The mystery of what happened to the residents of Silvertjarn had me hooked. I could picture it perfectly, and I wish I was there! The creepy vibe of the silent streets came across really well, but I wouldn’t call it scary or horror. I absolutely loved the descriptions of the group exploring this abandoned village. This book is the definition of atmospheric. I appreciated hearing Aina’s side in the epilogue, but would rather have read about Alice and Tone’s success a few years down the road.Īlso, were Tone and Alice a couple or just friends? Emmy at one point said partner, but it was unclear if she meant romantic partner or business partner. I was hoping for some follow-up about what happened with the documentary, but it never said. Tone had a psychotic break and might have thought she was Bergitta, but she didn’t kill anyone.Įmmy, Tone, and Robert manage to kill Aina and escape. Aina had been left in the village to take care of the baby.Īina was the one following the crew around the village, who had set fire to the vans and killed Emmy and Max.

The day the village disappeared, the congregation had taken Elsa and the other non-believers down into the mine to sacrifice them, but the mine collapsed. The baby found in the village was their child and Tone’s mom.Īina was still alive, hiding in the woods and waiting for Birgitta’s daughter to return. Bergitta was raped by Pastor Mattias and then stoned to death by the congregation for being a witch.

As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice: Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left-a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn-have plagued her. The Plot (from Goodreads):ĭocumentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. The Lost Village will be available in the US on March 23, 2021. Many thanks to Minotaur Books for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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