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What a bizarre, lurid, and tragic story of people seeking solitude in paradise, who are then destroyed by others’ ideas of what paradise means. The only redeeming quality of each one of the adults involved is their refusal to give up.
The author’s reliance on primary sources creates a vividness in the telling; you can see what the people are doing, how they are thinking, and, more importantly, how they are obfuscating, all in their own words. The reason these disappearances remain unsolved is the apparent inability of anyone to tell a straight story.
Most of the internecine hatred appears warranted. Some is resentment born of feelings of territoriality. Some is due to outright provocation. Overall it’s a sad tale of antisocial people who really would have been happier if they’d been able to stay alone.
The author’s reliance on primary sources creates a vividness in the telling; you can see what the people are doing, how they are thinking, and, more importantly, how they are obfuscating, all in their own words. The reason these disappearances remain unsolved is the apparent inability of anyone to tell a straight story.
Most of the internecine hatred appears warranted. Some is resentment born of feelings of territoriality. Some is due to outright provocation. Overall it’s a sad tale of antisocial people who really would have been happier if they’d been able to stay alone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Classism