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What Was Lost | 
 enlarge | Author: Catherine O'flynn
Publisher: Tindal Street Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 957
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0955138418
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780955138416
ASIN: 0955138418
Publication Date: January 4, 2007
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 read it in a day October 10, 2008
me (uk)
LOved IT, loved the narration - loved the jokes ( had to stop myself laughing as i was reading it at work)
loved the Quinton and steri refs
presume was based on MErry Hill
well done Catherine!
 OK September 16, 2008
crime reader (UK)
I picked this up in my local Tesco the other day, thought it looked intriguing but although it was nicely written it failed to excite me. I thought the early part about Kate and her detective agency was quite funny, and perceptive, the eyes of a child were well depicted, but when it moved into the present day I lost interest really. Skipped some of it to get to the end to find out what actually happened to Kate and Adrian, average book.
Beautifully written September 2, 2008
Eric Ambleside (North Yorkshire)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Contrary to at least one other review, I find the character of Kate the pre-teen detective very convincing, wonderfully drawn, and like several other characters in this wonderfully written novel, achingly sad.
There is something of Joanne Harris in the spareness of the prose here, deceptively simple, clean, uncomplicated, but flowing.
The plot is perhaps thin in places, and certainly the conclusion is not entirely convincing, but it feels rather like an excuse to produce some of these fine characters. Like many an early novel, you suspect more than a hint of autobiography as well.
A lovely read.
 Booker List? You Gotta Be Kidding August 7, 2008
Italia 2004 (Italy)
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
I see all the excellent novels passed over on both the long and short lists for the Booker, then along comes a derivative, self-important book like this and I admit I feel a bit aggrieved. A 10-year-old who starts a detective agency with a stuffed monkey but is her school's second smartest student? The character of Kate is so badly constructed that she's totally unbelievable. Her age level seems to vary between 4 and 40. As for the rest of the book, come on, some people actually like to shop, and work, at the mall. It's not Sartre's no exit, it's a shopping center. I'm so bored with immature writers scribbling as if any place that gives people the opportunity to buy things in multiple shops rather than the over-priced high street with its dusty goods (and in this book) spoiled meats is the 21st century version of hell. I skimmed the last 50% of this book, not being able to another entire page of the daily life of mall employees.
A wonderful story July 30, 2008
Mrs. Katharine Kirby (HELSTON, Cornwall United Kingdom)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A delightfully complete read with an intriguing new angle on shopping evolution. Immediately you feel at home in Kate's company and enjoy her innocent way of looking at the world around her - it is such a funny book as well as being a mystery, a psychological thriller and a romantic story.
The idea of a shopping centre having something in common with vast old cathedrals and medieval buildings is a thoughtful touch. The thoughts that pass through the minds of the shoppers and other occupants of the building are utterly realistic.
The characters are all right on target, their regrets, fears and inhibitions all too understandable.
I loved it, read it in a day and hurried to lend it on. A fresh and friendly read with good human stories that linger in the mind afterwards. Everything falls into place.....
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