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“A brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving fable.”
—Boston Sunday Globe
Publishers Weekly calls Gregory Maguire’s Lost “a deftly written, compulsively readable modern-day ghost story.” Brilliantly weaving together the literary threads of J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and the Jack the Ripper stories, the bestselling author of The Wicked Years canon creates a captivating fairy tale for the modern world. With Lost, Maguire—who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Oz, and inspired the creation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuster Wicked—delivers a haunting tale of shadows and phantoms and things going bump in the night, confirming his reputation as “one of contemporary fiction’s most assured myth-makers” (Kirkus Reviews).
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"Very intriguing story. I love Maguire's style and find myself wanting to reread this book out of picking up things I may have missed the first time around. Not exactly the same as the story-from-another-character's-point-of-view like some of his others, but a neat re-telling of a known story."
— Theresa (4 out of 5 stars)
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“Brilliant, perceptive, and deeply moving.”
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“Lost seems to me to be his best novel yet, which is saying something. A reader who hasn’t discovered his work is in for a treat and a revelation.”
— Peter S. Beagle, author of Tamsin and A Dance for Emilia -
“Sterlin knows how to get and hold one’s attention, and her sharp and often menacing tone demands the audience's consideration at every crucial and thrilling plot twist. Playing this audiobook with the lights down low on a blustery winter night is sure to spark the imaginations of listeners of all ages.”
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“Maguire combines humor, mystery, and menace adroitly…His prose is muscular…fans will not be disappointed.”
— Portsmouth Herald
Lost Listener Reviews
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" Well, what can I say? This guy's syntax is too thick and burly for me to wade through. It was like a barbed wire bramble. I really wanted to like this book, too. I tried to read Wicked also, but I could not even finish it. The story was not all that good and the writing was, as mentioned, confusing. I guess I'll have to get my PhD in English Literature to read a book written by a PhD. Too bad, you'd think all of that education would make his writing more translucent. "
— Wsprag, 2/15/2014 -
" Geoffrey Maguire has interesting and magically original plot ideas that get waylaid by his totally incomprehensible dialogue. He has this annoying habit of making his characters hold totally insane conversations that leave the reader (or at least me) totally floundering and confused. For instance, in Lost, the main character receives a voicemail from a (gay) man she has met very briefly at a group orientation for families considering international adoption. She returns his call to tell him she's out of town; she leaves a message telling him she's in London, here's the phone number where she's at, but NOT TO CALL HER. 1) why leave a number if you don't want him to call? 2) who says something like that, especially to a very nearly perfect stranger? 3) she doesn't really want to talk to him so why even bother paying the extravagent phone charges to call him in the first place?! Throughout Maguire's novels his characters do and say such incomprehensible and unaccountable things which always leave me with the vaugue, confused feeling of "what just happened?" by the time I complete the book. I usually leave feeling I enjoyed the book, but that I didn't really understand how we arrived from point A to point B. "
— Terri, 1/18/2014 -
" A very boring book that has no point whatsoever. "
— Zac, 1/7/2014 -
" Enjoying it so far but not really making the "Scrooge" connection yet. "
— Kimi, 1/2/2014 -
" This is the second book I've read by Gregory Maguire and I must say ---question mark--- because I just don't understand the point. His book Wicked must have been extraordinarily different, i.e. good. The one supposedly about Snow White and this one supposedly having something to do with Scrooge left me feeling cold. I never finished the one about Snow White and I leave this one regretting I did. I had to force my way through the bad turn of phrase and plodding plot only to find he would not even impart a satisfactory ending. It may as well have ended mid-phrase. Stay far, far away from this if you love good literature! "
— Americanogig, 1/1/2014 -
" Boring. Maguire starts interesting plots but these go nowhere. The entire book is stagnant and boring. "
— Rae, 12/16/2013 -
" If you are a fan of Maguire's books, this one doesn't fit the mold. Based loosely on Charles Dickens' London, it is a ghost story, but the majority of the plot revolves around the main character dealing with personal issues and conflicts. "
