Q2 What Was Lost

This week I read 22 pages of What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn. In this section we learned why Kate is allowed to go the mall on her own. This is because her father died and her grandma is taking care of her. One morning Kate went downstairs to find her father lying on the floor dead. He had a stroke. Her grandmother moves in and she takes care of Kate. Although the grandmother loves Kate she is not an active member in Kate’s life. One thing I found interesting was that Kate did no seem to grieve very much. It seemed to me for about a week Kate was sad but after that she moved on. It is apparent though that Kate misses her dad. Before he died he had given her a How to be a Detective book. She uses this book everyday in her investigating and treasures it. She has read it many times. Also, it is apparent she misses her dad when she must go to the mall alone. Kate now has a “friend” Mickey, the toy monkey that helps with her investigations. Before, her father always helped. We learn of Kate’s fear of dogs in this section. I think that her fear of dogs may play a role somewhere further in the novel. In addition we learn more of her friendship with Adrien. It seems he and his fathers are some of the only people Kate talks to outside of school. In school Kate seems to not have any friends. So far this book has been slow moving and I have not found it to be very interesting.