A review by sintari
What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn

4.0

Children are unreliable narrators it's difficult to write one well, but What Was Lost pulled it off in the character of Kate Meany. Also kudos to the author for keeping me interested after the POV and time period abruptly changed. It didn't have that jarring, "But I thought this was going to be the main character... :(" quality that some books have. (I think the most jarring I can remember was Edmund in "The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Kay Penman. I was so ready to give him my heart, but he was gone too soon!) The innocence of the Kate - described as a "hive of industry" - contrasted well with all of the grown up things going on around her, as well as the apathy and inertia of the adults in the book. This was a tidy little more-than-a-mystery and a quick, enjoyable read.