After some consideration I will change my rating to 3 or 3.5. I loved the atmospheric and quiet yet tense slow pace, but the ending felt very abrupt in comparison. So whenever I think about the book now that I have finished it, instead of remembering the genuinely great characterisation and psychology of the cast, I remember the feeling of “That’s it..?” I got at the end.

The story is set in two different times: the actual story takes place in 1975 where a girl named Barbara got missing in a vacation camp in the woods of Adirondac NY. We take part of the investigations and are able to look behind some families as it's written from the point of view of several protagonists. Regularly we go to the 60s where also a kid got missing in the same spot. There are connections and secrets we are able to discover within this story. I liked reading the book. Away from the beautiful cover the story is captivating and touching. It's not a scary thriller but nevertheless, a page turner! In the beginning it's a bit "slow-burn" but later the tension climbs high! And the plottwist in the end is unexpectedly 🩷 Read in English.

A girl disappears at camp Emmerson and it soon turns out she isn't the first to be lost in the woods... Was it really another tragedy, is she really lost or was this all planned? The Van Laar family who owns the camp seems more and more suspicious with every chapter and I was surprised and thrilled by all the secrets that slowely unreaveled!