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literarycrushes's review against another edition
2.0
unfortunately, I couldn't get into this one and ended up not finishing it.
the memoir was based on an article she wrote and it often felt like a lot of filler writing (a lot of 'X describes the definition of loss as...') and my easily distracted brain just couldn't focus on the text longer than a few minutes at a time.
the memoir was based on an article she wrote and it often felt like a lot of filler writing (a lot of 'X describes the definition of loss as...') and my easily distracted brain just couldn't focus on the text longer than a few minutes at a time.
caropullen's review against another edition
5.0
This book is about EVERYTHING. Life is short, but I will be re-reading this with my new highlighters. Sublime.
jayraams's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the poetic flow in this memoir. It has a lot of beautiful reflections on love and lost. I recommend this book if you want a few hours of reflection.
nbynw's review against another edition
3.0
I hate rating memoirs cause I feel like I'm rating someone's experiences. I just didn't get into the essay/memoir combo. I wanted a different balance between the two.
shirleytupperfreeman's review against another edition
Wow - I didn't read this when it first came out last year probably because I wasn't ready to read about grief related to losing one's parent but I'm sure glad I've read it now. Schulz offers a fresh take on loss (keys, wallet, parked car, humans we love), finding (missing items, missing words, humans to love and be loved by) and the AND where most of life takes place. We grieve and we find joy - sometimes in the same moment. Some of the sentences in these essays are simply stunning. Schulz is gifted at both thinking and writing. Highly recommend.
therealkathryn's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully written, thoughtful memoir that will have you feeling a range of emotions
chaosmavin's review against another edition
4.0
This is one of those books that popped up into my library queque with me not remembering who made the recommendation that I put the book on hold. I don't generally read memoirs but this one was particularly poignant as the lost part of the title was a lot about how the author recently lost her Father. I really appreciated her perspective on loss. The found part of the book is about her relationship with her partner. It was very sweet and well I cannot say it resonated with me it certainly gave me a little hope that people can meet later in life and still find healthy loving partnership.
Here is a particularly good quote:
“It is this harsh corrective to our sense of being central, competent, and powerful that makes even trivial losses so difficult to accept. To lose something is a profoundly humbling act. It forces us to confront the limits of our mind: the fact that we left our wallet at the restaurant; the fact that we can’t remember where we left our wallet at all. It forces us to confront the limits of our will: the fact that we are powerless to protect the things we love from time and change and chance. Above all, it forces us to confront the limits of existence: the fact that, sooner or later, it is in the nature of almost everything to vanish or perish. Over and over, loss calls on us to reckon with this universal impermanence—with the baffling, maddening, heartbreaking fact that something that was just here can be, all of a sudden, just gone.”
― Kathryn Schulz, Lost & Found: A Memoir
Here is a particularly good quote:
“It is this harsh corrective to our sense of being central, competent, and powerful that makes even trivial losses so difficult to accept. To lose something is a profoundly humbling act. It forces us to confront the limits of our mind: the fact that we left our wallet at the restaurant; the fact that we can’t remember where we left our wallet at all. It forces us to confront the limits of our will: the fact that we are powerless to protect the things we love from time and change and chance. Above all, it forces us to confront the limits of existence: the fact that, sooner or later, it is in the nature of almost everything to vanish or perish. Over and over, loss calls on us to reckon with this universal impermanence—with the baffling, maddening, heartbreaking fact that something that was just here can be, all of a sudden, just gone.”
― Kathryn Schulz, Lost & Found: A Memoir
burdenedbybooks's review against another edition
the whole point of the book is dissecting grief, but every time i started listening, it just put me in a horrible mental space. writing is really stunning, though! not a slight against the author at all, just not the emotions I want to continue putting myself through.