A review by dkai
Findings by Kathleen Jamie

3.0

The traveling thoughts of a middle-aged Scottish woman, Findings, like the source material of Scottish wilderness/ruins, feels very open and a little distant. Though peaceful, there is always a little unease in the back of the thoughts, whether about death, the natural world, or the unnatural world. At times, it falls prey to cliche and heavy use of simile/metaphor (as with many books chronicling thoughts of their authors). Still, there was enough interesting material in there that I did not feel disappointed. I would describe it as a piece that provokes questions, rather than answering them.