Such a delicious, blood freezing, unputdownable combination: intense, gory, depressingly dark Scandinavian horror elements dances with a story reminds us of Blair Witch Project and Stand ( without apocalypse but insane leader and his batshit worshippers theme) It is fast paced. It is outstandingly exciting, terrifying paranormal, horror novel that you don’t want to stop reading and you cannot put down even though you forget the iron plugged in and you can smell the smoke coming from your kitchen...

The Lost Village claims to follow a film crew making a documentary about a village where all 900 of its inhabitants mysteriously disappeared in the 1950s so I felt a little tricked considering I was looking forward to the doc aspect yet no one ever actually did any filming in the book. In my opinion, it's the equivalent of a B horror movie - sometimes entertaining but mostly just corny.

There are some good things about this book, but many other things disappointed me. The premise is amazing, but unfortunately the story just doesn't live up to the premise: In 1959, two men come to a tiny, remote town in Sweden to look for family members they hadn't heard from in a while. They find the town completely deserted, all of the residents have disappeared save one woman dead in the town square and an infant in one of the buildings. Fast forward sixty years and Alice, whose grandmother's...

3.5. I have long held a fascination for ghost towns, deserted places and haunted hotels. When we took family vacations we would search out these places. One of my favorites was a trip to Jericho, AZ, we stayed at a hotel that was once a sanitarium. It has an interesting history, and though we neither saw nor heard haunted spirits, the place itself had a spooky vibe.Sweden 1959, an entire village goes missing. Receiving an anonymous call, the police arrive to find a dead woman in the town square

In 1959 a small village of 900 people in Sweden completely vanished and the mystery has never been solved. Today, Alice, a documentary filmmaker returns to the site to see if her and her crew can find any clues as to what happened all those years ago. Once they arrive it becomes clear that while this place is deserted they are certainly not alone. I can't even tell you all how excited I was to receive this arc so it is with disappointment to say that this didn't quite meet my expectations. This

The Lost Village by Camilla StenPublisher: St. Martin's PressPublishing Date: March 23, 2021In 1959 the police receive an anonymous phone call to find a body of a woman brutally murdered in the center of the town and the entire village with a population of 877 missing without a trace. This town became known as Sweden's "Lost Village".Fast Forward 60 years: A young documentary film maker (Alice Lindstadt) is taking her small crew to film Sweden's "Lost Village" which has been a lifetime dream of

5/5 stars for this haunting Swedish suspense novel! Camilla Sten's outstanding psychological suspense novel The Lost Village was my first 5/5 star read of 2021 - I absolutely loved this horror movie-worthy story! As we know, I'm a massive fan of Scandinavian suspense novels and of scary movies, and The Lost Village was a pitch-perfect combination of two of my favorite things. This book has a plot worthy of a horror movie (a documentary filmmaker and her crew travel to an abandoned villag

Whoever wrote the synopsis for this knew what they were doing, marketing it mostly based on other titles, because it really is a book that mirrors so many movies/shows (maybe written with the intention of being adapted? idk but if it gets optioned I will not be shocked). There’s hints of Blair Witch and Midsommar certainly, Midnight Mass too (although I think that came out after this did?), and a plot twist straight out of (view spoiler)[The Boy (hide spoiler)].Anyway, The Lost Village is not pa...

**3.5-stars**In 1959, all the residents of the defunct mining town of Silvertjarn, Sweden, mysteriously disappeared. Everyone except for the woman found hanging, stoned to death in the town square, and the squalling infant located in the local school.For decades, the mystery has remained unsolved. Aspiring Documentary Filmmaker, Alice Lindstedt, has become obsessed with The Lost Village, as her Grandmother's entire family were among the disappeared. She decides to tackle the mystery as her first...

Alice Lindstedt, a documentary filmmaker has been obsessed with the missing/vanished residents of the town dubbed "The Lost Village" since childhood. Her grandmother's entire family disappeared and what remained was a dead woman tied to a tree and an infant found crying in a building.With curiosity on hand, Alice has gather a team to help her go and film a documentary about "the lost village" and to perhaps uncover what made a whole town disappear and leave behind a dead woman and a newborn.What...

Has a supernatural feel without actually being supernatural. Which could be considered a similar style to Riley Sager. Unfortunately it wasn't scary or suspenseful enough to pull it off like Sager does. It needs a lot more tension and dramatic moments. The writing didn't create enough of that in my opinion. It was ultimately anti-climatic.Interesting take on the ending. I didn't see that coming, however I  wasn't completely entertained by it either. But it was consistent with the tone of the who...

Sometimes you read a book and have a strong opinion and you just need someone to back you up. Is it really this good or this bad? And that is how I came to this one, after a book pal thought this was very bad and needed someone to confirm. I am a good book friend.I am kind of mad at the Midsommar comp here. A horror novel set in Sweden does not automatically get that comp, and besides the setting and genre they have nothing else in common. So let's make that clear right from the jump. The Blair

4.5 Stars ⭐️ Thank you NetGalley and St Patrick’s Press/ Minatour Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my opinion. This book was a thrill to read but scared me to death. It is comparable to the Blair Witch Project, but it has more substance and plot. The suspense began at a young age for filmmaker Alice when she heard stories from her grandmother about the disappearance of her whole family in an old mining town. One family member was found stoned to death in the

Instagram || Twitter || Facebook || Amazon || PinterestThe blurb compares this to The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar. I actually think a better pairing would be The Night Film meets American Gothic. THE LOST VILLAGE is about a documentarian named Alice who wants to create a project revolving around the abandoned mining town, Silvertjarn. But Silvertjarn is different than other ghost towns: things changed mysteriously after the arrival of a charismatic preacher and then all the townsfolk