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Lost Property
by Helen Paris
Dot Watson works in a Lost Property office, but while working amongst the lost items, she realises that it’s herself that’s actually lost. When a customer comes in looking for his lost bag that contains something very important to him, Dot makes it her mission to reunite the bag with its owner, but along the way she realises that maybe she needs to find out where she belongs.
This book really has me torn. It definitely wasn’t exactly what I was expecting; I thought it would be a little more light-hearted, especially after reading the blurb. That being said, I didn’t not enjoy it, and it does have some funny moments. However, I also did find it difficult at times due to the issues it focuses on such as dementia, missed opportunities and grief. Having my own personal connections to dementia, I found that quite hard to read and feel that some others might also struggle, especially if they don’t know what they’re getting in to.
I liked the cast of quirky characters and enjoyed reading it for the most part, but it contained a bit too much waffle in places and had too much description at times. It made the story stagnate a little because sometimes the author used too many words when they weren’t needed which made sentences overly long and tad dull.
The character of Dot felt a little muddled, and I wasn’t quite sure how I was supposed to feel about her. I think she was quite difficult to pin down and therefore it was hard to really grow attached. Her actions weren’t always too believable and felt the author was trying too hard to create an Eleanor Oliphant type character.
There was a lot of heart in this book though, and it did make me think about my own life and experiences. I could see the author’s intentions and appreciate a lot of what was written, if only it could have been streamlined a little.
At the minute there seems to be a lot of books that follow this similar idea of an unconventional person’s journey (The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, The Lost Letters of William Woolf, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Where’d You Go Bernadette etc). Lost Property fits easily into that genre, and is more enjoyable than many of the others, just not the top pick.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing this novel in exchange for an honest review.
This book really has me torn. It definitely wasn’t exactly what I was expecting; I thought it would be a little more light-hearted, especially after reading the blurb. That being said, I didn’t not enjoy it, and it does have some funny moments. However, I also did find it difficult at times due to the issues it focuses on such as dementia, missed opportunities and grief. Having my own personal connections to dementia, I found that quite hard to read and feel that some others might also struggle, especially if they don’t know what they’re getting in to.
I liked the cast of quirky characters and enjoyed reading it for the most part, but it contained a bit too much waffle in places and had too much description at times. It made the story stagnate a little because sometimes the author used too many words when they weren’t needed which made sentences overly long and tad dull.
The character of Dot felt a little muddled, and I wasn’t quite sure how I was supposed to feel about her. I think she was quite difficult to pin down and therefore it was hard to really grow attached. Her actions weren’t always too believable and felt the author was trying too hard to create an Eleanor Oliphant type character.
There was a lot of heart in this book though, and it did make me think about my own life and experiences. I could see the author’s intentions and appreciate a lot of what was written, if only it could have been streamlined a little.
At the minute there seems to be a lot of books that follow this similar idea of an unconventional person’s journey (The Seven Rules of Elvira Carr, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, The Lost Letters of William Woolf, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Where’d You Go Bernadette etc). Lost Property fits easily into that genre, and is more enjoyable than many of the others, just not the top pick.
Thank you to NetGalley for providing this novel in exchange for an honest review.