IsLost and Wanteda ghost story?
And this quote, particularly, highlights the theory at the novels center.
Yet for all its fascinating insights,Lost and Wantedlacks cohesion.
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At its best, the novel permeates a sense of loss.
(Helen conceived Jack with a sperm donor, and raises him as a single mother.)
Exposition does not work inLost and Wanteds favor.
This creates some needed focus.
Their theories stand up pretty well against Helens discussions of black holes and gravitational waves.
(And I wont give away too much here.)
But Freudenberger doesnt tighten her novel accordingly.
Instead, like her brainy hero, she gets lost in her own head.B-
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