The Lost Village by 
I was really looking forward to The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. It sounded like such a perfect creepy read. Filmmakers out in a remote abandoned village? Creepy things happening? Wonderful, fantastic! Unfortunately, this was such an immense letdown. I think this book was failed by the synopsis and marketing. This was definitely not a horror. I don’t think I felt scared a single time I read this. Instead, I only felt immensely sad with an aftertaste of frustration.
One things about this is that it is wildly predictable to a point – that point being logic. I knew who that baby belonged to and what happened (mostly) to the villagers way before the halfway mark. That incident from the past? Really didn’t serve the purpose I think it was supposed to. There were better ways to depict evil. This honestly just felt like it was done gratuitously, for shock value. I’m not sure if that was the part that was supposed to make us feel fear, or horror, but it failed spectacularly. Then, the ‘twist’ was absolutely ridiculous. The ending made zero sense. It was as though the author realized she created all of this atmosphere and explored all this history but then realized this was supposed to be a horror so she threw some random things in that, again, made zero sense. Oh, and then there was the absolutely offensive takes on mental health and how medication works thrown throughout the novel.
For all my complaints, I’m sure there are people that would really enjoy The Lost Village by Camilla Sten. I think if you’re looking for something more psychological and don’t care about logical conclusions or absurdly incorrect mental health portrayals, maybe you’ll enjoy this. If you’re looking for horror, don’t even look in this direction.