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notesofacrocodile's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
i can definitely see where the fleabag comparisons came from. entertaining and intriguing, although the structuring had faults in it at certain points.
silvireads's review
4.0
Un racconto super scorrevole e super reale. Mi ha molto divertito, ho riso ad alta voce e al tempo stesso mi ha portato a riflettere su temi come la morte di qualcuno a noi caro e la fine di amicizie. È reale, non c’è un’edulcorazione eccessiva per farlo sembrare più un romanzo, che ti fa quasi dire ciò potrebbe succedere solo in un romanzo, è il racconto di una vita reale. Mi è piaciuto molto!
poppysmic's review against another edition
2.0
The opening of this book, recounting the narrator's (and also the author's? Raimo has stated she both is and is not the voice telling the story) mother and her relentless neuroses, hooked me with its easy and dryly funny style. There's a sense of the absurd running through her mother's repetitive calls and texts that follows into the rest of the family's dysfunction.
However, I tired of this chaos about halfway through and began to find the narrator quite unbearable. Although I'm sympathetic to the impact her family's judgement has had on her and her identity into adulthood, I think pieces of autofiction rely so heavily on the central persona that I struggled to finish this and ended up disappointed after a strong start.
However, I tired of this chaos about halfway through and began to find the narrator quite unbearable. Although I'm sympathetic to the impact her family's judgement has had on her and her identity into adulthood, I think pieces of autofiction rely so heavily on the central persona that I struggled to finish this and ended up disappointed after a strong start.
ashtenz1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This was fiction? Something tells me it’s not really fiction but more along the lines of an autobiography….maybe a fictional retelling of events. This was supposed to be character driven, but it seemed to fall flat when it comes to the development of the main character.
lianne_rooney's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual harassment
elenamolinariiiii's review against another edition
3.5
I listened to this in Spanish, I felt like I was missing something compared to the Italian original
jilliand973's review against another edition
dark
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
italian fleabag
magdalenta's review
4.0
Non è ingannevole la famigerata fascetta con lo strillo di Zerocalcare («Veronica Raimo è l’unica che mi ha fatto ridere ad alta voce con un testo scritto in prosa da quando ero adolescente»), fa davvero ridere. È il contrario di quelle autobiografie in cui chi scrive propone una versione eroica o romantica di sé stessa, Raimo racconta solo i suoi fallimenti, le sue sciatterie, la sua mancanza di tragicità, coerentemente col titolo: le sue bugie.
Godibilissimo.
Godibilissimo.