes missing it comes out she has a mental illness which is a personality disorder (a very stigmatized subgroup of mentally ill people) so she's now the culprit of all of the terrible shit happening, including killing one of the crew, despite the fact she's never been violent and they have PLENTY of evidence to the contrary.
Three people in this book are neurodivergent and/or mentally ill and there is ableism towards every one of them. The author seems unaware of how awful all of it looks when she does nothing to show that ableism is wrong.
Outside of this, the book failed to meet the potential it had and I'll probably avoid any of the authors' future work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism