HBF

Read for book club...uhhhhh my favorite part is the way British people say “hospital” instead of “the hospital”

I think I'm gonna become an editor so I can tell smart people who are good at research and historical analysis that not everything needs to be a memoir too

3.5!

The most effective and terrifying part of this book is how the “dystopia” feels less dystopian and more inevitable. The commentary on surveillance, patriarchy, the insurmountable pressures of motherhood, and the evils of the justice system were really spot on. Most of the characters were super compelling and I enjoyed the writing a lot.

Basically, I just felt like this book was too long. I struggle when the pacing of books is inconsistent and this is one of those instances. The length of the middle of the book overshadowed the compelling narrative aspects.

The word “gorgeous” seems to be thrown around somewhat casually in book reviews, but the occasion of finishing Lost & Found calls for its use.

This book is most of all gorgeous, but also charming, affecting, informative, varied, and a true testament to the power of vulnerability in writing.

Schulz has a knack for seamlessly interweaving the most personal of details with complex scientific facts and the history of Mt. Olympus. While this is exciting and interesting for the most part, it felt a bit overdone and as though its exemplifying the law of diminishing returns towards the end.

There were countless moments while I was reading this that I just had to stop and take a breath to fully engage with the text. I was moved by the at once complex and simple observations Schulz makes of the ebbs and flows of loss and love.

lol loved this