A review by dianametzger
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr

3.0

I love Zarr. I think she tackles a lot of really challenging questions teenagers ask themselves. This book is no exception. I feel like the conflicts of the story themselves overshadow the questioning of religion. A pastor's daughter finding the events in her life making her question religion is a really powerful idea, but I feel like a lot of Zarr's big questions come a bit too late and get neatly tied up. Beyond that complaint, I thought this was a really unbiased look at grappling with religion.