— Carter, 12/3/2013 -
" Plot barely holds together. "
— Natasha, 11/29/2013 -
" the concept of this sounded good, but I felt that the story telling lacked focus. "
— Bill, 10/28/2013 -
" This book will almost lose you...but hang in there. It gets REALLY good about 2/3rds of the way in. "
— Elise, 10/12/2013 -
" Lost describes me through most of the book. Maguire created an interesting story, but in trying to connect it to Alice in Wonderland and A Christmas Carol, he lost a lot (pun intended). "
— Mary, 10/8/2013 -
" Great so far! Just started, but couldn't put it down last night; fell asleep with it in my lap. Well he wrapped things up in quite a rush and left me feeling like he got tired of the story - which is exactly how I was feeling by the last page. "
— Keith, 10/5/2013 -
" Sometimes Maguire tends to write in a way that's not the easiest read, this is one of those times. I never got sucked in to the story, and honestly never cared much for the main character. "
— Kitty, 9/27/2013 -
" so.....slow.... "
— Michael, 6/20/2013 -
" There should be a less than one star option "
— Melanie, 5/14/2013 -
" I loved Wicked and Son of a Witch...did not love this one. "
— Lisa, 5/14/2012 -
" I liked this book better than most of Maguire's other books. It was definitely a twist on a ghost/haunting type story. However, once again weird sex scenes. "
— Jessica, 3/27/2012 -
" I really enjoyed this one. It was a completely unique, stand alone story, based on A Christmas Carol, but that's just the background, the actual story has modern characters who are likable in their own right. "
— Lisa, 12/3/2011 -
" Wow this book was just... just awful it was a lot of build up to nothing, a real disappointment and a suprise considering all the other wonderful books this author has written. "
— Betsy, 10/7/2011 -
" This odd story had some clever twists and turns, but overall didn't interest me a whole lot. "
— Tami, 9/21/2011 -
" Wasn't too impressed with this one. Loved Wicked and thought the rest of that series went downhill after the first one. Thinking maybe I'll read Confessions of an Evil Stepsister once I exhaust my other books....so it'll be awhile. "
— Christy, 8/5/2011 -
" Twisty Twisty! And a bit deep for me... a couple of things I didn't understand and I had to re-read the book.. "
— Amanda, 5/3/2011 -
" I don't know why I wasted my time finishing this book... it was awful. Dark, boring, dull and monochromatic in every way. I kept waiting for the main character to be developed and for something exciting to happen; however, those events never occurred. "
— Ken, 4/16/2011 -
" the concept of this sounded good, but I felt that the story telling lacked focus. "
— Bill, 4/10/2011 -
" Don't waste your time. The story was better as the movie Fight Club, and way less mis-leading. "
— Calgovin, 3/20/2011 -
" I really enjoyed this one. It was a completely unique, stand alone story, based on A Christmas Carol, but that's just the background, the actual story has modern characters who are likable in their own right. "
— Lisa, 3/6/2011 -
" Great so far! Just started, but couldn't put it down last night; fell asleep with it in my lap. Well he wrapped things up in quite a rush and left me feeling like he got tired of the story - which is exactly how I was feeling by the last page. "
— Keith, 3/6/2011 -
" I am not sure how I feel about this book...it is currently creeping me out and I am obsessed with finishing purely so I can figure out what the heck is going on! "
— Erin, 3/2/2011 -
" I really enjoyed this one of Maguire's. "
— Susan, 2/19/2011 -
" Not to sure about this one since I haven't been able to stand his other books, but hope springs eternal. Now I remember why I don't like Maguire's books. "
— Gail, 2/12/2011 -
" Not Maguire's best, but certainly not his worst. This was my selection for December. We hosted at D's house, and we were looking for something to connect to the holidays. I'm not sure this was the best idea, but it brought forth some interesting discussion! "
— Julesb, 2/2/2011 -
" Worst book I have ever picked up. "
— Joe, 1/27/2011 -
" Entertaining at at the end, but slow to start. Not nearly as good as his other work. "
— Scott, 1/26/2011
About Gregory Maguire
?Gregory Maguire is an American author of nonfiction and fiction and fantasy for children, young adults, and adults, including the Wicked Years, the first book of which is Wicked—the basis for the major motion picture and Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name. He received his PhD in English and American literature from Tufts University and his BA degree from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature from 1979-1985.
About Jenny Sterlin
Jenny Sterlin, winner of several Earphones Awards, has more than ninety audio titles to her credit, including Laurie R. King’s popular Sherlock Holmes / Mary Russell series. Before beginning her narration career, she helped found England’s experimental Living Theatre.