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Lost on Me by Veronica Raimo

8 reviews

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Lost on Me is an Italian coming of age story. It's a slippery work of auto fiction where the unreliable narrator makes it difficult to determine what is true, what is untrue, and what has been embellished and polished to make a better story. I think part of the book's purpose is to ask the reader if it really matters. What stood out in this novel was Vero's voice - wry, witty and self-deprecating - which I loved, and the larger than life characters, including her anxious and neurotic mother and her decidedly eccentric father. This made for a quick and entertaining read, albeit one that, as I discovered when I started to write this review, lacked any staying power for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

schadenfreudes's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This autofiction is a complicated and great read because it showed that our past shaped our present and future more than we imagined. I love how Veronica Raimo wrote the character to be unreliable and hard to predict.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Animal cruelty

desireewoodwhite's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

loui's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Abortion

izzybell's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

bleepbloop's review against another edition

funny

4.5

really liked this. light-hearted and elusive. a funny, Gen x Italian female proust. content warning for Mommy Issues lol

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Veronica Raimo’s Lost on Me is the very essence of autofiction—memories and lies intermixing until even the narrator doesn’t know what’s true anymore.  This excellent plotless novel is a string of chaotically funny anecdotes woven with a handful of intimate moments.  Just like when you speak with a scatterbrained friend, there are lots of tangents, but Raimo’s transitions are so smooth you hardly notice, let alone care.  It’s Sheila Heti meets Fleabag.  There’s neurotic parents, teenage horniness, sibling rivalry (and bonding), and, at the end of the day, the central character doesn’t really know who she is at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Mental illness

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Abortion, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Car accident, and Terminal illness

sylexlibris's review against another edition

informative reflective fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse