I have mixed feelings about Once Was Lost. 
 I like that Sam's personal problems are overlapping with the disappearance of a girl she knows from church. I like the issues that come up, and that Zarr just presents them as they are. You definitely get to come up with your own conclusions and thoughts about what happen. 
 But I felt like a personal tragedy overlapping with a larger one was forced, and it just didn't work for me. It felt like Zarr heavily relied on stereotypes, because the characters fell flat. The pastor possibly having an affair with the youth group leader who helps out while Sam's mother is in rehab after a DUI...the father, unable to communicate with his daughter...Sam having a couple friends, who act differently around her than they do everyone else...definitely predictable. 
 I think people can relate to Sam questioning her faith, but other than that, it was just hard to connect with any of the characters. It also moved really slow, and not much happened. Overall, it gets a 2 out of 5.