Lost. [Import] [Paperback]

Joy Fielding (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 421 pages
• Publisher: Simon + Schuster Inc. (February 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743478878
• ISBN-13: 978-0743478878
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,758,212 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joy Fielding is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Still Life, Charley's Web, Heartstopper, See Jane Run, and other acclaimed novels. She divides her time between Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed..., February 21, 2004

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Diane "dianemax" (Newfoundland, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost (Hardcover)

I was intrigued by the synopsis of this book but after reading it all I felt was disappointment.

The story follows a divorced mother who has recently "lost" her oldest daughter. The plot weaves around her anguish, which was really the only selling point in this novel, and the unraveling mystery. Unfortunately it isn't much of a mystery, certainly not one worth solving. The father's cavalier attitude throughout the book helped me to figure out the ending about mid way through.

Don't waste money on this one.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Get Lost..., November 1, 2003

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Jennifer Hall (Rockmart, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost (Hardcover)

At the very least, if you are a fan of Joy Fielding, simply check this book out from your local library and don't actually spend the money to purchase it. It only took me one day to read the entire book, so I don't feel I wasted too much time on it. But that's the point: ultimately, this novel feels like a waste of time.

The novel revolves around a divorced mother of two daughters: the oldest, Julia, is a twenty-one year old, aspiring actress, and a seemingly impossible and obstinate and instantly unlikable young woman. She begins the novel pitching a fit because she can't get into the bathroom in the morning to get ready for an audition later that day, and then disappears from her mother's life.

Cindy, her long-suffering mother, spends the novel worrying about her first-born daughter, ignoring the needs of her other daughter, Heather, arguing with her mother and sister, falling in love and into bed with a new man, and wrestling with her constant thoughts and memories of her ex-husband.

Mix in the plot twist of "what is happening with the couple next door?", which red herring will pop up next, and subplots coming and going, and you end up with this novel: one that ends so much with a thud you wish you'd never invested the time spent getting to that point.

As readable as most of the novel is, it concludes in such an irritating and infuriating way that it's not surprising that the book will be thrown into a near wall or dropped immediately to the floor in disgust.

I've liked many of Fielding's novels...this is clearly not one of them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed!!!, June 20, 2004

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J. Ott, PA "jmott" (Seminole, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost (Hardcover)

Joy Fielding was one of my favorite authors. Until I read this last book. I was not thrilled with Whispers and Lies, but looked forward to Lost. It appears that her talent has run out. Two books in a row that failed to capture my attention; I skimmed the last 100 pages of Lost. Character development is poor; these people are not even likeable. It will be a long time, if ever, before I'm picking up a Joy Fielding book again. It was good while it lasted.