I do love the “documentary film makers bite off a bit more than they can chew” concept to pieces and “The Lost Village” did certainly tickle that fancy. As the thriller/horror genre is often rife with hidden meanings, this book is about a lot of things. However, I found that if you don’t want to dig much deeper than the surface, the story will carry you just fine.

Saying that, there’s a bit here that readers need to ignore to really immerse themselves. I think the characters could have been fleshed more without it completely detracting from the story. We are given enough for connection and relation but that’s about it. The timeline/time passed from then to now is a bit long for the ending to really feel believable. But, I’m not going to nitpick what is a fine book.

4/5 it’s sort of like a found footage film but not and that vibe just feels right.